Extraído de uma entrevista com Cai Zhenhua, treinador-chefe do time nacional da China (o mesmo que despachou as meninas por namorarem com os companheiros de equipe, semana retrasada). Íntegra em http://tabletennis.about.com/library/ch … hung11.htm
…Only China has not given up on the development of the penholder style. In addition, through research, we have revamped and improved it, and added the reverse backhand to strengthen the ability to rally from that side. From statistical analyses, we found that when Ma and Liu are playing extended rallies against the likes of Waldner or Kong, they were not at any disadvantage. This is excellent news to penholders, since that style is very finely textured, and has many variations…
Pô, o RPB eh resultado de pesquisa…