hello there who is the competitor please? Michael Gutier, he's from France and height? 5' 10 and weight? 65 kg okay let me check the competitors racket First we have to check the brand. Manufacturer That is fine and the rubber manufacturer That's fine Okay so I'm now going to inspect
the racket for any potential defects Condition of the racket is looking
good. No rips in the rubber handle is smooth okay now we must check the weight of the racket I'll just do it on one side, and then repeat that is 131g and 131g the other side Okay now we must check that the
colour is legal on both sides Start on the dark side first. We use these special colour cards to ensure that
we're in the correct range The closest match is dark Bean, which is fine and for the other side fried shrimp is fine there So the colour is within normal limits Okay and now we must take some
measurements of the racket Just bear with me Take the total height that is 25.4 We need the width at the widest point 14.95 and then the height of the handle 10cm on the red and 9.8 on the opposite side Okay we have to take some
specific handle measurements there is 1.9 3.3 The thickness at these three
points have to be within 0.1 1.1, 1.1 1.1 so that is fine and just some final measurements
at these points please Okay happy with the measurements there Okay we're just going to check the
emissions coming of the racket, just to ensure that it is environmentally
friendly. Going to do this at three points each for approximately 20 seconds 18 19 20 0.0 and in this area 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 20 0.1 and the emissions here 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
20 0.0 recorded that from the red side, right top and left. 0.0, 0.1 and
0.0 it's absolutely acceptable Okay just going to do a quick ultraviolet scan
of the racket, to ensure that there's no unwanted deposits on the racket, which could influence
your competitor or provide an unfair advantage That's good Just around the peripheral edge Excellent, no deposits there Okay now we must look at the
gloss level of the racket, because if it's too glossy
it could blind the opponent so I do this by reflecting light off
the racket and measuring my glare level and we do this on both sides Excellent and of course the handle and if there is a particular point that
gives a lot of glare, such as here, we just lift up and compare and make a little
estimation there based on my ocular system and grade that as a medium level intensity
at this location. Medium is acceptable So black low, red this area is a medium but within normal limits thank you Okay we are now going to measure
and check the match balls So we check the total diameter of the balls
for this particular match, that is 3.8 3.8. We check for any defects
to the balls, any dimples any parts that are too bright Okay and we measure the weight of the balls,
we're looking for between 1.9 and 2.1 g you can see 2g a second backup match ball 1.8, so that one is unacceptable double check the first one 2g So that will be the match
ball we shall use for the Okay so what happens now? Well you don't get
the racket back until the beginning of the match Both competitors hand their rackets
over, you place it in a little bag with your players name on it Michael Gutier your reference number and we place it in a little bag and the both players shall receive this right
before the match begins, and the referee will be in soon for taking the match ball. So
that's everything, good luck with the event
