Material: All table tennis bats are made from a wooden blade, which is sandwiched by rubber and sponge on both sides. Some players often grip the base of the wooden handle with extra rubber.

Lim was granted the patent rights for his invention in 2007. TABLE tennis is set to get more interesting with a new local invention: a bat with an oblique handle.

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