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Friendship 729 · Dragon · Inverted
Dragon-L
A grippy non-tacky tension covering with a soft, springy sponge. It is fast and easy to use, with a medium-high arc that suits mid-distance topspin.
Official specifications
Friendship covering families and commercial editions are kept separate so sponge, hardness and regional versions do not create duplicate products.
- Official covering name
- Dragon-L
- Series
- Dragon
- Category
- Inverted
- ITTF approval code
- 27-019
- ITTF approval status
- Approval status unknown
- Published hardness
- 45° · 47°
- Hardness scale
- Chinese sponge degree (no named laboratory standard)
- Published thicknesses
- 2.1 mm · MAX
- Verified colours
- Red · Black · Blue · Green
- Ball type
- Standard
- Sponge description
- Tension sponge
- Topsheet description
- Standard inverted topsheet
- Country of manufacture
- China
- Availability
- Currently produced
- Stock
- Stock unknown
- Last verified
- 1 August 2026
Friendship publishes sponge hardness on Chinese degree scales without a named laboratory standard. TTDNA stores each value exactly as published and never converts it to Shore A, Shore C or an ESN equivalent.
Colours are only listed when an ITTF covering entry verifies them. Red and black are never assumed.
TTDNA ratings
TTDNA values are analytical 0-100 scores derived from construction, category and verified specifications. They are never official Friendship ratings and are never shown as manufacturer values.
Physical characteristics
Playing characteristics
Variants and configurations
16 variantsColour, thickness and configuration are variants of one model — never separate products. Colour never changes a rating, MAX and OX stay qualitative labels, and OX carries no sponge hardness.
Red · 2.1 mm
Standard · Sponged · 45°
Speed 88 · Spin 89 · Control 88
Red · 2.1 mm
Standard · Sponged · 47°
Speed 88 · Spin 89 · Control 88
Red · MAX
Standard · Sponged · 45°
Speed 91 · Spin 90 · Control 85
Red · MAX
Standard · Sponged · 47°
Speed 91 · Spin 90 · Control 85
Black · 2.1 mm
Standard · Sponged · 45°
Speed 88 · Spin 89 · Control 88
Black · 2.1 mm
Standard · Sponged · 47°
Speed 88 · Spin 89 · Control 88
Black · MAX
Standard · Sponged · 45°
Speed 91 · Spin 90 · Control 85
Black · MAX
Standard · Sponged · 47°
Speed 91 · Spin 90 · Control 85
Blue · 2.1 mm
Standard · Sponged · 45°
Speed 88 · Spin 89 · Control 88
Blue · 2.1 mm
Standard · Sponged · 47°
Speed 88 · Spin 89 · Control 88
Blue · MAX
Standard · Sponged · 45°
Speed 91 · Spin 90 · Control 85
Blue · MAX
Standard · Sponged · 47°
Speed 91 · Spin 90 · Control 85
Green · 2.1 mm
Standard · Sponged · 45°
Speed 88 · Spin 89 · Control 88
Green · 2.1 mm
Standard · Sponged · 47°
Speed 88 · Spin 89 · Control 88
Green · MAX
Standard · Sponged · 45°
Speed 91 · Spin 90 · Control 85
Green · MAX
Standard · Sponged · 47°
Speed 91 · Spin 90 · Control 85
Surface classification
Grippy
Surface classification (grippy, slightly tacky, tacky, very tacky, pips, anti) is a TTDNA editorial classification, not an official Friendship metric.
Price
- List price
- Varies by retailer
No verified official Friendship price snapshot is stored in this import, so prices are shown as varying by retailer and are never converted between currencies.
Suitability
- Skill levels
- Intermediate · Advanced
- Play styles
- Controlled offense · Topspin offense · Mid distance
- Aliases
- Dragon L · 729 Dragon-L · Friendship Dragon-L
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Known users
Offensive club and league players who want a spin-first inverted sheet on the forehand or backhand.
Friendship 729 publishes no athlete roster for this sheet, so TTDNA shows the player profile it is built for instead of invented names.