Voltric LD9
Model VT-LD9 · Lin Dan
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Voltric LD9: the stiff, Taiwan-made second rung of Lin Dan’s 2016 gold line
Second in the 2016 LD line
The Voltric LD9 sat second of the five Lin Dan Voltrics that Yonex added in the summer of 2016: Yonex’s Voltric list placed it after the Japan-made LD Force, and so did Yonex China’s suggested retail order. Yonex’s international site listed it as item VTLD9, with stiff flex, a frame of H.M. Graphite, Sound Filter and tungsten, an H.M. Graphite shaft, and two weights, 5U (average 78 g) and 4U (average 83 g), in grips 4 and 5. Like the rest of the line it came in Premium Gold, and Yonex China gives it as made in Taiwan. Apart from the LD Force, it is the only stiff racquet of the five.
Voltric 9 rows, a new weight
Yonex never explained the LD9 or named a frame it was built on. Its product page carries only the general Voltric text on the Tri-Voltage System, which Yonex says combines heavy smashes with speedy racquet handling. The spec rows match those of the standard Voltric 9 of 2012 line for line: stiff, the same three frame materials and the same H.M. Graphite shaft. The weights differ. The Voltric 9 came in 3U and the red Voltric 9 Neo of 2014 in 4U and 3U, while the LD9 added 5U. Yonex China calls it an all-round racquet combining rebound power and handling, and gives its length as “10 mm extended”. Yonex publishes no balance point for it.
Named for Lin Dan
The LD is Lin Dan’s. Yonex UK filed the LD9 in its Lin Dan Exclusive Collection, beside the LD Force and his earlier Voltric 7 LD and 1 LD. Yonex’s international product page never mentions him, and no Yonex report, staff page or release shows him playing it. Yonex China’s LD9 page carries a Lin Dan endorsement panel, but the same panel sits on its page for the Nanoray 7 SE, a Hendra Setiawan edition, so it marks no particular racquet. Retail and Chinese launch coverage presented the line’s top model, the Voltric LD Force, as his Rio racquet; it has its own page.
One gold design
Yonex lists the LD9 in one design, Premium Gold (color 560 on Yonex China), the finish of all five 2016 LD models. Above it sat the LD Force (VTLD-F), also stiff but made in Japan, with Nanometric DR in frame and shaft and offered in 4U and 3U. Below came the medium-flex LD3, the line’s other Taiwan-made model and the only other one Yonex offered in 5U, then the China-made LD200 and LD100, both 4U only. Retailer listings also show black LD9 frames under shop codes; no Yonex page lists a black LD9. The white-and-gold Voltric 9 LTD of 2012 is a different racquet with its own page.
A short run on Yonex’s lists
Yonex’s international Voltric list showed no LD model on July 6, 2016 and all five by July 29, a week before the Rio Olympics opened. The LD9 was still listed that November and was gone by March 2, 2017. Yonex UK listed it in its Lin Dan collection by December 2016 and had dropped it by May 2017, keeping the LD Force. Yonex Japan never listed it; its 2016 racquet pages show only the LD Force from this line. Yonex published no production end, so 2016 is the last year the LD9 is documented on sale new. Yonex China’s product page stayed online, with the same specifications, until March 2018. No verified sales are recorded yet.
Mix-ups under the gold finish
No counterfeit of the LD9 is documented. The practical risk is identity: all five 2016 LD Voltrics share the gold finish, and a listing titled “Lin Dan Voltric” can mean any of them. Chinese retail listings call the LD9 a Rio Olympic limited edition, but Yonex’s pages for it mention neither the Olympics nor a limited quantity. Retailer copy also calls it head-heavy, a balance Yonex never published for this model.
Its place in the line
On paper the LD9 is the nearest of the four lower LD models to the LD Force: stiff, with H.M. Graphite and tungsten in the frame, but Taiwan-made, without Nanometric DR, and with a 5U class the LD Force lacked. Yonex’s record of it is short, two product pages, a series list and a UK collection page, and none of them says why it was made or how it relates to the Voltric 9. The LD Force outlasted it: Yonex UK still listed the LD Force in its Lin Dan collection in November 2017, months after the LD9 had gone.
Look for the LD9 model name; Yonex’s item code is VTLD9. Yonex lists it as stiff, with an H.M. Graphite, Sound Filter and tungsten frame and an H.M. Graphite shaft, in 5U (average 78 g) or 4U (average 83 g), grips 4 and 5, in Premium Gold, and Yonex China gives it as made in Taiwan. Yonex recommends 18–23 lb for 5U and 19–24 lb for 4U. A Japan-made gold LD frame is an LD Force and a China-made one an LD200 or LD100; a 3U label rules out the LD9. A medium-flex, Taiwan-made gold frame is the LD3. Yonex lists no black LD9. Yonex’s checks: a hologram sticker that resists peeling and a laser-engraved production code on the cap above the handle.
The LD9’s appeal lies in its place in Lin Dan’s 2016 line and its stiff spec sheet, not in any match history. Confirm the LD9 name, the stiff flex and the weight label in clear photographs, since the LD3 shares its finish, factory and weight classes. Be careful with “Rio limited edition” wording and with any claim that Lin Dan played the frame: Yonex documents neither. A black frame sold as an LD9 is a shop-listed version, not one Yonex shows. Ask for daylight photographs of the frame, cone and grip end, and judge the copy on condition.