Voltric LD Force Matte Black
Model VTLDF-MB · Lin Dan
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Voltric LD Force Matte Black: the 2017 colorway of Lin Dan’s late-career frame
The second LD Force
The Matte Black is the second colorway of the Voltric LD Force, the signature frame Yonex built around Lin Dan’s later style. The family began with the Premium Gold in summer 2016, just before the Rio Olympics. The black followed in 2017: Chinese launch coverage dated April 3, 2017 promoted the matte finish as that year’s new color, Made in Japan, and a hands-on review published the same day described it as “full on black with silver, red and gold accents.” It arrived during a strong 2017 for Lin Dan, which brought his first Malaysia Open title and a seventh World Championships final. The gold and the later Crystal Red appear in Japanese spec databases and retail listings under color codes 560 and 688; no Yonex page or release names the black, and no Japanese listing of it is documented, so it may have been sold mainly outside Japan.
The frame underneath
Every LD Force colorway shares the same frame, Yonex model VTLD-F. Yonex lists NANOMETRIC DR graphite with tungsten in the frame and NANOMETRIC graphite in the shaft, which it later called its smallest, shaped to cut air resistance. The frame uses the Voltric Tri-Voltage System, which Yonex says balances power and maneuverability. What set the LD Force apart from the Voltric Z-Force II, Lin Dan’s frame since his January 2015 return to Yonex, was the head and the flex. It has a regular-sized isometric head rather than the Z-Force II’s compact one, and US spec sheets list it as Stiff where the Z-Force II is Extra Stiff. Japanese product copy describes a hard-hitter’s model developed to Lin Dan’s request, adding control without giving up power. Retail listings give it in 3U and 4U.
What Lin Dan won in these years
The black was on sale through the most productive stretch of Lin Dan’s final years. In March 2017 he won the Swiss Open, beating Shi Yuqi 21–12, 21–11. In April he took his first Malaysia Open title, beating Lee Chong Wei 21–19, 21–14, and in August he reached his seventh World Championships final, in Glasgow, losing to Viktor Axelsen. In 2018 he was runner-up to Shi Yuqi at the All England and won the New Zealand Open in May. On April 7, 2019 he came from a game down to beat Chen Long for the Malaysia Open, his first title at Super 500 level or higher since the 2017 edition. Less than two weeks later, Yonex announced his move to the new Crystal Red. Secondary sources say he also used Z-Force II frames in this period, so these are LD Force-era results, not results proven with a black frame.
Three colorways, two builds
Three LD Force colorways are documented. The Premium Gold (color code 560) launched first, in summer 2016, and was sold in Japan as a limited-quantity run. The Matte Black followed in 2017. The Crystal Red (688) arrived with a Yonex press release on April 19, 2019, which described a phoenix design over a black base and a late-May release in China and Japan. Yonex also produced Japanese-market (JP) and export (SP) builds, which dealers sell as separate products. No source explains any physical difference beyond market code and packaging.
Condition and identification
Verified sales of the Matte Black are scarce, and the price panel above reflects that. Part of the difficulty is identification. In the Japanese resale market, LD Force listings often omit the colorway, and a matte black frame is easy to confuse with a black Voltric LD3, a much cheaper model that Yonex listed only in gold; the LD3 has its own page. Condition matters a great deal on this finish: a matte surface shows scuffs, rub marks and grip-end wear that cannot be polished away, so an unused frame with its original full cover is a different object from a played one. Most prices visible online are dealer asks on out-of-stock pages; they are not sales and are not a guide to value.
Look-alikes and fakes
The main risk with a black LD Force is buying the wrong Lin Dan racquet. Yonex sold cheaper Lin Dan-branded Voltric models, among them the LD3, which Yonex’s international site listed from July 2016 and retailers sold in matte black; in a dark photograph it can be listed, honestly or not, as an LD Force. The Voltric Z-Force II LD editions are genuine Japan-made frames but a different model, with the compact head the LD Force moved away from. Outright counterfeits are the second risk, and Yonex USA publishes its own guidance on spotting them. The color identifies nothing. What does is the model name and VTLD-F code, the regular-sized head and the laser-engraved codes Yonex applies to genuine frames. Yonex documents the gold and red LD Forces as made in Japan but has no listing for the Matte Black.
Its place in a Lin Dan collection
The Crystal Red of 2019 was the LD Force’s final documented colorway, and Lin Dan announced his retirement on July 4, 2020, at 36, after 20 years on China’s national team. Yonex has published no discontinuation notice; the model left the catalog as the Astrox series took over Yonex’s head-heavy range. Within the family the Matte Black is the middle colorway, less tied to a single event than the Rio-era gold or the phoenix-themed red, but the one on sale during his 2017 run. In a Lin Dan collection it sits between the Z-Force II LD editions and the Crystal Red.
Confirm the model before the finish. Yonex’s code is VTLD-F; dealer SKUs such as VTLDF, VTLDFJP and VTLDFSP are retailer labels. The model name on the frame should be the LD-Force, not the LD-3 or a Z-Force II. Chinese launch coverage gave the black as Made in Japan, as Yonex documents for the gold and red LD Forces; a Taiwan-made matte black Lin Dan Voltric is a cheaper model, such as the LD3, which Yonex listed in 2016 and retailers sold in that finish. The head should be a regular-sized isometric head, visibly larger than a Z-Force II’s. On genuine Yonex frames the codes on the shaft and on the cone above the handle are laser-engraved, not printed, and Yonex says a genuine hologram sticker resists peeling. Check the butt cap for crisp YONEX lettering; a wide, round “O” is a common counterfeit tell.
For a Lin Dan collection, the Matte Black fills the 2017 slot between the Rio-era gold and the 2019 Crystal Red. Prioritize a clean, unworn matte finish, the original full cover and photographs that show the model name, the engraved codes and the full-size head. Be cautious with dark, low-resolution listings, where an LD-3 or a Z-Force II LD is easiest to pass off, and with any claim that a particular frame was Lin Dan’s own.