(By Steve Hopkins) Lima, Peru is host this week to the ITTF Pan American Championships.  The singles events have already progressed to the Semifinals, with the final matches scheduled for Monday. In Women’s Singles, the top two seeds are Puerto Rico’s Adriana Diaz and USA’s Lily Zhang, and each has cruised thus far.  Diaz has […]

(By Steve Hopkins) Located in Katy, Texas on the West side of Metropolitan Houston, is the Houston International Table Tennis Academy (HITTA).  Consistent with being located in the largest city in the largest State, HITTA provides one of the largest professional table tennis training academies in the country.  The facility is 11000 square feet with […]

(by Steve Hopkins) November is turning out to be a very good month for new players at Rhode Island Table Tennis, a small table tennis club (and WAB Club) in Manville, RI.  The Club’s first tournaments post-Pandemic was held last weekend.  In a part of New England where it has taken a little longer to […]

(by Steve Hopkins) A week ago, three of four Chinese team members competing in the WTT event in Lasko fell early.  This week,  Chinese players are flexing their muscles. The WTT Contender event in Novo Mesto, Slovenia has advanced to the Quarterfinals and four of the remaining eight are a part of the Chinese team.  […]