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WAB CLUB FEATURE: Greater Vancouver Table Tennis Club

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Founded in 2019 by Wilson Peng Zhang, the Greater Vancouver Table Tennis Club (GVTTC) is a non-profit organization established to promote the sport of table tennis in British Columbia. Located in Burnaby, a suburb East of Vancouver, the 3200 square foot facility is easily accessible to the greater Vancouver metropolitan area. The club features table […]

European Games Krakow: Ovtcharov and Moregardh Out in 16s

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(By Steve Hopkins) The European Games are underway in Krakow, Poland.  The Finals will be awarded in doubles on Monday and in singles on Tuesday.  Team events begin on Wednesday. Sunday was an eventful day for Men’s singles as two of the top seeds fell in upsets.  Truls Moregardh lost 4-3 to Daniel Habesohn of […]

Final Day Upsets: Anton and Miwa Take Titles in Tunis

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(By Steve Hopkins) In a tournament where the top four seeds lost early, it only makes sense that sixth seed Anton Kallberg would add one more upset to the event as he overcame the fifth seed Patrick Franziska in the Final of Men’s Singles at the WTT Contender Tunis.  Anton Kallberg dominated Mattias Falck 3-1 […]

Team Puerto Rico Win in San Salvador

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(By Steve Hopkins) Puerto Rico entered the team event at the XXIV Juegos Centroamericanos Y Del Caribe (Central American and Caribbean Games) as the top seed.  However, beyond their top player (Brian Afanador who is No. 68), the Puerto Rican team’s respective World Rankings were comparable to Cuba with a number of players around the […]

Final Pairs Set in Tunis: Franziska v. Kallberg and Miwa v. Yubin

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(By Steve Hopkins) Despite the top four seeds falling early, two big names have reached the Final at the WTT Contender Tunis.  Anton Kallberg dominated Mattias Falck 3-1 to reach the Final.  Kallberg will face Patrick Franziska who topped Sun Wen 3-1.  This sets up a very interesting Final in that these two have faced […]

Top Seeds Tumble in Tunis

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(By Steve Hopkins) The top four seeds in the WTT Contender Tunis were ranked between No. 6 and No. 15.  Hugo Calderano lead the way, Lin Yun-Ju was seeded second, Lim Jonghoon was seeded third, and Lin Shidong was fourth.  The first round began on Thursday, and two of those top four fell on the […]

Catching Up with Jeremy Hazin

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(by Steve Hopkins) At the end of May, one of Canada’s best, Jeremy Hazin, visited WAB Club Rhode Island Table Tennis. Jeremy was with his friend, Nikhil Nanda Veeraghavan for some graduation festivitities in the area. Nikhil regularly plays in tournaments in Rhode Island. The visit gave us an opportunity to connect – and gave […]

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