(by Jenson Van Emburgh, photo by Manca Meglic) Wheelchair table tennis players, like other table tennis players, use a variety of rubber types.  However, due to their disabilities, wheelchair players are more likely to use short, long, and medium pimples – and this wide range of equipment choices leads to more diverse playing styles among […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Puerto Rico’s Adriana Diaz needed all seven games to top Canada’s Mo Zhang in the morning Semifinal match today.  In the other half of the draw, USA’s Lily Zhang fell to Brazil’s Bruna Takahashi 0-4.  In the Final, it was Adriana Diaz taking gold with another 4-3 win ove rTakahashi. Top seeded […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With half of the Round of 16 matches complete at the WTT Champions Series Event in Frankfurt, Korea already has to players through to the Quarterfinal Round.  One of those Korean players, Butterfly-sponsored Lee Sangsu, captured today’s headlines by upsetting World No. 1 Fan Zhendong 3-1.  Zhendong and Sangsu are familiar with […]