(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) TeamUSA fell in their opening match against Romania, in early action at the ITTF Mixed Team World Cup in Sichuan Gymnasium in Chengdu, China.  With a unique scoring system where there are five matches and each pairing plays three games only.  The first team to score 8 points wins – […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With all teams having played 13 matches, its Carolina Gold Rush in first place in the East, and the Bay Area Blasters in first in the West.  Each team is two wins ahead of the closest competitor.  The Carolina Gold Rush are 11-2 and second place in the East is the Florida […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The ITTF World Youth Championships finished this week in Nova Gorica, Slovenia.  The Boys U19 title went to Lin Shidong – at the end of a dominant performance including five wins.  Shidong was a strong favorite in the tournament, as he has already risen to No. 9 in the adult rankings.  Lin […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Central Ohio is home to Spin & Smash.  Its a table tennis club that is part ping pong social club and part table tennis training center.  The club is open every day – at least 12 hours every day except for Sunday (which is open with shorter hours).  In addition to regular club events, […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) A week ago, 35 year old Steffen Mengel surprised the field for his first tour win at the WTT Feeder series win in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.  This week, Mengel returned to Germany for another WTT Feeder event (in Dusseldorf), and the result was the same – two wins […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) In this Mixed Team event, both Men and Women play on the same squad.  There is room for a minimum of three of each gender participating – and depending upon how each team allocates their doubles matches you could have four of each gender play in a given team match.  […]