(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) There have been two WTT tour events so far in 2026, but there has only been on WTT Champion thus far – Zhu Yuling.  Butterfly player Zhu Yuling won medals in singles and doubles at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris.  Through her career in China, she was […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) India’s Manav Thakkar had a fast start against a second-tier Chinese player in the opening round of the WTT Star Contender in Doha this week, but from that 0-2 position, Zhou Qihao flipped a switch.  Thakkar didn’t just win the first two games, he won 11-8 and 11-5 before Qihao […]

(by Steve Hopkins) North Texas Table Tennis is a premier table tennis club operating three locations in Plano, Texas.  The club promotes excellence and sportsmanship in a safe and friendly environment. NTTTC also provides a wonderful facility for private and corporate functions and regularly hosts community-based tournaments, leagues, birthday parties, corporate events and charity events. […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Butterfly America would like to announce the signing of elite American table tennis star, Amy Wang.  The Olympian won a pair of US National titles and a pair of US Open titles and has been a fixture on the US National Team.  In 2022, she won her first WTT series event, the […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The first WTT Champions series event of the year ended in a flurry Sunday in Doha, with four of the final six matches going to the lower rated player.  In Men’s Singles, the two upsets were both in the Semifinals.  World No. 2 Lin Shidong lost to Jan Woojin 4-2.  Woojin had […]