(by Steve Hopkins) Pleasanton Table Tennis Center is located at the center of Pleasanton, California to the East of San Francisco Bay with quick access to I-580 and I-680 (and each of the major cities in the area).  Pleasanton Table Tennis Center was the first table tennis club in tri-valley to open every day. The club is […]

(By Steve Hopkins) During the holidays, USATT announced that the US Open Teams Table Tennis Championships is slated to return to Myrtle Beach, South Carolina next September.  As you mark your calendar and begin to plan your schedule of table tennis events, be sure to include that huge 5-star competition that will run over Labor day […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF) The top four seeds reached the Semifinals of Men’s Singles at the ITTF-Americas Cup in San Francisco and wins by the top two seeds set up a Final between World No. 3 Hugo Calderano and World No. 21 Kanak Jha. Jha had a solid tournament, dropping only three games while […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) The top four seeds reached the Semifinals of Women’s Singles at the ITTF-Americas Cup in San Francisco.  To that point, things proceeded as expected with top seeded Bruna Takahashi of Brazil advancing without losing a game, and second seeded Lily Zhang almost mirroring that success winning 8 games and only […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) The last two WTT events saw the rise of Wen Ruibo, a talented 19-year old who finished second and then first in successive WTT events.  This week, Ruibo (now World No. 24) was the top seed at the WTT Feeder series event in Doha.  Unfortunately, he did not perform well […]