(by Steve Hopkins) With their location in Palisades Park, New Jersey, Han-In table Tennis is centrally located in the largest population center in North America.  They are just off of I-95, near the New Jersey Turnpike and the George Washington Bridge – and just across the Hudson River from Upper Manhattan. Han-In offers a table […]

(by Steve Hopkins) For the first time in a long time, the top players in the World are in action and there is some movement in the Top 10.  Fan Zhendong is still firmly atop the rankings (with nearly twice as many points as second place).  Ma Long is in second and Liang Jingkun still […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The second event in the Euro Summer Series, The WTT Champions European Summer Series 2022, has progressed to the Semifinals in Hungary.  In an interesting turn, two of the top seeded Butterfly-sponsored players have reached the Semifinals (Tomokazu Harimoto and Lin Gaoyuan) and two other players have advanced through upsets who also […]

(by Steve Hopkins) My Table Tennis Club (MyTTC) is headquartered near the town center of Markham, a suburb of Toronto in Ontario, Canada.  The Markham headquarters is 9,000 square feet with high ceilings, 18 tables, and 750 lux lighting that is ideal for table tennis.  They also have a Mississauga campus with 18,000 square feet […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) After a pause of several months, one of the strongest fields of the year is battling in Budapest at the WTT Star Contender European Summer Series 2022 event in Hungary. If you have been following European table tennis waiting for a changing of the guard and a new challenge to […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Saturday Evening Update: Another surprise in the late matches as Wang Chuqin finished strong against Ma Long.  This is a big step for Chuqin, World No. 14, who has already won the Mixed Doubles event and will now face off against Truls Moregard in the Final on Sunday.  Chuqin has been slowly […]