(by Steve Hopkins) After an opening round that saw three of the World’s Top 10 ranked men fall to upsets, the Singapore Smash moved on to the Round of 32 – with half of the round played today and the other half scheduled for Monday. The bottom half of the draw played on Sunday, with […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Nine of the World’s Top 10 ranked men (and all of the Women’s Top 10) headline a massive event this week in Singapore.  The Singapore Smash started March 7 for qualifying rounds, and the main draw will run from Saturday (March 12) through Sunday (March 20). The reason for such a long […]

WAB Club Feature: Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club (by Steve Hopkins) Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club (SPTTC) is located in Bellevue, Washington, off of highway SR-520 just over Lake Washington from North side of Seattle.  The club is 9600 square feet with 18-foot ceilings, 16 Butterfly Centerfold tables, red Gerflor flooring, and two-toned walls to assist […]

(by Steve Hopkins) TTF Borussia Dusseldorf has been awarded first place in the European Table Tennis Champions League.  Four teams had made the Final Four with Dusseldorf facing another German squad, Saarbrucken, in one semifinal and two Russian Teams (Fakel Gazprom and UMMC) matched up in the other Semifinal. On Thursday, Dusseldorf defeated Saarbrucken for […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Final Four teams are in the middle of their home-home matches in the Semifinals of the European Champions League.  Two of those teams are German (Dusseldorf and Saarbrucken), and two of those teams are Russian (Fakel Gazprom and UMMC). Before today, Fakel Gazprom Orenburg was up one against TTSC UMMC and […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Table Tennis America will be hosting the USATT State Qualification Tournament for California.  The tournament will be held March 25-27 at the Table Tennis America facility on Albrae Street in Fremont.  Organizers have contracted with the Holiday Inn Express & Suites a few blocks away to provide close accommodations. As a USATT Sanctioned […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Potomac Community Table Tennis Club (PCTTC) brings table tennis to two locations in the Potomac, Maryland area – Northwest of DC and Bethesda. Their larger club is on Falls Road off of Dwight D. Eisenhower Highway in Potomac, and their Cabin John location is on Macarthur Boulevard near the Potomac River.  The […]

(by Steve Hopkins) On the heels of strong performances in the Europe Top 16, Darko Jorgic and Truls Moregard have both jumped into the Top 15 for the first time in the World Rankings.  Darko is now World No.12, and Truls is now World No. 14. The Top 10 are all unchanged, with Fan Zhendong, […]

(by Steve Hopkins) This week, the International Olympic Committee issued a statement condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  The IOC called upon international federations to cancel events planned in Russian and Belarus, and to cease use of those country flags. The ITTF also issued a statement of concern about the conflict in Ukraine.  The ITTF announcement, […]