(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) WTT’s Star Contender series events are a bridge between lower level Contender level events and the top tier Champions level events.  The prize money is below $250,000, ranking points are 600 for the winners, and depending upon the location the entrants are often a mix of young players quickly rising […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo TTBL) When the two teams met in December, Saarbrucken beat Borussia Dusseldorf 3-2 on the strength of a 3-1 doubles win.  Today, the rematch went to Dusseldorf – giving them sole possession of first place and dropping Saarbrucken to third (behind Werder Bremen). Sunday’s match was in Dusseldorf with 3300 fans […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ETTU) If you were drafting an all-star squad from the best players in the team of the  in the world, you’d have a tough time picking a better team than the one Saarbrucken has assembled.  Fan Zhendong, Truls Moregard, Patrick Franziska, and Darko Jorgic is a formidable group of European Champions, […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Wang Chuqin remains firmly in the top spot, but 19 others in the Top 25 of shifted positions in a very active update to the World Rankings.  Within the Top 5, Hugo Calderano has moved up one spot to No. 2.  He is now 175 points ahead of Lin Shidong […]

(by Steve Hopkins) PongPlanet is a full-time table tennis club with a variety of programs for adults and juniors of all levels. The club is located in San Carlos, California, about half way between San Francisco and San Jose, just off the 101 on the West side of bay. The facility is 9600 square feet with […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo Remy Gross for ETTU) Darko Jorgic had a strong Semifinal performance today at the Europe Top 16 Cup in Montreux, Switzerland.  His 3-1 win this morning over Benedikt Duda punched his ticket to the Finals.   The other Semifinal pitted brother versus brother as Alexis Lebrun won the first game 11-9, and […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) The ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup concluded on Sunday in Haikou, the Capitol of China’s Hainan Island province.  Wang Chuqin and Lin Shidong were the top two seeds, but Shidong fell in the Quarterfinals 3-4 to Shunsuke Togami.   Tomokazu Harimoto took advantage and emerged from the bottom half of the draw to […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) The Europe Top 16 Cup was held in Montreux, Switzerland.  This year,  Truls Moregard, Felix Lebrun, Alexis Lebrun, and Dang Qiu were the top four seeds.   In the top half of the draw, both top seeds fell.  Truls Moregard lost in the Round of 16 to Marcos Freitas 3-1.  In […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup is underway in Haikou, the Capitol of China’s Hainan Island province.  Wang Chuqin and Lin Shidong were the top two seeds in the event with Tomokazu Harimoto and Xiang Peng among the many stars in action. Wang Chuqin reached the Semifinals with relative ease logging a 3-0 win […]

(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 […]