(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) Teams events bring a special comradery and a particular kind of pressure.  Its not just about your own performance – its also a matter of juggling your teammates’ hopes and expectations.  This week, a hundred teams converged on Myrtle Beach for the US Open Teams Championships and it was the […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Austin Table Tennis Club is located at 8956 Research Blvd in Austin.  They are just off of US Highway 183 on the North side of Austin. The Club has been around for more than thirty years.  Their current 12,000 square foot full-time facility is a big change from the wooden dance floor in […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Shunsuke Togami, World No. 14, was the top seed in Almaty for this week’s WTT Contender series event.  Togami didn’t just win, he dropped only one game in the five matches he won – topped off with a 4-0 Finals win over Simon Gauzy.  For Gauzy, he was less dominant, but the […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The draws were released today for the WTT Champions Macao 2026.  The seedings are locked in, and there are lots of interesting match-ups in store for fans. The event features 32 players.  The top seed in the Men’s event is Sora Matsushima who will face Tom Jarvis in the opening […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The ITTF-Americas Youth Championships have taken over Guatemala City this week, with the best U15 and U19 juniors converging in Guatemala City August 23-30. The event included singles, doubles, mixed doubles, and team competition across both U15 and U19 age divisions. Starting at the top, the U19 Boys Singles title went to […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Major League Table Tennis returns for its fourth season in two weeks.  The September 11-13 weekend will see action in Duluth, Georgia at the Gas South Convention Center. Chicago Wind, Atlanta Blazers, Princeton Revolution, and Los Angeles Spinners will all be in action. Action opens out West just two weeks later at […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With their location just North of Atlanta in Suwanee, Atlanta International Table Tennis Academy has a strong presence in the largest metropolitan area in the Southeast.  AITTA is the result of a 2014 merger between Yang’s Table Tennis Academy and Atlanta Table Tennis Academy.  They have full-time coaches across and have been […]

(by Steve Hopkins, graphic USATT) Labor Day weekend is closing in fast, and that means it’s almost time for the five-star Butterfly 2026 US Open Teams Championships. Action gets underway September 5 at the John T. Rhodes Myrtle Beach Sports Center in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, with this premiere event running through a full three […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) The Portland Paddlers, the defending champions, bring grit, speed, and smart play into Season 4. Their returning core and draft selections make them a formidable and well-coached group. The 2026 roster mixes established leaders with new additions. Standouts include Jens Lundqvist, Hampus Nordberg, Nikhil Kumar, Min Hyeok Kim, Kotomi Omoda, […]