(By Steve Hopkins) The European Games Singles Champions were crowned on Tuesday at the European Games in Krakow, Poland.  Bernadette Szocs emerged as champion in Women’s Singles.  She defeated Poland’s Natalia Bajor in the Semifinals and then topped Xioxin Yang of Monoco 4-3 to claim the title.  Szocs fell behind early, losing the first two […]

(By Steve Hopkins) The singles semifinals are now set at the European Games in Krakow, Poland.  The final four pairings in Men’s Singles are Alexis Lebrun versus Marcos Freitas, and Felix Lebrun versus Andrej Gacina.  The top seeds have all fallen, and however the final matches shake out, there will be some neat story-lines.  Could […]

(By Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The European Games are underway in Krakow, Poland.  The Finals will be awarded in doubles on Monday and in singles on Tuesday.  Team events begin on Wednesday. Sunday was an eventful day in Krakow at the 3rd European Games as two of the top Men’s seeds, Moregardh and Ovtcharov, fell […]

Founded in 2019 by Wilson Peng Zhang, the Greater Vancouver Table Tennis Club (GVTTC) is a non-profit organization established to promote the sport of table tennis in British Columbia. Located in Burnaby, a suburb East of Vancouver, the 3200 square foot facility is easily accessible to the greater Vancouver metropolitan area. The club features table […]

(By Steve Hopkins) The European Games are underway in Krakow, Poland.  The Finals will be awarded in doubles on Monday and in singles on Tuesday.  Team events begin on Wednesday. Sunday was an eventful day for Men’s singles as two of the top seeds fell in upsets.  Truls Moregardh lost 4-3 to Daniel Habesohn of […]

(By Steve Hopkins) In a tournament where the top four seeds lost early, it only makes sense that sixth seed Anton Kallberg would add one more upset to the event as he overcame the fifth seed Patrick Franziska in the Final of Men’s Singles at the WTT Contender Tunis.  Anton Kallberg dominated Mattias Falck 3-1 […]

(By Steve Hopkins) Despite the top four seeds falling early, two big names have reached the Final at the WTT Contender Tunis.  Anton Kallberg dominated Mattias Falck 3-1 to reach the Final.  Kallberg will face Patrick Franziska who topped Sun Wen 3-1.  This sets up a very interesting Final in that these two have faced […]

(By Steve Hopkins) The top four seeds in the WTT Contender Tunis were ranked between No. 6 and No. 15.  Hugo Calderano lead the way, Lin Yun-Ju was seeded second, Lim Jonghoon was seeded third, and Lin Shidong was fourth.  The first round began on Thursday, and two of those top four fell on the […]