(By Sally Moyland) Hello, I’m back at it… November 29th was the day we left Houston for Porto, Portugal. However, we did have to transfer at Frankfurt. Our flight to Frankfurt had a 30-40 minute delay. This made the already very short transfer time – 1h – even tighter. We would only have 20 minutes […]
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Sally Moyland’s 2021 US Open trip report
Posted on(By Sally Moyland) Just a little over ten days after my return from Portugal, I was going on to tackle another tournament – the US Open that was held in Las Vegas. I’ve never gotten to the bottom of why it’s been Las Vegas each year, but I guess it’s a thing. I do sincerely […]
WTTC Interviews: Cheng I-Ching
Posted onLooking back at the 2021 WTTC Finals, how was the event for you? I was able to reappraise thanks to the tournament. The results at the Olympics helped me confirm my level. I felt my previous efforts were rewarded when I stepped on the podium at the Olympics, the stage I had dreamed of. The […]
Major Shifts with ITTF’s Week 5 Rankings
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld ) ITTF has processed a major reset of points to start off the 2022 year. In the last rankings, which was a continuation of 2021 points, Fan Zhedong was at 14145 and had a 3600 point advantage over second place. After the point reset, Fan is at 8598 – and […]
ITTF Rankings- Fan’s Lead Grows
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) China continues to dominate the top of the ITTF Rankings holding the top three Men’s positions and the the top two Women’s positions. On the Men’s side, Fan Zhendong (14145) now has a lead of over 3600 points over second ranked Ma Long (10510). Xu Xin (8630) continues to hold third place, […]
Changing of the Guard?: Chuqin and Manyu Win In Macao
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld ) With the whole Chinese Team on-hand, the WTT Macao event this week was the first ITTF event of 2022 with the World’s Top players competing. The top European players weren’t there, but the World’s top three ranked Men competed (6 of the top 10) and five of the top […]
WTTC Interviews: Fan Zhendong
Posted on*回想这次世乒赛，你觉得最你来说是个怎样的比赛 What is this world table tennis championship like to you this time? 我一直都认为世乒赛是世界上最高水平的赛事之一。而且这届世乒赛也是非常不同寻常的一届世乒赛。自己已经参加了第5次，这次终于能够获得男单冠军，首先非常开心，也希望通过比赛，能够给自己无论是信心，包括成绩上，还包括打球的各个方面都能有进一步的提升吧。 I always think that the world championship is one of the tournaments with the highest levels. This one is particularly special. I have participated 5 times and finally got the men’s singles champion this time. I am extremely happy and I […]
Training experience in Taiwan
Posted on(By Darryl Tsao) The building was quiet. The only thing I could hear were my footsteps, inching closer to a white sliding door. It was my first day training with the Neihu table tennis team. The door slid smoothly open. As I stepped on the red non-slip matting, all eyes were on me. I walked […]
WTTC Interviews: Suthasini Sawettabut
Posted on1. You were playing very well against Mima Ito and really close to win. Ito commented you had no problem with her pimples rubbers. What do you think of the match when you look back. It was a good match for me even I cannot win. Actually, I had an opportunity to win this match […]
Sally’s Houston/World Championship report
Posted on(By Sally Moyland) If you’ve been reading my articles, you would know that I just finished the Pan American Youth Championships in September, 2021 at Santo Domingo. Since the USA team made it, I had a chance to go to Portugal and play the World Youth Championships. At around a month to go, all the […]
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