On Saturday, January 29, 90 players gathered to compete in the 2022 January Butterfly Teams Robin Round Tournament. The Tournament was hosted at a local “We Are Butterfly Club”, Triangle Badminton and Table Tennis. The club welcomed local players from Asheville, and Charlotte, and as far away as Westchester, New York. This sold-out event was […]
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WTTC Interviews: Lim Jonghoon
Posted onYou beat Lin Yun-Ju (TPE), one of the favorites in the tournament, in the third round of the men’s singles event. How did you prepare for the match? I had expected powerful strokes would be effective against Lin Yun-Ju and I think it was correct to a certain extent. There were some occasions when I […]
Steven Moreno Europe Training
Posted on(By Steven Moreno) This year 2022 has started with great enthusiasm for my sports career, on January 6, 2022 in Puerto Rico a very traditional day is celebrated called Three Kings Day, it is a tradition for us Puerto Ricans. That day I woke up with a shout of joy from my parents as my […]
WTTC Interviews: Lin Yun-Ju
Posted onLooking back at the 2021 WTTC Finals, how was the event for you? Although the result was not good, the main point was to make the best use of the experience as I became aware of various techniques to improve during the tournament. What is the reason of your losing against Lim Jonghoon? I had […]
Sally Moyland World Youth 2021 trip report
Posted on(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 […]
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 […]
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