2015 U.S. Open Photos

July 6, 2015

Photos from opening day of the 2015 U.S. Open in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Juniors in Action at the 2015 U.S. Open

July 6, 2015

Today in Las Vegas, the 2015 US Open table tennis championships have begun with the Junior Boys Teams trials, Junior Girls Teams trials and an Under 2000 Tiered Super Round Robin. The 2015 US Open has over 1,000 athletes from over 30 countries participating in over 100 events including para events. Up to the Men’s Singles and Women’s […]

Summer 2015 a Time of Transition for USA Junior and Cadet Star Crystal Wang

July 6, 2015

Summer 2015 a Time of Transition for USA Junior and Cadet Star Crystal Wang by Barbara Wei 13-year old junior and cadet star Crystal Wang has spent her entire US table tennis career training at the Maryland Table Tennis Center under Coach Jack Huang in Gaithersburg, MD. In the past two years, Crystal has grown […]

Jung Youngsik Wins Men’s Singles Title, Most Successful Player in Incheon

July 5, 2015

Jung Youngsik Wins Men’s Singles Title, Most Successful Player in Incheon Courtesy of ITTF Winner earlier in the day in the Men’s Doubles event in partnership with colleague Kim Minseok, Jung Youngsik won the Men’s Singles title at the GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Tour Korea Open on the late afternoon of Sunday July 5th; […]

ITTF Hopes Week: One Step Higher Each Day, Players and Coaches Increase Knowledge in Shanghai

July 4, 2015

ITTF Hopes Week: One Step Higher Each Day, Players and Coaches Increase Knowledge in Shanghai Courtesy of ITTF Four days of practice completed before matters commenced on Friday July 3rd, the 16 girls and 16 boys alongside 28 coaches had learned something new every day at the ITTF Hopes Week in the Chinese city of […]

Butterfly is Proud to Sponsor the $36,000 2015 Butterfly LA Open

July 4, 2015

Butterfly is Proud to Sponsor the $36,000 2015 Butterfly LA Open The 2015 Butterfly LA Open is a 4-star USA Table Tennis sanctioned tournament on September 5th & 6th at the Los Angeles Badminton Club in El Monte. This year, the Butterfly LA Open offers over $36,000 in total prize money and the Open Singles […]

Playing as the Underdog

July 4, 2015

Playing as the Underdog by Han Xiao Every player I’ve met, including myself, has stories about matches they almost won against superior opponents. They all sound pretty similar. Some are closer matches than others, and you can see certain patterns emerge in people’s stories. Most of the time a number of different factors combined to […]

2015 ITTF World Tour Korea Open

July 4, 2015

2015 ITTF World Tour Korea Open Congratulations to SHAN Xiaona (GER) for reaching the final! Tomorrow, the German Butterfly player will face Ai FUKUHARA or Miyu MAEDA (both from Japan), after beating Mixed Doubles’ World Champion YANG Haeun as well as defensive player and number 3 seed SEO Hyowon (both from South Korea). Go, Go, […]

Kobe Runner Up Progresses but Winner Suffers More Agonies in Incheon

July 2, 2015

Kobe Runner Up Progresses but Winner Suffers More Agonies in Incheon Courtesy of ITTF Silver medalist some seven days earlier in Kobe, Masaki Yoshida duly progressed to the semi-final stage of the Under 21 Men’s Singles event at the GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Tour Korea Open in Incheon on Thursday July 2nd. The no.2 […]

World Cadet Challenge Heads To Sharm El-Sheikh

July 2, 2015

ITTF PRESS RELEASE The Egyptian city of Sharm El-Sheikh has been confirmed as the host for the 13th World Cadet Challenge from October 23 – 31 2015. This marks the second time an African country has hosted the prestigious event since its inauguration in the Hungarian city of Tiszaujvaros in 2002, where reigning Olympics Champion ZHANG […]