(by Steve Hopkins) For the first time in a long time, the top players in the World are in action and there is some movement in the Top 10.  Fan Zhendong is still firmly atop the rankings (with nearly twice as many points as second place).  Ma Long is in second and Liang Jingkun still […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The second event in the Euro Summer Series, The WTT Champions European Summer Series 2022, has progressed to the Semifinals in Hungary.  In an interesting turn, two of the top seeded Butterfly-sponsored players have reached the Semifinals (Tomokazu Harimoto and Lin Gaoyuan) and two other players have advanced through upsets who also […]

(by Steve Hopkins) My Table Tennis Club (MyTTC) is headquartered near the town center of Markham, a suburb of Toronto in Ontario, Canada.  The Markham headquarters is 9,000 square feet with high ceilings, 18 tables, and 750 lux lighting that is ideal for table tennis.  They also have a Mississauga campus with 18,000 square feet […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) After a pause of several months, one of the strongest fields of the year is battling in Budapest at the WTT Star Contender European Summer Series 2022 event in Hungary. If you have been following European table tennis waiting for a changing of the guard and a new challenge to […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Saturday Evening Update: Another surprise in the late matches as Wang Chuqin finished strong against Ma Long.  This is a big step for Chuqin, World No. 14, who has already won the Mixed Doubles event and will now face off against Truls Moregard in the Final on Sunday.  Chuqin has been slowly […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Mo Zhang dominated the Women’s Singles Event at the Canadian Championships last week in Mississauga Canada.  Zhang’s scores of her four matchess were 3-0, 3-0, 3-1, and 3-0).  Zhang defeated Crystal Liu in the Final.  Crystal  was a surprise, as she was the 8th seed in the event and maneuvered her way […]

(by Steve Hopkins) After a pause of several months, one of the strongest fields of the year is battling in Budapest.  The surprise of the day is Sweden’s Truls Moregard who defeated World No. 3 Liang Jingkun 4-2 this morning.   Moregard finished the first game strong for a 13-11 win, but then Liang fought back […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The strongest field of the Summer has progressed to the Quarterfinals in Budapest, Hungary.  Action for both Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles starts about 1pm Eastern Time (7pm local time).  Live video will be posted at www.worldtabletennis.com/livevideo Ma Long (World No. 2) is the top seed in the event.  He dropped one […]

(by Steve Hopkins) USA Table Tennis Player (and one of our top para-athletes), Tahl Leibovitz has been named Banner Bearer for Team USA at the 21st. World Maccabiah Games.  Five athletes have been given this honor this year: Tahl, Fred Cohen, Sherry Levin, Summer Bloom Runestad, and Deb Lichtenfeld.  Opening Ceremonies are scheduled for Thursday.  […]