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ITTF Pan American U11 & U13 Championships: Recap

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) The ITTF Pan American U11 & U13 Championships concluded last week in Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala.  Americans swept the singles events with strong performances across the board in the featured events. The Boys’ U13 Singles event saw all four American entries reach the Semifinals.  Chirag Pradhan defeated Andrew Huang in one […]

WTT Champions Macao: Anders Lind Makes Semis

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(By Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Anders Lind headlined the penultimate day with a 4-3 upset win over World No. 1 Lin Shidong reaching the Semifinals of the WTT Champions Series event in Macao. Shidong had been cruising, winning his previous two matches 3-0.  In fact, Shidong led at 1-0 and 2-1 before Lind managed two straight 12-10 […]

WTT Champions Macao: Final Eight

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(By Steve Hopkins) World No. 1 Lin Shidong won both of his matches 3-0 as he easily moved to the Quarterfinals at the WTT Champions Series event in Macao.  Shidong is set to face Anders Lind who upset Darko Jorgic in the first round, and then outlasted Chen Yuanyu in the Round of 16. Hugo Calderano […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Essential Table Tennis

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(By Steve Hopkins) Essential Table Tennis operates two club locations.  The Oklahoma City location is just South of downtown Oklahoma City off of I-35.  The club operates every day in this main location.  They also have weekend hours at the Moore Community Center in Moore, a few miles South of the City on Highway 35. […]

MLTT Week 1 Recap

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(By Steve Hopkins) The opening weekend of Major League Table Tennis featured six matches at Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California. The first two matches were played on Friday – the Texas Smash versus the Bay Area Blasters and the Florida Crocs versus the Portland Paddlers.  The Texas Smash won 15-6 over the Blasters, with Hiromitsu […]

WTT Macao Preview: Opening Matchups

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(By Steve Hopkins) World No. 1 Lin Shidong will face Kao Cheng-Jui, just one of many exciting first-round matchups at the WTT Champions Series event in Macao that begins on Tuesday.  The second seed, Wang Chuqin will face Sora Matsushima.  World No. 3 Tomokazu Harimoto will face Dimitrij Ovtcharov, and World No. 4 Hugo Calderano will […]

Togami Takes Title in Almaty

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(By Steve Hopkins) The old saying “Third Time’s a Charm” rang true for Shunsuke Togami today as his third trip to a WTT Final netted his first career WTT event championship at the WTT Contender Series event in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Togami came out on fire today taking the first two games over China’s Zhou Qihao easily […]

Togami and Qihao Reach Final in Almaty

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(By Steve Hopkins, photo by WTT) All three wins were by just 2 points, but 21 year old Ryoichi Yoshiyama’s quickness prevailed over Darko Jorgic as the top seed was eliminated.  Yoshiyama actually had one of the toughest draws in the early rounds of the WTT Contender Series event in Almaty, as he fought past Xue […]

That One Good Block

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(By Larry Hodges) The stronger the player, the more predictable their attacking shots tend to be. Why? Because that’s what makes them consistent. They may be able to make a dozen strong loops in a row, but they often all come out about the same. So, guess what? All you have to do is make […]

US Open Teams Championships: Drama, Determination, and Destination

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(By Steve Hopkins) Labor Day weekend in Myrtle Beach saw more than the typical sun, surf, and seafood —it also delivered sports, suspense, and spotlight. It’s been 25 years since the US Open Table Tennis Championships seemingly made Detroit the center of the table tennis world each Fall. This year, USA Table Tennis in cooperation with […]

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