(by Steve Hopkins) Lin Yun-Ju continues to move up the ratings list.  Just three years ago, he was outside of the top 100, but the 21 year old is now firmly in the World’s Top 10.  The Taiwanese player is a great combination of strength and quickness – and he has proven he can compete with […]

German Table Tennis’ Home Workout Series

Ochsenhausen Continues to Roll in Germany’s TTBL Professional Table Tennis League

(by Steve Hopkins) Butterfly player, Dang Qiu gained reputation during the lockdown competing in the weekly Dusseldorf Masters events and accumulating more points than all of the other competitors.  Qiu is currently No. 53 in the World – the sixth ranked German, but quickly moving up in the rankings.  In fact, at the start of […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Most table tennis fans are familiar with Timo Boll’s team, Borussia Dusseldorf, and its long history of success in the German Budesliga.  And in the US, many have been following another German team, Liebherr Ochsenhausen, as they have USA’s Kanak Jha and the other great player from this hemisphere, Brazil’s Hugo Calderano.  But […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Entering the final few weeks, the Butterfly-sponsored Borussia Dusseldorf squad is securely installed as the top seed.  They need one more win to officially clinch the top position – they are 8 points ahead of second place in the standings, having lost only one match since December.  Dusseldorf stumbled against Ochsenhausen in […]