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WAB CLUB FEATURE: Fullerton Table Tennis Academy

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(by Steve Hopkins) Fullerton Table Tennis Academy is located off Imperial Highway in Fullerton, California.  The facility is near Bonita Pl and S Harbor Blvd/E Imperial Hwy in the neighborhoods of La Habra.  This positions the club just North of Anaheim with easy access to all of the greater Los Angeles area. Fullerton Table Tennis Academy […]

German League Parity

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo TTBL) Four weeks in to the new season of the German Professional League (TTBL), and there are no undefeated teams – and 8 of the 12 teams are within one match of the lead. Preseason favorite Saarbrucken (who added Fan Zhendong to an already incredibly talented roster) lost their first match […]

Pan Am Championships: Preview

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) Two weeks from today, on October 12, action will being in Rock Hill, South Carolina at the 2025 ITTF Pan American Championships.  This edition of the ITTF Continental event will bring the top table tennis teams of the Hemisphere with the winners punching their tickets to the 2026 ITTF World […]

China Smash: Early Action

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Action kicked off on Sunday with half of the main draw seeing action at the China Smash, where Smash events are the top category of WTT tour events.  On the Men’s side, all of the Top 50 players are present except for No. 39 Yuta Tanaka.  With so many of […]

China Smash: Qualifiers Reach Main Round

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Eight players fought through the Qualifiers to reach the main draw at the China Smash, the premiere WTT event being played this week in Beijing.  Poland’s Samuel Kulczycki emerged from one group of eight, winning three matches including a 3-1 win over USA’s Ma Jingbao.  The other qualifiers are Kazakhstan’s […]

Reverse Adverse Results With Reverse Serves

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(By Larry Hodges) You probably have a regular forehand pendulum serve, or backhand serve, or perhaps a forehand tomahawk serve, or something else. These are all good serves. But if that’s all you use, then it’s pretty much an announcement about what type of sidespin will be on the serve. Your opponent is grateful for […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Fremont Table Tennis Academy

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(by Steve Hopkins) Fremont Table Tennis Academy (FTTA) has locations in both Fremont and San Ramon. Regular tournaments, open play, and coaching options are all features of FTTA.  The club locations provide plenty of hours (morning, afternoon, and evening).  They have facilities open 6 days each week. Group and private table-tennis lessons are available for […]

MLTT Week 2 Update

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(By Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) The second weekend of Major League Table Tennis featured six matches at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. The first two matches were played on Friday – the New York Slice and the Florida Crocs kicked off at 4pm.  The Slice won a tight 13-8 match that needed a […]

WTT Youth Contender San Francisco III

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(By Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) USA’s Daniel Tran took top honors in the U19 Boys Singles event at the WTT Youth Contender Series event in San Francisco.  Tran entered as the fourth seed, but eliminated the top seeded Lin Chin-Ting of Taipei before taking out Australia’s Chulong Nie 3-1 in the Final.  Two other Americans won […]

Latest Rankings: Chuqin to 1, Calderano to 3

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) China’s top two paddlers swapped spots in the latest World Rankings, with Wang Chuqin claiming No. 1 ahead of Lin Shidong. Shidong could reclaim the top position as soon as October 7, as both players will compete at the China Smash and with only 50 points separating them, the player […]

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