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Pan Am Games (Day 5) – USA Teams Cruise

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(by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The 2019 Pan American Games is through the fifth day in Lima, Peru.  The tournament began on August 4 and will continue through August 10.  The tournament has now completed the Singles and Doubles events and just the Team events remain. The top seed in Men’s Singles is Hugo Calderano (World […]

Pan Am Games (Day 4) – Singles Finals

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(by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The 2019 Pan American Games is through the fourth day in Lima, Peru.  The tournament began on August 4 and will continue through August 10.  The tournament has now completed the Singles and Doubles events with the Team events remaining. The top seed in Men’s Singles is Hugo Calderano (World No. […]

Pan Am Games (Day 3) – Doubles Finals and Singles Quarters

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(by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The 2019 Pan American Games is through the third day in Lima, Peru.  The tournament began on August 4 and will continue through August 10.  The tournament features Doubles events, Singles events, and Team events. The top seed in Men’s Singles is Hugo Calderano (World No. 6).  His teammate, Gustavo Tsuboi, […]

Pan Am Games (Day 2) – Doubles Events Progress

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Pan Am Games – Doubles Events Progress (by Steve Hopkins) The 2019 Pan American Games are underway in Lima, Peru.  The tournament will run from August 4 to 10 with Doubles events starting Sunday and Singles and Team events later this week and concluding next weekend. The top seed in Men’s Singles is Hugo Calderano […]

Tip of the Week – Serving Long

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(By Larry Hodges) Serving deep has one major advantage and one major disadvantage. The advantage is that it forces an opponent to contact the ball as far from his/her target (your side of the table) as possible. The disadvantage is that it allows an opponent to attack more readily, especially with a loop drive. (Note […]

Pan Am Games – Underway in Lima

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Pan Am Games – Underway in Lima (by Steve Hopkins) The 2019 Pan American Games are underway in Lima, Peru.  The tournament will run from August 4 to 10 with Doubles events starting Sunday and Singles and Team events later this week and concluding next weekend. The top seed in Men’s Singles is Hugo Calderano […]

WAB Club Feature: New York Table Tennis Inc.

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WAB Club Feature: New York Table Tennis Inc. (by Steve Hopkins) The New York Table Tennis facility at 45-19 162nd St. in Flushing, New York in the borough of Queens.  NYTT is positioned between 295, 495, and 678 with easy access from car and public transportation.  The 2800 square foot facility has 10 Butterfly tables, […]

August Rankings: Xu Keeps Top Spot

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August Rankings: Xu Keeps Top Spot (by Steve Hopkins/Photo by ITTF) The ITTF August rankings are out and Xu Xin has held on to the top spot. Fan Zhendong moved up a spot to No. 2, and Ma Long has jumped up two spots to No. 3. Lin Gaoyuan has slid two spots to No. […]

Do You Want to Know an Opponent’s Rating Before a Match?

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(By Larry Hodges) If you know your opponent’s rating before a match, you have several advantages: You can use tactics and techniques that will generally defeat that level; If the opponent is lower rated, you can go in with confidence; If the opponent is higher rated, you can go in feeling you have nothing to […]

Yangyang Jia Joins Butterfly

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(by Steve Hopkins) Bowmar Sports has announced this week that Yangyang Jia has joined the Bowmar Sports Butterfly Team.  Jia is a table tennis coach with more than 31,000 subscribers on YouTube and more than 4.5 million views.  She has been a Chinese National Second Level athlete, won the Zhejiang Province Collegiate Table Tennis Association tournament […]

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