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Van Emburgh Builds Momentum in Brazil and Slovenia

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(by Steve Hopkins) Jenson Van Emburgh continued his international campaign with a pair of strong results at ITTF World Para Challenger events in São Paulo, Brazil and Laško, Slovenia.  Both events featured world-class competitors, and Van Emburgh finished with a tournament victory, a runner-up finish, and some hard-fought quarterfinal appearances. The trip began in Brazil […]

Dang Qiu Wins Third German National Championship

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(by Steve Hopkins) Dang Qiu won his third German National Championship – dominating at the LOTTO Thuringen TT-Finals in Erfurt, Germany.  Qiu beat Kay Stumper in the Quarterfinals and Benedikt Duda in the Semifinals.  Today, Qiu topped Patrick Franziska 4-1, dropping only the second game.  Perhaps the turning point of the match came early as […]

Jorgic Wins, Jha Second in Skopje

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) When the dust finally settled at the WTT Contender event in Skopje, Macedonia, it was Darko Jorgic on top.  Jorgic won the event from the second position, defeating Nuytinck, Park, Rassenfosse, and Kallberg on the way to the Final.  The other Finalist was USA’s Kanak Jha who started the week […]

Jha and Jorgic Reach Final in Skopje

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) USA’s Kanak Jha doubled up on Saturday, winning early against Simon Gauzy (World No. 20), and winning Saturday evening against Hiroto Shinozuka (World No. 32).  By reaching the Final, Jha has already added 280 points – enough to jump seven or eight spots in the World rankings.  But Jha is […]

Kanak Kicking in Skopje

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Kanak Jha is quietly having a great tournament in Macedonia this week, as the WTT Contender series event in Skopje has reached the Semifinals.  While four of the top five seeds have fallen, Jha has logged wins over Deni Kozul, Marcos Freitas, and Simon Gauzy.  The most recent of those […]

A Forehand Stance While Blocking

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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame Many players go into a backhand stance when blocking. This is fine for the backhand, but it weakens the forehand side. Even worse, it makes smashing or counterlooping on the forehand much more difficult. You may find that you can block backhands almost as […]

US Nationals Preview: Two Weeks Until the June 16 Entry Deadline

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(by Steve Hopkins, graphic USATT) Action is set to start on July 3rd in San Jose for this rendition of the US Nationals.  Kanak Jha, Nikhil Kumar, Jishan Liang, Nandan Naresh and Sid Naresh are currently the top five seeds in Men’s Singles, and Amy Wang, Sally Moyland, Angela Guan, Jessica Reyes-Lai, and Lilian Ma […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Table Tennis & More

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(By Steve Hopkins) Table Tennis & More (TT&M) was founded by Len Winkler in 1996. Over the years, the club has had many shapes and forms.  At one point, the club downsized to a garage – but Len kept it going.  Years later, Len moved to Hawaii and started a new TT&M.  At that point, […]

Triple Crown for Saarbrucken – TTBL Champion

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo TTBL via BeLa Sportfoto) FC Saarbrucken TT won the Final Four, securing the German team title.  There were 5600 fans in attendance at the event in Frankfurt which featured the top four teams of the league season: Saarbrucken, Dusseldorf, Bergneustadt, and Bremen. In the Semifinals on Saturday, Borussia Dusseldorf needed all […]

How To Return Different Serves

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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame We will define a “short” serve as any serve that, given the chance, would bounce at least twice on the receiver’s side of the table before going off the end. Any serve that doesn’t do this will be considered a “long” serve. To attack […]

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