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Another Week, Another Promising Young Chinese Player

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) The last two WTT events saw the rise of Wen Ruibo, a talented 19-year old who finished second and then first in successive WTT events.  This week, Ruibo (now World No. 24) was the top seed at the WTT Feeder series event in Doha.  Unfortunately, he did not perform well […]

ITTF-Americas Cup: Top Americans Reach Quarters in San Francisco

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) The ITTF-Americas Cup is underway in San Francisco.  Action has now advanced to the Quarterfinals where 3 American Men have joined the other top seeds in the Final 8, and 3 American Women have also advanced to the Quarters of the Women’s Singles event. In Men’s Singles, top seeds Hugo […]

Prepare For and Adjust To the Opponent’s Biggest Threat

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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame, www.tabletenniscoaching.com/blog)   What’s the biggest threat from your opponent? One of the best ways to consistently beat weaker players (i.e., avoid upsets) as well as knock off stronger players is to neutralize whatever his biggest threat is. It’s hard for an opponent to win […]

Ruibo Over Franziska in Thrilling Doha Final

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) A week ago, Wen Ruibo fell just short – an amazing run all the way to the Final, where he lost to Qihao.  This week, Ruibo took an additional step forward – a dominating performance through four matches and an epic Finals win. Like last week, all three of the […]

Supreme Cast, Supreme Story, Supreme Sport

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(by Steve Hopkins) When Marty Supreme (2025) was released in December, it quickly turned heads.  Timothee Chalamet’s portrayal of Marty Mauser, a table tennis star loosely based on American great Marty Reisman, has helped bring this movie into the conversation for numerous accolades and awards.  The movie has nine Oscar nominations including Best Picture, Best […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Origin Table Tennis Academy

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(by Steve Hopkins) Origin Table Tennis Academy is in Little Neck, NY (a neighborhood in  the borough of Queens in New York City). The coaching staff is led by Coach Yutian Wang.  Origin TTA is dedicated to the growth and development of every student. As a physical activity, table tennis has extraordinary benefits to the training […]

When Should You Play in Tournaments?

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(By Larry Hodges, Member of US Table Tennis Hall of Fame, www.tabletenniscoaching.com/blog)   The short answer is . . . whenever you want to. But that ignores a problem players face when both competing and trying to improve. Let’s supposed you’ve spent a lot of time working new techniques, but haven’t quite perfected them yet. […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Orange County Table Tennis Academy

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(by Steve Hopkins) The Orange County Table Tennis Academy (OCTTA) features 10-15 tables, professional flooring, great lighting, plenty of space, and it is open daily from 9 am to 10 pm.  With more than 400 active players, it is the ideal facility to compete or learn.  OCTTA has a weekly Saturday evening Round Robin tournament […]

Jha Leads Dusseldorf to ETTU Win

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo ETTU) Borussia Dusseldorf is one of the most successful German League squads and one of the most successful ETTU squads.  This week, Dusseldorf launched its campaign for a seventh ETTU title with their opening Men’s Champions League match against Post SV Muhlhausen. The match was played in Muhlhausen (the first of […]

Zhu Yuling Rules Doha (Again)

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) There have been two WTT tour events so far in 2026, but there has only been on WTT Champion thus far – Zhu Yuling.  Butterfly player Zhu Yuling won medals in singles and doubles at the 2013 World Table Tennis Championships in Paris.  Through her career in China, she was […]

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