(by Steve Hopkins) The WTT Champions Series event is in Incheon Korea this week, and a huge upset is already on the board on the first day.  The hero of the first day was Lee Sang Su, a savvy Korean veteran, and the victim was World No. 6 Felix Lebrun. Lebrun easily won the opening […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Vancouver Table Tennis Club (VTTC) stands as one of the largest table tennis facilities in one of North America’s major metropolitan areas. Conveniently located near Vancouver’s Chinatown and easily accessible from Highway 1A, it offers an exceptional venue for players of all levels. Typically, VTTC operates Monday to Friday from 11 […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Late Saturday, the Quarterfinal matches were played at the WTT Star Contender Chennai.  Tomislav Pucar who earlier in the day upset top seed Harimoto, fell to Oh Junsung.  Oh was the third seed in this section of the draw, the first of four surprise semifinalist. The four seeded players in […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The first action on Friday went pretty much as expected at the WTT Star Contender Chennai.  Tomokazu Harimoto started strong against Maharu Yoshimura, but Yoshimura fought back to even the score to 2-2 before Harimoto could squeeze out an 11-9 win in the fifth. The second seed, Hugo Calderano, lost […]

(by Steve Hopkins) True North Table Tennis Centre is located in Scarborough Ontario, a suburb just North of Toronto near Markham. It was founded by Hongtao Chen and Eugene Wang in 2018 to help others learn and perfect their table tennis skills. With their expert coaching, many athletes have reached new grounds in their table […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The WTT Youth Contender Series visited Buenos Aires this week, bringing rising stars from the Western Hemisphere as well as a few top ranked youth players from Korea, Spain, and Slovakia. For American fans, there was solid results from TeamUSA in Girls U17, Boys U15 and Mixed Doubles, Puerto Rico in U19 […]