(by Steve Hopkins) World No. 2 Lin Shidong entered the Singapore Smash just 1000 points behind World No. 1 Wang Chuqin.  Shidong shined in Singapore, with dominant results extending across three events. In Singles, Shidong went 3-0, 3-1, 3-0, 4-1, and 4-0 to reach the Final.  And once in that Final, he outlasted World No. […]

(by Steve Hopkins) World No. 1 Wang Chuqin fought back from a 1-3 deficit to even the match, but lost 12-10 in the last game to Liang Jingkun.  The ripples of that Semifinal result could bring us a new No. 1 on Sunday. World No. 2, Lin Shidong played a tight match with France’s Alexis […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Americans had a strong showing at the Singapore Smash, with runs to the Final 16 in both Men’s and Women’s Singles.  Kanak Jha secured a great win over Sweden’s Truls Moregard (World No. 7) to reach the Round of 16, but fell to Germany’s Dang Qiu (World No. 10) on Thursday.  On […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Kanak Jha had one of the best matches of his career today as defeated World No. 7 Truls Moregard to reach the Round of 16 at the Singapore Smash.  Moregard had a strong start in the match, with an 11-6 win in the opening game.  The two then played three […]

(by Steve Hopkins) USA’s Lily Zhang defeated Lee Eunhye of Korea this morning 3-0.  That’s two consecutive 3-0 wins for Zhang as she reached the Round of 16 at the Singapore Smash.  In her 6 games, opponents have only reached 7 two times (and in the other four games, opponents scored 5 or fewer points). […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Table Tennis Minnesota has three locations in the greater Minneapolis-St.Paul area.  The Training Center location is on Concord Street in South St. Paul, the Jewish Center location is on Cedar Lake Road in Minneapolis, and the Bloomington Armory location is in Bloomington.  Normally, the Training Center is open Monday-Thursday and Sunday and […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The first of the adult national team rankings events was played last week in Burlingame, California.  The 2025 National Teams are adjusted throughout the year with a second national ranking tournament, the US Nationals, the US Open, and the ITTF World Rankings. In the National Teams Ranking Tournament in Burlingame, it was […]

(by Steve Hopkins) In early action at the Singapore Smash, three Americans played today.  Lily Zhang logged a 3-0 win over Ser Lin Qian of Singapore to advance.  She’ll next face Taipei’s Lee Eunhye in the Round of 32. The other TeamUSA ladies were less fortunate.  Amy Wang fell to Puerto Rico’s Adriana Diaz 3-0, […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Action opens in the main draw of the Singapore Smash on Sunday, but eight players have already fought through qualifiers, with each placed in a grouping of 8, and needing to win three matches to reach the draw. The qualifiers are a mix of future stars and aging players (all pressing to […]