Sponsored by Mecano Sports, presented by Caliente.mx, sanctioned by ICTTF (by Larry Hodges, photo by Larry Hodges: “Senior Finalist Steve Claflin and Champion John Sabalik”) There were two groups of five, with the top three advancing to the money rounds. All other players advanced to the Consolation brackets. In Group 1, the fourth seed, Sergio […]
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Sandpaper Women at the Ping Pong World Cup
Sponsored by Mecano Sports, presented by Caliente.mx, sanctioned by ICTTF (by Larry Hodges, photo by Larry Hodges: “Ying Yuyue and Cao Jing of China celebrate sweeping Sandpaper Singles”) There were two groups of four, with the top two advancing to the money rounds. All other players advanced to the consolation brackets There were no big […]
Sandpaper Singles to the Semifinals at the Ping Pong World Cup
Sponsored by Mecano Sports, presented by Caliente.mx, sanctioned by ICTTF (by Larry Hodges, photo by Larry Hodges: “Jungang Huang of China right after his win over Andrew Baggaley in the Sandpaper Open Quarterfinals) Play began at 8:15AM on Thursday, Jan. 4. There were 75 players competing in 15 groups of five, with two tables for […]
ICTTF and the Internationalization of Ping Pong
Sponsored by Mecano Sports, presented by Caliente.mx, sanctioned by ICTTF (by Larry Hodges, photo: “The historic first meeting of the ICTTF”) The first Ping Pong World Cup starts tomorrow (Jan. 4-6, 2024), in Mexico City, with events for all three major classic surfaces – hardbat, sandpaper, and plain wood. Events include Open Singles for all three, and Women, Over 55, and Under 18 for […]
Micky “Miky” Huidobro – Rocking with Pong
Sponsored by Mecano Sports, presented by Caliente.mx, sanctioned by ICTTF (by Larry Hodges, PHOTO ABOVE Miky Huidobro on right – with beard – discussing TT issues with Director Steve Claflin in front of the Big Board, as Mike Babuin puts up results on left. Photos by Larry Hodges.) How did Micky “Miky” Huidobro – a […]
Mike Babuin and the US Classic Association
Sponsored by Mecano Sports, presented by Caliente.mx, sanctioned by ICTTF (by Larry Hodges) Mike loves playing sandpaper table tennis. In fact, he’s off to the Philippines in two weeks to play in a “Liha” sandpaper tournament, just for fun. But it’s as an administrator that he would have a world-class rating. He was on the […]
WTT Finals: A Pair of Day 2 Upsets
(by Steve Hopkins) Each of the World’s Top Four advanced into the Quarterfinals at the WTT Finals, but only two reached the Semis. World No. 3 Ma Long and World No. 4 Liang Jingkun both fell in their Thursday Quarterfinal matches. Liang Jingkun had a fast start in today’s second match – an 11-2 absolute […]
WTT Finals: Top Four Advance in Early Action
(by Steve Hopkins) Each of the World’s Top Four advanced into the Quarterfinals on Wednesday at the WTT Finals Men Doha. Fan Zhendong dropped the first game to Darko Jorgic and then had to fight back wo win 3-2 (in a match that included a 19-17 fourth game). Second seeded Wang Chuqin toped Felix Lebrun […]
Europe’s Champions League: Wiener Neustadt is Surprise Finalist
(by Steve Hopkins) The Final Four are now set for Europe’s Champions League. Three of those teams are not unexpected – Borussia Dusseldorf has Top 20 players Dang Qiu and Anton Kallberg, and Neu-Ulm has their pair of top players in Ovtcharov and Moregard, and Saarbrucken’s top pair of Franziska and Jorgic account for why these […]
WTT Finals Men Doha 2023: Preview
(by Steve Hopkins) The WTT Men’s Finals is set to start in Doha, Qatar on Wednesday. At the end of 2022, there were a series of major championships that fully wrapped up that tour season before the start of 2023. The schedule is a little different this year with the WTT Finals starting on January 3rd […]
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