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WTT Champions Incheon: Sang-Su Surprise in Korea

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(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 […]

Study Opponents’ Serves

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(by Larry Hodges) The single most important thing you have to adjust to with any given opponent is usually their serve. Many players take a game or so to do so. But there’s a shortcut, and a secret of mine and many top coaches and players. If you have a match coming up, it’s great […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Vancouver Table Tennis Club

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(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 […]

Oh Junsung and Miwa Harimoto Win in Chennai

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The Men’s Singles event was full of surprises at the WTT Star Contender Chennai.  Tomislav Pucar upset Tomokazu Harimoto only to fall to 18 year old Korean Oh Junsung in the Quarters.  And Jonathan Groth and Sora Matsushima were on a path to meet each other in the Quarters except […]

WTT Star Contender Chennai – Semifinal Surprises

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(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 […]

WTT Star Contender Chennai – Top Seeds Fall

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(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 […]

WTT Star Contender Chennai – Early Action

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(by Steve Hopkins) Early action is underway at the WTT Star Contender Chennai.  The event is being held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, a state-of-the-art modern venue in Chennai, India. This stop on the WTT Star Contender series, has drawn an elite slate of top players including Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto (World No. 3), Brazil’s […]

Your Racket Is Your Musical Instrument

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(by Larry Hodges) Here is a great way to understand how the mind should operate during a table tennis rally. If you play a musical instrument, you don’t consciously play a song; your subconscious does. Each note triggers the next note. In table tennis, whatever your opponent does triggers your next move. It’s the same thing, with […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: True North Table Tennis Centre

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(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 […]

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