(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Wang Chuqin won the Men’s Singles Title, and Wang Manyu won the Women’s Singles Title, as each won the final matches on Sunday at the WTT Finals in Kitakyusha, Japan. The event marks the final major tour of the 2024 year, and each will enjoy a $40,000 prize at 1500 […]

(by Steve Hopkins) After starting with sixteen of the best players in the world, the field was narrowed to just the Final Four by Saturday at the WTT Finals in Kitakyusha – the 2024 tour finale.  Forty thousand dollars and 1,500 ranking points are waiting for the first place finisher.  Added pressure as Wang Chuqin topped […]

(By Steve Hopkins) Salt Lake City Table Tennis has a decade of experience as Northern Utah’s premiere, full-time table tennis club.  The club can be open at all hours  for its members.  The club offers eight Butterfly Centrefold 25 tables in a well-lit, 6500 sq ft facility. There is a VIP lounge and a locker […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Forty thousand dollars and 1,500 ranking points are waiting for the first place finisher at this year’s WTT Finals in Kitakyusha, Japan.  Action begins on Wednesday and will finish next Sunday. Those ranking points could make a huge difference at the top of the ITTF Rankings as fast-rising second ranked […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Shidong started Sunday’s Final strong, winning the first three games.  Kallberg was stronger as the match went on, falling just short in the third game, winning the fourth, and losing the last game at 8.  The WTT Champions Series event in Frankfurt featured two hot players in the Final, and […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Royal Badminton Academy is located to the Northwest of Washington DC near Dulles International Airport.  Like many other locations across the US, Royal Badminton Academy will be blending their existing Badminton facility to also offer Table Tennis. (Royal Table Tennis)  The Sterling, Virginia location has offered a variety of badminton activities for […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Sunday’s Final of the WTT Champions Series event in Frankfurt will match two of the world’s hottest players against each other.  Sweden’s Anton Kallberg will face World No. 2 Lin Shidong.  Kallberg defeated Truls Moregard 4-2  in their Semifinal match, and Lin Shidong blanked Lin Yun-Ju 4-0 in the other […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The WTT Champions Series event this week is in Frankfurt.  Half a million in prize money split between two events – Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles.  The events have advanced through to the Semifinals, with Semis played late today and the Finals on Sunday. The biggest story of the tournament […]