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Interview with Adriana Diaz “Just enjoy the process!”

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(by Stephanie Sun) Diaz visited Japan last year. At the 2022 World Table Tennis Championships in Chengdu, she also accomplished the feat of leading Puerto Rico to its first-ever appearance in the knockout stage as their ace. Despite coming from an environment that is not particularly conducive to table tennis players, Diaz revealed the secret to […]

More French Cooking in Macao: Lebrun Upsets World No. 1

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Six months ago at the WTT Champions Macao 2022, France’s Alexis Lebrun introduced himself to the world with a surprise upset over  World No. 3 Liang Jingkun.  Six months later, Alexis has returned to Macao for the WTT Champions Macao 2023 – and he has improved upon last year’s results […]

WAB CLUB UPCOMING EVENTS: Texas Table Tennis Club – Camp and Tournament

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(by Stephanie Sun) Texas Table Tennis Club is hosting a world class training experience this summer directed by Riki Watanabe (former Japanese National Coach) and assisted by Shoko Sukuhara (former Japanese Paralympic National Coach), Ryoichi Yoshiyama (Top 8 from Japanese championships 2023) Nakano Yutaka (Top 16 from Japanese championships) There is currently a commitment of participation of the Vietnamese National Team. 3-DAY […]

Blocking Footwork

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(by Larry Hodges) Before a drill, players often ask, “Who’s doing the drill?” The answer is, of course, both players. And that includes a player who is blocking. But it’s more than that – some would say one player is doing a footwork drill while the other is blocking, but that’s totally wrong. They are […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Austin Table Tennis Club

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(by Steve Hopkins) The Austin Table Tennis Club has been around for more than thirty years.  Their current 12,000 square foot full-time facility is a big change from the wooden dance floor in the back of a bar where they started.  That current facility offers high ceilings, great lighting, 15 tables for normal play and three […]

World No. 1s Finish First in Xinxiang

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(by Steve Hopkins, photo by WTT) If you only tuned in on Saturday for the Finals of the WTT Champions Xinxiang event, you saw a somewhat predictable No. 1 over No. 7 Final in Men’s Singles and an equally predictable No. 1 over No. 3 Final in Women’s Singles.  Those winners were Fan Zendong and […]

Another Day of Upsets in Xinxiang at WTT Champions

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(by Steve Hopkins) There was a moment on Wednesday when Lee Sang Su was up a game on World No. 1 Fan Zhendong, where this tournament could have been turned on its ear with nearly all of the top seeds out before the Quarterfinals.  However, Fan righted the ship and ran off three wins in […]

Top Ten Things For the Day Before the Tournament

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(by Larry Hodges) How can you best prepare for a tournament on the day before? Here are some ten tips. Practice. Younger and athletic players recover faster and so should train more the day before. Older or less athletic players should practice if possible, both to get used to the tournament conditions and to fine-tune […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Essential Table Tennis

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(By Steve Hopkins) Essential Table Tennis operates two club locations.  The Oklahoma City location is just South of downtown Oklahoma City off of I-35.  The club operates every day in this main location.  They also have weekend hours at the Moore Community Center in Moore, a few miles South of the City on Highway 35. […]

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