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German League Opening Weekend: Boll, Ovtcharov, Moregard, Jha Start Strong

(by Steve Hopkins) TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen started the 22/23 season with a 3-0 win over TTC RhonSprudel Fulda-Maberzell.  A year ago, Fulda finished third – a few spots ahead of Ochsenhausen.  Simon Gauzy started things off for Ochsenhausen with a 3-0 win over Fan Bo Meng.  Kanak Jha then topped World No. 15 Quadri Aruna […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: HiTT

(by Steve Hopkins) Hoboken Table Tennis (HiTT), Hoboken’s first social ping pong club, is located at 1012 Grand Street (3rd Floor) in Hoboken, New Jersey.  The club has easy access to 95 to the West and the Lincoln and Holland tunnels provide easy access West to Manhattan. HiTT is a BYOB table tennis facility with 8 […]

Pan Am Cadet Championships (U15): Moyland and Tran Make the Finals

(by Steve Hopkins) Only the Finals remain at the 2022 ITTF Pan American Cadet Championships (U15) tournament in Cuenca, Ecuador.  TeamUSA continues to perform well.  Of the three events that have concluded thus far, TeamUSA has won all three (Boys Team, Girls Team, and Mixed Doubles).  Of the four events remaining, one US entrant is […]

Pan Am Cadet Championships Update: USA Teams Score Gold

(by Steve Hopkins) With two days left, the 2022 ITTF Pan American Cadet Championships (U15) tournament is heating up in Cuenca, Ecuador.  The team events have already concluded – and Team USA secured gold medals in both the girls and boys events. Puerto Rico was the tournament top seed with Brazil entering the tournament as […]

ITTF Rankings: Qiu Reaches Top 10, Fan Firmly On Top

(by Steve Hopkins) ITTF posted updated rankings yesterday.  The only real movement om the top 20 was Dan Qiu jumping four spots to reach No. 9, and Kristian Karlsson moving up two spots to No. 17.  Both of these changes were do to great performances at the European Championships (where Qiu won, and Karlsson unexpectedly […]

Coaching Tips of the Week: Developing Your Game at Different Ages

(By Larry Hodges) Suppose an 8-year-old, a 30-year-old, and a 60-year-old walk into your club, all beginners, and sign up for lessons. Suppose you were their coach. You’d likely start them off similarly, teaching the fundamentals. But something happens after a time – how you teach them begins to change quite a bit. You, the reader, […]

Moyland GoFundMe Set Up to Help Sally Represent USA in Chengdu

(by Steve Hopkins) This year, 15 year old phenom Sally Moyland will be joining the US National Team to play in the Team Championships in Chengdu, China – but in order to participate, she must self-fund her trip. Last week, Dan Reynolds established a GoFundMe page to benefit Sally in hopes of helping fund her […]

Wang and Moyland Impressive at WTT Youth Contender in Ecuador

(by Steve Hopkins) Cuenca, Ecuador is hosting the WTT Youth Contender Series.  The events began on August 19th and will continue through August 31.  The Girls Singles events concluded today – with USA’s Rachel Wang and Sally Moyland each logging impressive runs. In the U15 Girls Singles event, Rachel Wang entered without a listed seed.  […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Fremont Table Tennis Academy

(by Steve Hopkins) Fremont Table Tennis Academy (FTTA) is located in Fremont and San Ramon.  Its a premier location to play our sport and is easily accessible to San Jose in the Southern part of San Francisco Bay as well as the other major cities that surround the Bay.  The Fremont location is on Warm […]

European Championships: Dang Qiu Wins in Munich

(by Steve Hopkins) Germany’s Dang Qiu has won the European Championship in Munich.  His path to the final includes a very tight opening round win over Ibrahim Gunduz 4-3, a 4-0 win over Sgouropoulos, a 4-1 win over tough German veteran Benedikt Duda, a 4-0 statement win over Timo Boll in the Quarterfinals, a 4-1 […]

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