(by Steve Hopkins) From their location  on the Southeastern side of San Francisco Bay, the Fremont Table Tennis Academy (FTTA) is easily accessible to San Jose as well as the other major cities that surround the Bay.  They are located on Warm Springs Blvd., sandwiched between the 680 and 880.  The facility is a USATT […]

(Steve Hopkins) After the third round of matches in the Tischtennis Bundesliga (TTBL), three teams have remained undefeated: Borussia Dusseldorf (with Boll, Karlsson, and Kallberg), Neu Ulm (with Apolonia, Russian champion Sidorenko, and German youngster Kay Stumper), and Ochsenhausen (with Simon Gauzy, USA’s Kanak Jha, and Polish champion Samuel Kulczycki). In last week’s matches, all […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Sunday Benedikt Duda won his first German championship with a 4-2 win over Bastian Stegar.  Duda was the only player from the Germany Silver Medal-winning German squad to compete (Boll and Ovtcharov did not enter).  However, Duda and Stegar and semifinalists Fan Bo Meng and Ruwen Filas made for a very talented pool […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) India’s Sathiyan Gnanasekaran breezed through 5 matches without losing a game to claim the 2021 ITTF Czech International Open title.  His 4-0 wins included a Semifinal trouncing of Truls Moregard (the winner in Budapest last week).  The win this week is a total turn-around for Gnanasekaran as a week ago, he […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Pleasanton Table Tennis Center is located at the center of Pleasanton, California to the East of San Francisco Bay with quick access to I-580 and I-680 (and each of the major cities in the area). Pleasanton Table Tennis Center was the first table tennis club in tri-valley to open every day. The club is currently […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Ian Seidenfeld won three tight games in a row to top Denmark’s Peter Rosenmeier 3-0 in the Final of the Paralympic Class 6 Singles.  A Gold Medal for Ian is a hightlight of TeamUSA’s performance this week in Tokyo.  Below you will find an interview conducted with Ian in June as he was […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photos from USATT) Ian Seidenfeld won three tight games in a row to top Denmark’s Peter Rosenmeier 3-0 in the Final of the Paralympic Class 6 Singles.  Seidenfeld’s Gold and Van Emburgh’s Bronze are highlights of TeamUSA’s performance this week.  These accomplishments are also very promising for TeamUSA’s Para Future as Seidenfeld is […]

(by Steve Hopkins) It has been uncertain how losing Hugo Calderano (World No. 8 and last year’s top ranked TTBL player) would affect the TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen team.  Thus far, the Ochsenhausen squad is undefeated (2-0) and in a four way tie atop the Bundesliga.  The other undefeated teams are Borussia Dusseldorf, New Ulm, and Grenzau. […]

(by Steve Hopkins) One of America’s up and coming Paralympic stars is Jenson Van Emburgh.  Jenson will start his quest for a medal this week in Tokyo. Jenson will be competing in Class 3, one of the top wheelchair athletes in the Division and a legitimate medal contender for TeamUSA. We caught up with Jenson, […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The opening weekend of the 2021/22 German Bundesliga is underway, and most of the strongest teams are off to a solid start.  Borussia Dusseldorf scored a 3-1 win over Muhlhausen (Muhlhausen’s Ionescu topped Kristian Karlsson for the one win), Neu-Ulm was too much for Schwalbe Bergneustadt (Tiago Apolonia and Kay Stumper combined […]