(by Steve Hopkins) The year is 2026.  While the table tennis world’s attention is focused on London and the World Team Championships, a different kind of contender is making waves in a lab in Tokyo. Sony’s latest AI project, “ACE”, has officially crossed the line from high-tech novelty to legitimate threat at the table.  In […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Why is there a Golden Game?  For Moments Like These. With the entire season hanging in the balance, every match played, every grueling semifinal battle now behind them, these two teams have fought through an exhausting war of singles and doubles — only to find themselves locked in a dead heat, separated […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club (SPTTC) is located in Bellevue, Washington, off of highway SR-520 just over Lake Washington from North side of Seattle.  The club is 9600 square feet with 18-foot ceilings, 16 Butterfly Centerfold tables, red Gerflor flooring, and two-toned walls to assist in visibility. The goal of SPTTC is […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) After anchoring Team Puerto Rico to a win earlier in the week, Angel Naranjo saved the biggest prize for himself – winning the Men’s Singles title on the last day of the ITTF-Americas Central American & Caribbean Championships in Santo Domingo. Naranjo entered as the second seed, and fought his […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The 2026 US Junior National Ranking Tournament II wrapped up last week at HITTA in Katy, Texas.  The event ran five days from April 10-14 bringing great junior players from all over the country.   The event included age tiers of U11, U13, U15, U17, and U19 with athletes battling through round-robin pools […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) One hundred years after the inaugural World Championships were held in London (1926), the sport returns home for the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals. In this 100th rendition, 64 men’s teams and 64 women’s teams will converge on two iconic London venues — Copper Box Arena and OVO […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With an official proclamation this week in the Rhode Island House of Representatives, the state has made April 23rd, 2026 “Rhode Island Table Tennis Day” as a part of the ITTF’s World Table Tennis Day celebrations. The Resolution (see video below) that was adopted last week included an overview of the popularity […]

(by Steve Hopkins) After months of recovery and rebuilding, Jenson Ven Emburgh is heading back to the international stage. From April 23rd to 26th, Jenson will be competing in the ITTF World Para Challenger Sao Paulo in Brazil. This is the first major international competition for USA’s top-ranked wheelchair para table tennis athlete since undergoing […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Seattle Pacific Table Tennis Club (SPTTC) is located in Bellevue, Washington, off of highway SR-520 just over Lake Washington from North side of Seattle.  The club is 9600 square feet with 18-foot ceilings, 16 Butterfly Centerfold tables, red Gerflor flooring, and two-toned walls to assist in visibility. The goal of SPTTC is […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF) Puerto Rico swept the Men’s and Women’s Team events at this week’s Central American & Caribbean Championships in Santo Domingo. Puerto Rico’s men had an opening round win over Saint Lucia (De Andre Calderano was Sant Lucia’s sole win, while Angel Naranjo logged a pair of wins for Puerto Rico […]