(by Steve Hopkins) Helen Tao Table Tennis (formerly Massachusetts Table Tennis and Badminton Club (MATTBC)) is located in Waltham, about 12 miles to the West of downtown Boston.  The club is just off of I-95 and with easy access via public transportation is centrally located for the greater Boston area. The club is one of the […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Borussia Dusseldorf and rival Saarbrucken were again matched in the Final of this year’s Liebherr TTBL Final.  The result was a 3-1 win for Dusseldorf as their secured their 34th German League Championship. For most of their matchups in recent years, the Dusseldorf squad has had the advantage on paper – with […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Japan came to Tunisia in force, with Tomokazu Harimoto (World No. 11) the top seed in Men’s Singles, and little sister Miwa Harimoto (World No. 7) the top seed in Women’s Singles.  Japan was not the top seed in all of the events, but that did not keep them from sweeping all […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Westchester Table Tennis Center was the host of last week’s WTT Youth Contender Series event.  Players from all over the world competed, and American, Canadians, Puerto Ricans, and others were able to compete closer to home – as most of these events are centered in Europe and Asia. In the U19 Boys […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Action starts in Huntsville on July 3.  Kanak Jha, USA’s only male Olympian, will be the top seed in Men’s Singles.  Jinxin Wang, Xiang Jing Zhang, Nandan Naresh, Sid Naresh, Dan Liu, Darryl Tsao, Andrew Cao, Mohammadreza Akhlaghpasand, and Ved Shesh are the rest of the Top 10 seeds in order.  On […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Dimitrij Ovtcharov entered the event as the top seed, and he dominated from start to finish.  Ovtcharov’s game scores were 3-0, 3-0, 3-0, 3-1, 4-1 (topping Kim, Kang, Ning, Poret, and Walther).  In fact, the only time that Ovtcharov was behind in a match was in the Semifinal, when he […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With their location on Main Street in Port Washington, the Gold Coast Table Tennis Club is easily accessible to Long Island, Queens, and the Bronx in New York.  The club is just a block from the Port Washington LIRR rail station, and easily accessible by other public transportation.   The club is 3500 […]

(by Steve Hopkins) In this edition, we have a second interview with Kanak Jha.  Kanak has recently qualified for the Olympics, won the WTT Series Event in Dusseldorf, has started with a new professional team in Germany, and is just a few weeks away from competing in Alabama at the 2024 US Nationals.  Its been […]

(by Steve Hopkins) World No. 6, Hugo Calderano, had a relatively easy 4-0 win over World No. 5 Felix Lebrun to claim the 2024 WTT Star Contender Ljubjana title.  For Calderano, he spread two lost games over his five match wins, defeating Anders Lind, An Jaehyun, Mattias Falck, Cho Daessong, and Lebrun.  Felix Lebrun started […]