(by Steve Hopkins) Qualifications started on October 1, and the Main Draw saw its first action today at the China Smash 2026 in Beijing, China.  American’s Kanak Jha, Lily Zhang and Amy Wang were each seeded into the Main Draw. Others fought starting on Thursday in the Qualifying Rounds.  One of those in the qualifiers, […]

(by Steve Hopkins) When Fan Zhendong first arrived in Germany, there was little doubt that the defending Olympic Champion would win matches. What few predicted was how quickly he would move the needle off the table.  With one season under his belt, and a few matches into his second season (at his new club home), […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The final Grand Smash of the year is almost here. China Smash 2026 Presented by Beijing Shijingshan Culture & Tourism Group runs from 1 October to 11 October at Shougang Park in Beijing, and the timing couldn’t be more interesting. All of the Men’s Top 25 will be present – with USA’s […]

(by Steve Hopkins) At over 14,000 square feet, the Bridgeport Sports Club is one of the largest table tennis clubs in all of North America. The club is completely supplied with Butterfly table tennis equipment and supplies with a fully stocked pro shop. The flooring is a classic maple wood gym floor.  The facility also […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) Major League Table Tennis moved on to Compass Arena in Willowbrook, Illinois, for Week 2 of Season 4.  The Chicago Wind was at home in the Windy City, but it was the Bay Area Blasters that blasted their way through the competition – winning matches against the Portland Paddlers, New […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo Butterfly) Table tennis made its Olympic debut in Seoul back in 1988, and it’s worth pausing on that anniversary for a moment. Today (September 23), is exactly 38 years since action kicked off at “our” first Olympics – the inaugural games for our sport. And in two years we will be […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo MLTT) Major League Table Tennis moves to Compass Arena in Willowbrook, Illinois, this weekend, September 25-27, for Week 2 of Season 4. The Portland Paddlers, New York Slice, Bay Area Blasters, and host Chicago Wind will all be in action. Tickets are available now at mltt.com. Three of the four teams […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Boston Table Tennis Club is in Medford, just North of Cambridge and Somerville and only four miles from  Boston’s city center.  The club is just off I-93 (Northeast Expressway), and near the Orange Line (and Route 95 Bus), providing easy access to the greater Boston metropolitan area. The BTTC is a 3500 […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF) The United States ran the table at home as the ITTF Americas U11 & U13 Championships concluded in Houston last week.  American players won gold in all of the events (all four singles titles, all six doubles titles, and all four team events). Expanded results actually included Americans taking 43 […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) The top two seeds reached the Final at the WTT Star Contender series event in Astana, Kazakhstan.  Those two Finalists, top seeded Alexis Lebrun and second seeded Dang Qiu may have been exhausted as the momentum shifts led to a series of one-sided scores.  Lebrun won the opening game with […]