(by Steve Hopkins) Lily Zhang won her match on Monday to advance to the Round of 16 in Paris.  Her hard-fought win over Bruna Takahashi (World No. 20) was her first time topping the Brazilian star.  The match score was 4-2: 8, 7, -9, -8, 8, 8. Next up for Lily is Shin Yubin of […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Ly Table Tennis Academy in Montreal has been home to many members of the Canadian Junior national team and provincial team. LYTTA offers quality training sessions up to the highest of levels to help even the strongest players perfect their game. Youth development programs are available for juniors.  Whether they are […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Lily Zhang finally had her debut match in Paris this afternoon, a quick 4-0 win over Mariana Sahakian of Lebanon.  Zhang was consistently better than the 46 year old Lebanese paddler, logging 11-7, 11-6, 11-4, and 11-6 wins.  Zhang is through to the Round of 32, where she is likely to face […]

(by Steve Hopkins) After winning a preliminary round yesterday morning (a 4-0 win over Vladislav Ursu of Moldova), Jha had a difficult test today, matched up against World No. 23 Cho Daesseong of South Korea in the Round of 64.  Daesseong, a quick attacking player, has been on a consistent upward trajectory in the rankings over […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Kanak Jha played one of the first three matches on the first morning in Paris, logging the first win for TeamUSA with his 4-0 win over Vladislav Ursu of Moldova in the Preliminary Round. Jha won 11-5, 11-6, 11-5, and 11-3 in a dominating performance and will next face Cho Daesseong in […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The WTT Youth Contender Series is in its last day at the event in San Francisco, and Americans are atop the leaderboard in many of the events.  Americans have won many of the events thus far, including Tashiya Piyadasa won the Girls U17, Joshua Joseph won the Boys U13, Irene Yeoh won […]

(by Steve Hopkins) In the US, NBC will be providing broadcasts of the Summer Olympic Games through their various NBCUniversal networks.  That coverage includes the main broadcast on the NBC network as well as other broadcasts on NBC Sports Peacock, NBCSN,  with table tennis starting up at 9am on Saturday morning in Paris, USA Network, […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photos Pan Am Masters Games) Fifty four of our more seasoned players competed this year in the 2024 Pan Am Masters Games that was held in Cleveland.  Butterfly and Bowmar Sports were among the sponsors for this Olympic-style event that included twelve age categories (starting at age 30 and increasing up to […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Los Angeles Table Tennis Association (LATTA) LATTA is a non-profit organization established in 1998. The center is one of the largest table tennis clubs in the country with more than 10,000 square feet of space.  It has 20-foot ceilings and red rubber floors. It accommodates 16 tables and has ample parking spaces.  It […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With the seedings set as Paris is just days away, the most current ITTF Rankings have little impact on the Games, but do offer a snap shot into how well the world’s best are currently playing. World No. 1 Wang Chuqin will be a heavy favorite in Men’s Singles, and the Chinese […]