(by Steve Hopkins, photo by USATT) Jha and Tsao faced off in the Quarterfinals in one of the most entertaining matches thus far the 2024 U.S. National Table Tennis Championships in Huntsville, Alabama.  Darryl Tsao came out full of adrenaline and quickly converted that adrenaline to confidence with strong point after strong point pushing Kanak […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo by Butterfly) The top four seeded men reached the Quarters in Men’s Singles, and the top four seeded women reached the Quarters in Women’s Singles, as action is down to the final two days at the 2024 U.S. National Table Tennis Championships in Huntsville, Alabama. Kanak Jha dropped only one game […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) Nandan Naresh and Daniel Tran are the 2024 US Nationals Men’s Doubles Champions after logging a 3-1 win over Darryl Tsao and Victor Xie.  Amy Wang won a pair of doubles titles today, teaming up with Rachel Sung to win Women’s Doubles and teaming with Andrew Cao to win Mixed […]

(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 […]