(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Fan Zhendong lost to Patrick Franziska in the Round of 16 match today, the latest upset victim in a long list of top players taking an early exit at WTT’s Saudi Smash. The World’s No. 2 dominated early logging 11-4 and 11-4 wins.  This would have been exactly as expected, […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Ma Long joins the list of top players taking an early exit, as he fell this afternoon to Jang Woojin on Day 3 of the WTT’s Saudi Smash.  Ma Long lost the opening game 13-11 and never recovered, falling behind early in the second game and only totaling 6 and […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Iran’s Noshad Alamiyan came from behind to upset Liang Jingkun in the first Men’s Singles match of the day at the WTT’s Saudi Smash.  A few hours later, Denmark’s Jonathan Groth equaled the result with a win over Lin Gaoyuan.  Groth came out on fire, winning the first two games, […]

(By Steve Hopkins) Essential Table Tennis operates two club locations.  The Oklahoma City location is just South of downtown Oklahoma City off of I-35.  The club operates every day in this main location.  They also have weekend hours at the Moore Community Center in Moore, a few miles South of the City on Highway 35. […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The WTT’s Saudi Smash has completed the first round of the main draw, and USA’s Lily Zhang is one of those to advance. Lily faced Charlotte Lutz of France (World No. 83), and won three close games on her way to the Round of 32.  USA’s Amy Wang lost a close 3-2 […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The WTT’s Saudi Smash has completed two days of Qualifiers, and matches in the Main Draw will begin on Saturday.  The Men’s qualifers include Alvaro Robles, Feng Yi-Hsin, Hiroto Shinozuka, Isaac Quek, Noshad Alamiyan, Martin Allegro, Paul Drinkhall, and Can Akkuzu.  Some of our local favorites compete, but didn’t make it through […]

WAB FEATURED CLUB: e4Hats Table Tennis and Pool Billiards Club (By Steve Hopkins) Located in Fullerton in northern Orange County California is the e4Hats Table Tennis and Pool billiards Club.  The club features rubber flooring, 6,000 square feet of playing area, great lighting, 8 tables, and a robot.  There is coaching available including both private and […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong remain numbers 1 and 2 in the ITTF Rankings.  Ma Long has moved up to No. 3, jumping over Liang Jingkun (now No. 4).  Lin Gaoyuan has moved up three spots to No. 5 – giving China the top five spots in the rankings. Felix Lebrun is […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The WTT tour events have a number of different names from “Feeder” to “Contender” to “Champions”, but some of the biggest events now use the name “Smash” – indicating they are one of a maximum of four featured Grand Smash events per year.  This designation was first used with the Singapore Smash, […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Kanak Jha joined TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt late in the season – bolstering a team that already has Romain Ruiz and Benedict Duda for the last three matches of the Bundesliga season. Bergneustadt was unable to make a run – finishing 1-2 over those three matches.  With the season now over, the team […]