(by Steve Hopkins) For nearly 90 years, South Bend has been one of the centers of the North American table tennis world. Many of the best players, have played or trained there – and newest rendition of the club in the Beacon Resource Center is continuing this great tradition. The club features tournaments, a strong juniors […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The WTT Contender Series in Muscat Oman is down to the Final Weekend.  In much of the Middle East, Sunday is the start of the workweek, so the Finals will be on Saturday. Top seed, Tomokazu Harimoto continued his inconsistent Fall, with a Quarterfinal loss to Anton Kallberg 3-2.  Harimoto has had […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) Wang Chuqin won his second event in as many weeks, as he dominated a strong field at the WTT Star Contender Lanzhou.  Chuqin was tested in the Quarterfinals by Zhou Qihao – pulling away at the end for a 3-2 victory.  Chuqin then dominated Lin Gaoyuan in the Semifinals and […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF) Dimitrij Ovtcharov is a part of the new ownership of the Princeton Revolution Major League Table Tennis franchise.  The investment group for the Princeton squad now includes majority owner Roger Kang, Andre Liu, and Dima Ovtcharov.  As Ovtcharolv noted in a social medial post, the project is “one of the most exciting […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF) Wang Chuqin upset Fan Zhendong in the Men’s Singles Final to close out the Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.   Korea’s Jang Woojin, and Hong Kong’s Wong Chun Ting each claim a Bronze.  The final day upset in Women’s Singles occurred a few hours earlier when Japan’s Hina Hayata defeated World […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Silicon Valley Table Tennis Club is located in Milpitas, just North of San Jose on the Southern edge of San Francisco Bay.  From this spot in Silicon Valley, they have easy access to Oakland (35 miles) and San Francisco (50 miles) finding themselves accessible to one of the largest hot beds […]

(by Steve Hopkins) China is strongly favored in both singles events as they bring World No. 1 and World No. 2 as the top two seeds (in both Men’s and Women’s Singles).  For the Men’s event, both top seeds advanced as expected, with Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin each winning 4-0 in every round.  The […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTF) China has dominated major team events for several decades (in both Men’s and Women’s team events), so it is not unexpected at all that Chinese squads sporting players who are World Nos. 1-3 won a team event played in Hangzhou, China against Asia’s best.  China winning the 2023 Asian Games […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The biggest story of the team event at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China was Iran’s upset win over Japan in the Quarterfinals.  The underdog Iranian’s run, however, was short lived as they fell 0-3 to Korea today.  China also took care of business with a 3-0 win (3-0, 3-0, 3-0) […]