(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) World No. 2 (and top seed) Wang Chuqin fell in the opening round to World No. 43 Xu Yingbin.  Xu then fell in the Round of 16 to Japan’s Shunsuke Togami.  Togami had a great tournament, topping An Jaehyun in the opening round, Xu in the Round of 16, then Cho […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Tan’s Table Tennis Training Club is the first full-time table tennis club in the greater Cincinnati area.  The club is located just to the Northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, a few miles from the 275 Expressway and just off of I-42.    The location provides easy access to greater Cincinnati and Dayton. The […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Mark Hazinski (Men’s Coach), Rachel Sung, Sid Naresh, Lily Zhang, Jishan Liang, Amy Wang, Nandan Naresh & Gao Jun (Women’s Coach)   On Saturday the US Women won their Semifinal Match over Brazil 3-0.  The Women then followed up that win with a 3-1 Gold Medal victory over Puerto Rico.  For TeamUSA’s […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Entering the weekend with just four left in Frankfurt, we had already seen Lee Sang-su take out World No. 1 Fan, and Felix Lebrun fight through his quarter of the draw past both Lee and Dang Qiu.  The other top seeds, Ma Long and Wang Chuqin were then joined by Lin Yu-Ju […]

(by Steve Hopkins) In the latest World Rankings, 17 year old Felix Lebrun has risen to No. 8.  The young French star is currently the highest ranked European player (and the highest ranked penhold player).  Lebrun won last week’s WTT event, and is still alive in this week’s WTT Champions event in Frankfurt (he will […]

(by Steve Hopkins) In the last Quarterfinal of the day, Ma Long defeated Ovtcharov 3-0.  Ovtcharov was the last German left in this German event, though local players Dang Qiu and Benedikt Duda did make it to the Round of 16.  Ma Long has cruised thus far, winning three matches and only dropping one game.  […]

(by Jenson Van Emburgh, photo by Manca Meglic) Wheelchair table tennis players, like other table tennis players, use a variety of rubber types.  However, due to their disabilities, wheelchair players are more likely to use short, long, and medium pimples – and this wide range of equipment choices leads to more diverse playing styles among […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Puerto Rico’s Adriana Diaz needed all seven games to top Canada’s Mo Zhang in the morning Semifinal match today.  In the other half of the draw, USA’s Lily Zhang fell to Brazil’s Bruna Takahashi 0-4.  In the Final, it was Adriana Diaz taking gold with another 4-3 win ove rTakahashi. Top seeded […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With half of the Round of 16 matches complete at the WTT Champions Series Event in Frankfurt, Korea already has to players through to the Quarterfinal Round.  One of those Korean players, Butterfly-sponsored Lee Sangsu, captured today’s headlines by upsetting World No. 1 Fan Zhendong 3-1.  Zhendong and Sangsu are familiar with […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) The Pan Am Games are underway in Santiago, Chile.  Sunday was the first day of action and a number of USA teams competed in doubles events. Amy Wang and Rachel Sung had a 4-0 win in Women’s Doubles, topping the Venezuelan team of Obando Silva and Gonzalez.  Jishan Liang and […]