(by Steve Hopkins) The Top Seed in Zagreb, Truls Moregard, has cruised to the Quarterfinals – he will face Patrick Franziska on Saturday morning.  Lin Yun-Ju has also advanced easily – and he is set to face up and coming Chinese player Liang Guodong.  Xiang Peng, another Chinese qualifier, upset Tomokazu Harimoto on Friday.  Peng […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Dimitrij Ovtcharov had a tough opening match, scoring a tough 3-2 win over Joao Monteiro.  Ovtcharov then downed Chen Chien-An 3-1 to advance to the Quarternfinals.  Ovtcharov will face Simon Gauzy, who won both of his early matches handily. Top seeded Hugo Calderano fell to Kang Dongsoo in the Round of 16.  […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo courtesy of ITTF) Dusseldorf led the German League all season – jumping out to a great start, and then extending their lead.  There was never any doubt that they’d make the Final Four, but they did split big matches with Saarbrucken earlier in the year, so there was some intrigue in the […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo courtesy of ITTF) Despite top Romanian players (three in the World Youth Top 10), it was an 18 year old Chinese player who turned heads.  Zeng Beixun, World No. 193, dominated the draw.  In fact, outside of a tight 3-2 Quarterfinal, Zeng was 15-1 in games over his other five wins – […]

(by Steve Hopkins) World Table Tennis visits Argentina this week with the WTT Youth Contender Salta 2022 in Salta, Argentina.  The Boys Singles events have all concluded, and the top prize in the featured U19 Boys Singles event went to Puerto Rico’s Angel Naranjo.  Angel Luis Naranjo Lopez has reached a new level in recent […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo by ITTF, Carlos Duarte photographer) Team USA won 5 of the 14 events held this week at the ITTF Copa Cristina Hoffman 2022 Para Open in Cancun, Mexico.  Jenson Van Emburgh won Men’s Singles Class 2-3, Ahad Bakhshaei Sarand won Men’s Singles Class 5, Tahl Leibovitz won Men’s Singles Class 9, […]

(By: Bowmar Sports Team) Things went well at the Annunciation Catholic School demo we did last Friday. The kids loved it, and certainly want a TT program at their school, so the principal agreed to give DTTA a new home in the fall.             Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Truls Moregardh solidified his position as Sweden’s best by winning his third straight National title this week in Sweden.  Moregardh is currently No. 5 in the World, ten spots ahead of the next highest Swedes (Kristian Karlsson and Anton Kallberg).  The biggest surprise of the week was Finalist Viktor Brodd (outside World […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Fullerton Table Tennis Academy  focuses on the skills necessary for table tennis as well as the spirit of table tennis in general.  The club offers professional coaching and facilities with an eye towards creating a community space for healthy leisure.  There are programs for young people which can help develop skills from beginners all […]