(by Steve Hopkins) The first WTT Champions series event of 2026 is underway in Doha, with first round matches concluding today.  The biggest upset thus far is Dimitrij Ovtcharov (World No. 29) toppling World No. 3 Hugo Calderano 3-2.  Ovtcharov was dialed in early, playing carefully to open with precise placement and control helping him […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Wang Chuqin began 2025 as the top ranked player, about 2500 points ahead of second place Lin Shidong.  At the start of 2026, those two players will be in the same position (with about the same point spread between them).  The next five players are the same as well, though […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The TTBL German Cup (Pokal Final) is a mid-year tournament that starts with 12 teams and ends with a single-day “final four” event where the Semifinals and Finals are played on the same day.  This year, the final four teams were FC Saarbrucken TT, TTF Liebherr Ochsenhausen, TTC RhonSprudel Fulda-Maberzell, and TTC […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The 2025 year ended with the WTT Finals, a solid conclusion to an exciting year – but with some key injuries late in the event that affected the outcome. World No. 1 Wang Chuqin had had a strong showing against Alexis Lebrun on his way to the Semifinals, but then […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Qatar will host the WTT Champions to start the 2026 tour.  The event will be played from January 7-11 in Doha and all but 2 of the World Top 20 will be competing.  World No. 1 Wang Chuqin is nursing a back injury (he withdrew from the World Cup two weeks ago), […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With their large facility that features 17 tables, a pro shop, high ceilings, great lighting, and professional flooring, the New York Indoor Sports Club is an idea location for table tennis.  The NYISC has monthly 2-star sanctioned tournaments.  The facility also includes a 5,000 indoor soccer training space – providing a combined 15,000 […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The movie review site RottenTomatoes.com describes the recently released “Marty Supreme” as the story of Marty Mauser, a young man with a dream no one respects, who goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.  Mauser is loosely based on American Great Marty Reisman, an accomplished table tennis star player, self-promoter, […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The 2025 US Open Table Tennis Championships included nearly thirteen hundred players taking part in 115 events with the US Open Title Events (Men’s Singles, Women’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles), age events from from U11 up to 85 and Over, rating events (both Adult and Junior versions from U1000 […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Naples Pong is located in Naples, Florida, South of Fort Myers along the West Coast of Southern Florida.  Naples Pong is owned by Flint Lane, who also owns Princeton Pong, a full time club in Princeton NJ, which has become one of the best known  table tennis clubs in the USA. In […]

(by Steve Hopkins) SV Werder Bremen remains one of the surprises of the German League.  They are currently in first place (though they are in action this evening and need a win to stay solely in first).  Mattias Falck, Kirill Gerassimenko, Marcelo Aguirre, and Irvin Bertrand are all having consistently good seasons – giving them […]