(by Steve Hopkins) Fremont Table Tennis Academy (FTTA) is located in Fremont and San Ramon.  Its a premier location to play our sport and is easily accessible to San Jose in the Southern part of San Francisco Bay as well as the other major cities that surround the Bay.  The Fremont location is on Warm […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Germany’s Dang Qiu has won the European Championship in Munich.  His path to the final includes a very tight opening round win over Ibrahim Gunduz 4-3, a 4-0 win over Sgouropoulos, a 4-1 win over tough German veteran Benedikt Duda, a 4-0 statement win over Timo Boll in the Quarterfinals, a 4-1 […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Munich is host to the European Championships this week, and only the Finals remain to be played.  Top seed Truls Moregard fell to Mattias Falck leaving Darko Jorgic as the top ranked player remaining.  Jorgic will face Dang Qiu, Germany’s 25 year old penholder – who is quickly rising in the rankings. […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Munich is host to the European Championships this week, and the top two seeds have both advanced to the Final 8.  Top seed Truls Moregard will face countryman Mattias Falck in one Quarterfinal tomorrow.  Second seed Darko Jorgic will face Tiago Apolonia.  Timo Boll will face Dan Qiu in an all-German Quarterfinal, […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Pleasanton Table Tennis Center is located at the center of Pleasanton, California to the East of San Francisco Bay with quick access to I-580 and I-680 (and each of the major cities in the area).  Pleasanton Table Tennis Center was the first table tennis club in tri-valley to open every day. The club is […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Sally Moyland capped off an amazing week at the 2022 ITTF Pan American Youth Championships (U19) in Argentina by winning the U19 Girls Singles title.  She went 7-0 against the best girls in this hemisphere to take the coveted title.  She also teamed with Angie Tan to win the Doubles Event, and […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Rosario, Argentina is host this week to the 2022 ITTF Pan American Youth Championships (U19).  The tournament includes Boys and Girls Singles, Boys and Girls Doubles, Mixed Doubles and Boys and Girls Teams.  The singles and doubles events will conclude on Sunday, but the teams events concluded on Thursday. TeamUSA’s Girls won […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Calderano entered the event as the second seed and he played a nearly flawless tournament – winning 3-0, 3-0, 4-0, 4-1.  The tournament’s top seed, Tomokazu Harimoto fell early – losing to 18 year old French phenom Alexis Lebrun 3-0.  Lebrun’s run may have been the biggest story of the tournament, as […]

(by Steve Hopkins) South Jersey Indoor Sports Club (“SJISC”) is a multi-sport facility in Voorhees Township in Camden Country New Jersey about 15 miles to the east of Philadelphia.   The club offers table tennis  as well as badminton and pickle ball.  There are 15 table tennis courts (8 badminton courts, and 10 pickle ball courts) […]

(by Steve Hopkins) In the latest rankings, Tomokazu Harimoto jumped up to No. 4.  China still holds the top three slots with Fan Zhendong in first, Ma Long in second, and Liang Jingkun in third.  To make room for Harimoto, Moregard drops to No. 5 with the rest of the top 10 in order Hugo […]