(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) After a pause of several months, one of the strongest fields of the year is battling in Budapest at the WTT Star Contender European Summer Series 2022 event in Hungary. If you have been following European table tennis waiting for a changing of the guard and a new challenge to […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Saturday Evening Update: Another surprise in the late matches as Wang Chuqin finished strong against Ma Long.  This is a big step for Chuqin, World No. 14, who has already won the Mixed Doubles event and will now face off against Truls Moregard in the Final on Sunday.  Chuqin has been slowly […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Mo Zhang dominated the Women’s Singles Event at the Canadian Championships last week in Mississauga Canada.  Zhang’s scores of her four matchess were 3-0, 3-0, 3-1, and 3-0).  Zhang defeated Crystal Liu in the Final.  Crystal  was a surprise, as she was the 8th seed in the event and maneuvered her way […]

(by Steve Hopkins) After a pause of several months, one of the strongest fields of the year is battling in Budapest.  The surprise of the day is Sweden’s Truls Moregard who defeated World No. 3 Liang Jingkun 4-2 this morning.   Moregard finished the first game strong for a 13-11 win, but then Liang fought back […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The strongest field of the Summer has progressed to the Quarterfinals in Budapest, Hungary.  Action for both Men’s Singles and Women’s Singles starts about 1pm Eastern Time (7pm local time).  Live video will be posted at www.worldtabletennis.com/livevideo Ma Long (World No. 2) is the top seed in the event.  He dropped one […]

(by Steve Hopkins) USA Table Tennis Player (and one of our top para-athletes), Tahl Leibovitz has been named Banner Bearer for Team USA at the 21st. World Maccabiah Games.  Five athletes have been given this honor this year: Tahl, Fred Cohen, Sherry Levin, Summer Bloom Runestad, and Deb Lichtenfeld.  Opening Ceremonies are scheduled for Thursday.  […]

(by Steve Hopkins) VOTE HERE Ian Seidenfeld has been nominated for an ESPY Award for Best Athlete with a Disability.  Please visit the link above and cast your vote for Ian.  Not only is he a great table tennis player and a really nice guy (who deserves awards and accolades and exposure) – but by […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With three league nights each week, open play, tournaments, camps for kids and adults and coaching opportunities, Washington DC Table Tennis Center something for everyone.  The 5,000 square foot dedicated table tennis facility has 10 professional Butterfly tables and 2 robots on wood flooring.  In addition, there is a lounge with chairs, […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The strongest field of the Summer is ready to play starting Monday in Budapest, Hungary.  Fan Zhendong is the only player in the Top 10 not present.  Ma Long (World No. 2) will be the top seed, and Liang Jingkun (World No. 3) will be the second seed.  The qualifiers will be […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Lily Zhang won her sixth and Nikhil Kumar won his first – each taking their respective prized Singles National Title on Wednesday evening in Houston. For Kumar, he had his sights on this title all week.  He played in the Team Trials early in the week and then played in this one […]