(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) Another ultra-competitive field is in Xinxiang, China this week at the WTT Champions event. However, two of the biggest names were out on just the second day. Korea’s Jim Jonghoon dropped the first game to Tomokazu Harimoto, but then ran off three in a row to defeat World No. 3. […]
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Butterfly Ask The Experts No. 438 – by: Shahin Akhlaghpasand
Posted on(by: Bowmar Sports Team) Question: I am trying to loop backspin from my backhand and I keep either going into the net or returning a slow high ball. I hit the ball near its highest point. What angle should I be using? Should I use a long stroke or a short stroke to get it […]
Ahad Sarand Wins Bronze Medal At The 2023 ITTF Para Costa Brava Spanish Open
Posted on(by: Vlad Farcas) Between March 8th and March 11th, US Para National Team Member, Ahad Sarand traveled to Platja D’Aro, Spain where he competed in the 2023 ITTF Para Costa Brava Spanish Open. He came up 2nd in group stage after having a 1-1 record with narrow defeat to Toru Nakamoto, a very strong Japanese […]
Top Ten Things For the Day Before the Tournament
Posted on(by Larry Hodges) How can you best prepare for a tournament on the day before? Here are some ten tips. Practice. Younger and athletic players recover faster and so should train more the day before. Older or less athletic players should practice if possible, both to get used to the tournament conditions and to fine-tune […]
WAB CLUB FEATURE: Essential Table Tennis
Posted on(By Steve Hopkins) Essential Table Tennis operates two club locations. The Oklahoma City location is just South of downtown Oklahoma City off of I-35. The club operates every day in this main location. They also have weekend hours at the Moore Community Center in Moore, a few miles South of the City on Highway 35. […]
Adult National Team Trials: Nandan Naresh and Amy Wang Top Field
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) On the Men’s side, Jishan Liang was the only competitor to beat Nandan Naresh (a 4-1 score in the final match-up for both players). By the time these two top seeds met, the top position was already decided. Nandan Naresh was 6-0 with the other competitors, though his 4-3 win […]
Indian 2023 Inter-State Senior National Table Tennis Championships
Posted on(by: Estefania Ramirios) The 84th edition of the Indian National Table Tennis Championships was was held from March 20-27, at the Gymnasium Hall of Jammu University in Jammu, India. The New Indian Star: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran won the Men’s Singles National Title for the second time in his career. In the 84th edition of the Nationals […]
ITTF Ranking Reshuffling
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins, photo by ITTFWorld) The ranking points system can be confusing – and adjustments made during COVID complicated it further. This week, there were some major changes in the World Rankings – changes that were largely due to COVID adjustments expiring. For instance, this is the first week where results of the Olympics […]
2023 Butterfly Puerto Rico Open Teams – By the Numbers
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) After two thousand six hundred and eighty six singles matches, a champion was crowned. The winning team (Aria TT) had a combined rating of their three players of 8185. The top player (Kou Lei) entered with a 2818 rating. Kou Lei, and his teammates Eugene Wang and Angel Naranjo made it through […]
Euro Champions League – Saarbrucken Surprise Champions
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) From the beginning of the year, the European Table Tennis Union Men’s Champions League was really a story of two teams – Borussia Dusseldorf and Neu-Ulm. The Dusseldorf squad had been at the top of the pecking order in both German League play and the Euro League matches for a decade – […]
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