(by Steve Hopkins, photo by ITTFWorld) Chen Meng is currently at the top of the ITTF rankings, and it isn’t close. China’s top player has 11850 points and the next closest player, Japan’s Mima Ito, is nearly 1400 points behind. Chen will be the top seed at the Olympics and she’ll be a solid favorite. […]
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A Look at the ITTF Rankings as the Olympics Approach
Posted on(by Steve Hopkins) The ITTF Rankings take on more meaning as we are now 23 away from Preliminary Singles rounds at the Olympics (and one month away from the first Team matches). In the most recent ITTF Weekly Rankings there was some shuffling near the bottom of the Top 10. Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Timo Boll […]
Eleven Years and Counting
Posted on(By Joanna Sung) From the age of six, I spent my days picking up table tennis balls at local clubs, watching the best players compete through a television screen, and playing table tennis with my dad in the basement. Now, I am seventeen. Through eleven years of involvement in the table tennis world, the sport […]
2021 National U19 Team Trials
Posted on(By Rachel Sung) Despite efforts to stay fully in shape and ready for competition, more than one year of life amidst a raging, seemingly never ending pandemic erased significant amounts of motivation necessary in improving and maintaining a certain table tennis level. Along with the stress of junior year in high school, the dilemma of […]
2021 Alamo City Open video
Posted on2 Star Tournament San Antonio Table Tennis Club Open Final: Ojo Onalapo (2636) vs Jimmy Butler (2574) video here (Photo and Video courtesy of San Antonio Table Tennis club) Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and We Are Butterfly players, coaches, clubs and […]
Northshore TTC 2021 Spring Open results and video
Posted onUSATT SANCTIONED 2-Star Tournament Results of the Elite division here Final: Ojo Onalapo Vs Peter Phong Nguyen (Video courtesy of Uko Marcus) Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and We Are Butterfly players, coaches, clubs and more.
2021 US National TT Championships Texas State Qualifier video
Posted onUSATT SANCTIONED STATE QUALIFICATION TOURNAMENT 4 Star Tournament State of Texas – San Antonio Table Tennis Club – San Antonio, Texas Open Final: Ojo Onalapo (2636) vs Kewei Li (2574) (Video courtesy of TT Planet) Stay “In The Loop” with Butterfly professional table tennis equipment, table tennis news, table tennis technology, tournament results, and We […]
Aditya Sareen captured under 2500 title at Westchester
Posted onFinal: Aditya Sareen def. Ainish Dassarma (8,9,5) Semi Final: Ainish Dassarma def. John McDermott (8,-7,4,13); Aditya Sareen def. Nishant Lebaka (5,9,9) Quarter Final: Ainish Dassarma def. Steven Tan (-9,9,10,6); John McDermott def. Santiago Acosta (5,-9,6,-13,4); Nishant Lebaka def. Alex Averin (7,15,8); Aditya Sareen def. Yuxiang Li (5,8,11) Photo of the tournament here and here A […]
Coaching Tip of the Week: Forehand Attackers Should Serve & Backhand Attack
Posted on(By Larry Hodges) If you are primarily a forehand attacker, many of your opponents will get used to your relentless forehand attacks, often from the backhand corner, especially after your serve. Why not throw them off with a backhand loop? This is especially effective against an opponent who routinely pushes your serve to your backhand […]
Euro Championships: Boll Repeats – Timo’s Eighth Euro Title
Posted onby Steve Hopkins) Despite a draw that required Timo Boll to tackle German teammate Benedikt Duda early (winning 4-3 in the Round of 16), and Dusseldorf teammate Anton Kallberg in the quarterfinals, and top seed Mattias Falck in the semifinals, it was Boll that cruised most of the way. When Boll faced Dimitrij Ovtcharov in […]
China Smash: Matsushima’s Perfect Week
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ITTF Americas Pan American U11 & U13 Championships
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(by Coach Maggie Tian) Congratulations to Team USA’s U11 and U13 athletes for an incredible performance at the… Read More
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