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US Team Trials: Sharon Alguetti Finishes 10-0

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(by Steve Hopkins) The 2021 National Team Trials were held this week in Fort Worth, Texas.  The top four positions were as follows: Men: Sharon Alguetti, Nikhil Kumar, Jishan Liang, Dan Liu Women: Amy Wang, Sarah Jalli, Huijing Wang, Tiffany Ke On the Men’s side, only Sharon Alguetti made it through the group stage undefeated […]

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Coaching Tip of the Week: Inside-out Backhands

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(By Larry Hodges) Want to tie your opponent in knots – not to mention win a lot of points? Aim your backhand crosscourt. At the last instant, just before contact, let the racket fall behind (bringing it back with wrist and forearm), then continue your normal backhand forward stroke. Your racket will now be aimed […]

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WAB Club Feature: PowerStroke Table Tennis Club

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(By Steve Hopkins) PowerStroke Table Tennis Club is located in Saint Augustine, Florida.  The club is just off of I-95 on the Northwest side of the city, about 30 miles South of Jacksonville. The club has six professional tables in their air-conditioned facility.  Flooring and lighting are ideal for play of all levels.  As they say on their […]

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Duda’s Win Makes it Two in a Row in Dusseldorf

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(by Steve Hopkins) The title on the Borussia Dussedorf article today contains the perfect alliteration with Benedikt and the German word  “beendet” – a reference to Benedikt Duda closing out a perfect week.  And a perfect week it was – Duda won the Dusseldorf Masters event a week ago, was named to the Germany Olympic squad […]

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See You in Tokyo: ITTF Announces Teams Confirmed

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(by Steve Hopkins) The ITTF announced the teams for the Tokyo Olympics.  Ninety three players will take part with 16 men’s teams and 15 women’s teams ready to compete. China leads the way in the Men’s event with Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, and Ma Long (World No. 1, 2, and 3).  Japan will have Harimoto, […]

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Ovtcharov and Gazprom’s Championship Pipeline

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(by Steve Hopkins) With the German League still 2 weeks away from starting their final (between Dusseldorf and Saarbrucken), the only European league action is in Russia where Dimitrij Ovtcharov’s Fakel Gazprom team continues to dominate the competition. In their Russian Premier League match yesterday, Fakel Gazprom topped UMMC 3-1.  Both teams are solid by […]

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$5000 Barbara Wurster Memorial Open Recap

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(By Jabdiel Torres) After a long time without tournaments, I played my first tournament in the USA. With this coronavirus, it’s been very difficult to find somewhere to play matches. Fortunately, I had the opportunity to play in Cleveland Ohio. At the beginning, I was a little nervous, but then I felt very good and […]

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