DTTA’s 9th MENSUAL Tourney / USATT Sanctioned DTTA’s 10th MENSUAL Tourney

Posted on November 20, 2017

(By Angelo Gandullia) DTTA’s 9th MENSUAL/USATT Sanctioned DTTA’s 10th MENSUAL Tourney Hello Table Tennis players and friends! On Saturday, November 11th, DTTA hosted our 9th MENSUAL Tourney of 2017. We had a great tournament that included -again- the participation of our friend, club member and USATT C.E.O., Gordon Kaye. Denver Table Tennis Alliance congratulates in particular, […]

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Reversal of Fortune for the Chinese: (Fortune Kooky ??!?)

Posted on November 20, 2017

Reversal of Fortune for the Chinese: (Fortune Kooky ??!?) (By Steve Hopkins / Photo credit to ITTF) SWEDISH OPEN:  After a two tournament absent from the podium, the Chinese were back with a vengeance at the Seamaster 2017 World Tour Swedish Open in Stockholm this weekend.  The Chinese took five of the eight spots in […]

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Ask A Pro Anything: Omar “always walks like an Egyptian” Assar

Posted on November 20, 2017

(Courtesy of ITTF) Ask A Pro Anything: Omar “always walks like an Egyptian” Assar Ask Pro Anything: Omar always walks like Egyptian Assar Want to know what makes Omar Assar tick? Now’s your chance as the Egyptian star was the next guest on Ask a Pro Anything. What is the best moment in Assar’s career? […]

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Final places decided, Astana list complete

Posted on November 20, 2017

(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor) Final places decided, Astana list complete Disappointment for Japan’s Yuya Oshima and Chinese Taipei’s Chuang Chih-Yuan at the recently completed Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Swedish Open in Stockholm but places in the forthcoming Grand Finals to be staged in Astana, Kazakhstan from Thursday 14th to Sunday 17th December […]

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Jenson Van Emburgh Wants to Win Paralympic Table Tennis Gold Medal

Posted on November 20, 2017

(BY SEAN DALY/ABC ACTION NEWS) Jenson Van Emburgh Wants the Paralympic Table Tennis Gold Medal SEMINOLE, Fla. — Seminole High School senior Jenson Van Emburgh is really, really good at table tennis. Like 41st in the world good. He is a member of the 2017 US Para Junior National Table Tennis Team. Emburgh was paralyzed during birth, had spinal […]

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Tip of the week: Three Simple Side-to-Side Drills

Posted on November 20, 2017

(By Larry Hodges) Tip of the week: Three Simple Side-to-Side Drills Most table tennis movement is side-to-side, and so you need to practice this a lot. Here are three drills you should be doing – but only do the second when you are proficient with the first, and only do the third when you are […]

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Top seeds recover from precipice, desolation for Trans-Atlantic pairing

Posted on November 17, 2017

(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publications Editor) Top seeds recover from precipice, desolation for Trans-Atlantic pairing Success for the top two seeded pairs at the quarter-final stage of the Women’s Doubles event on the morning of Friday 17th November at the Seamaster 2017 ITTF World Tour Swedish Open in Stockholm. The facts read that Hong Kong’s […]

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Martina Navratilova thrashed Piers Morgan at table tennis and he wasn’t very happy about it

Posted on November 17, 2017

(By Caroline Westbrook for Metro.co.uk) Martina Navratilova thrashed Piers Morgan table tennis If you’re going to take somebody on at table tennis on live TV, then a former Wimbledon champion may not necessarily be your best bet. Although that didn’t put Piers Morgan off challenging Martina Navratilova to a round of table tennis when she […]

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2017 Star Awards Male & Female Table Tennis Star Nominees Announced

Posted on November 16, 2017

(Courtesy of ETTU.org) 2017 Star Awards Table Tennis Star Nominees Announced The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) is excited to announce the nominees for the 2017 Male & Female Table Tennis Stars & Star Point, with the winners to be crowned at the 2017 ITTF Star Awards in Astana, Kazakhstan on 14th December 2017. The 2017 […]

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BUTTERFLY PLAYERS RIP UP THE SCRIPT AT THE GERMAN OPEN

Posted on November 16, 2017

(Courtesy of ButterflyMag) BUTTERFLY PLAYERS RIP UP THE SCRIPT AT THE GERMAN OPEN What a week it has been in Magdeburg at the 2017 ITTF German Open, where players seemed to forget all about their rankings, and huge upsets became almost expected. The first sign that the German Open wasn’t going to go the way […]

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