(by Ian Marshall, ITTF Publication Editor) Japan dominant at Finlandia Open, Benedek Olah recovering from surgery Present in force at the recent Sun International 2016 World Junior Championships in Cape Town and at the current Seamaster Qatar 2016 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals, players from Japan are also present in numbers at the current Finlandia […]

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(by Neha Aggarwal) Glamorous night at the ITTF Star Awards; World Tour Grand Finals Day one at the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals concluded with some thrilling round of 16 matches in the men’s and women’s section during the day. The highlight of the day was the ITTF Star Awards where the most accomplished table […]

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(by Simon Daish/Photo: Rémy Gros) Boys’ Singles success Tomokazu Harimoto youngest ever champion Tomokazu Harimoto continues to take the table tennis world by storm after the Japanese teenager became the youngest ever winner at a World Junior Championships competition with a 4-3 victory over Korea Republic’s Cho Seungmin in the Boys’ Singles final (7-11, 9-11, […]

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(By Kristian Dyer,Metro) Lily Yip turn NJ’s Pillar College into ping pong powerhouse Lily Yip is the next coach in New Jersey tasked with building a top-tier athletics program at the collegiate level. Unlike high-profile hires such as Rutgers football’s head coach Chris Ash, Yip’s program is far from the bright lights of the gridiron […]

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BY RAHUL ACHARYA Kunal Chodri Interview 17 year old Kunal Chodri is a well-known player in the USA Table Tennis community. His near-impossible comebacks and impeccable touch make him one of West Coast’s top talents. At just 11 years of age, Kunal won the U13 title at the 2011 U.S. Open, thus marking the beginning […]

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BY MATT HETHERINGTON, USATT US Run at World Junior Champs Comes to an End Crystal Wang was the last player standing at the ITTF World Junior Championships in Cape Town from the USA contingent. She reached the last 16 of the Junior Girls Singles after a brilliant and convincing  Round of 32 4-0 win over […]

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(By LY Table Tennis Academy) Congratulations to LY Table Tennis Academy for winning the 1st Stage of Quebec League Venue: Collège Letendre Address: 1001 boul. de l’Avenir Laval, Québec Canada Phone: 514 252.3064 Website: www.tennisdetable.ca ELITE MEN Antoine Bernadet Quebec   Marko Medjugorac Sherbrooke   Edward Ly China   Luc Sicard Trois-Rivières

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(by Simon Daish/Photo: Thorsten Gohl) Crystal Wang stars, as USA trio makes perfect start to qualifying groups The preliminary qualifying group stage of the Girls’ Singles event at the Sun International 2016 World Junior Championships got underway on Sunday 4th December as 24 groups battle it out for the chance to reach the main draw. […]

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(by Ian Marshall/Photo: Rémy Gros) Consolation for Canada as girls outshine boys Third place in the first stage group on the initial day of play and thus with 13th place being the ultimate goal, it was Canada who enjoyed success on the second day of play, Thursday 1st December, in the consolation events. The trio […]

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