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Pan Am Cup: Jha, Zhang, and Wang Through to Final 8

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(by Steve Hopkins) The knockout rounds of the 2025 Pan American Cup started on Friday.  Jishan Liang won his opening match 4-2 over Guilherme Teodoro of Brazil, and Nandan Naresh topped Shema Britton 4-1.  Each will play in the Round of 16 on Saturday. About half of the Round of 16 matches were scheduled for […]

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Europe Top 16 Cup – Round 1 in the Books

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(by Steve Hopkins) The CCB Europe Top 16 Cup is being played in Montreaux, Switzerland this week.  Europe’s Continental Cup event began with preliminary rounds before the Top 16 action got underway on Friday.  In the top half of the draw it is two Frenchmen and two Germans who have advanced.  Felix Lebrun had a […]

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Miami Madness! MLTT Week 9 was EPIC

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(by: Major League Table Tennis) Miami NICE 😎 We knew it could get wild in Florida. But not THIS wild. Our Week 9 event at Broward Table Tennis Club delivered a rollercoaster of jaw-dropping moments, unexpected upsets, and gravity-defying points like the one below between Bay Area’s Eric Jouti and Florida’s Marc Duran. Here’s another thing […]

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Europe Top 16 Cup Draw

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(by Steve Hopkins) The various ITTF Continental Cup action continues across many regions with the CCB Europe Top 16 Cup Draw being posted this afternoon. The Men’s Singles draw includes a list of well-known players with Felix Lebrun facing Benedikt Duda and Patrick Franziska facing Dimitrij Ovtcharov in one quarter.  The winner of that tough […]

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ATTU Asian Cup: Group Play

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(by Steve Hopkins) Early action is underway at the Asian Cup in Shenzhen, China. Unlike the Pan American Cup, the top seeds start in groups (and are not seeded automatically into the Main Draw).  This can make for some exciting matches early on, as players get used to the conditions – perhaps before reaching their […]

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Pan Am Cup: Early Action

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(by Steve Hopkins) The 2025 Pan American Cup began with Preliminary Rounds on Tuesday and Wednesday.  In Men’s Singles, three Americans fought through Preliminary Rounds to claims 3 of the 8 available slots in the Main Draw.  Jishan Liang topped Rohan Lewis of Jamaica 3-0, Sid Naresh defeated Diego Gallardo of Mexico 3-0, and Xiangjing […]

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Forehand-Backhand Grip Changes

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(by Larry Hodges) When I started out in 1976, the consensus among coaches that I worked with was that you didn’t have time to grip change between forehand and backhand. And so I learned to use one grip for both. I ended up with a more forehand grip and developed a strong forehand. The victim […]

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