(By Amy Karpinski, President of Cape Fear Table Tennis Club/Photo by Tony Murnahan) Semi-Finals Pairings Finalized! Pair of USA’s Lily Zhang/China’s Lin Gaoyuan Advance!!! Mixed Doubles The most exciting news of the morning for US fans is that the ping pong diplomacy team of USA’s Lily Zhang and China’s Lin Gaoyuan continue to cruise their […]
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2021 World Table Tennis Championships- Day 4 – Doubles Round of 16
(By Amy Karpinski, President of Cape Fear Table Tennis Club/Photo by Tony Murnahan) Doubles Quarterfinals Cemented! Mixed Doubles Taipei’s powerful team of Cheng I-Ching/Lin Yun-Ju crushed Singapore’s team of Pang Yew En Koan/Lin Ye. Cheng/Lin defeated the young team from Singapore 3-0 and will face the tough Hong Kong team of Ho Kwan Kit/Lee Ho […]
2021 World Table Tennis Championships – Day 3 Doubles
(By Amy Karpinski, President of Cape Fear Table Tennis Club/Photo by Tony Murnahan) USA + China = Winning Combination Mixed Doubles The Ping Pong Diplomacy mixed doubles matchups are proving to be a winning combination. USA’s Lily Zhang and China’s Lin Gaoyuan, paired together for the first time, defeated the strong German pair of Dang […]
2021 World Table Tennis Championships – Day 2
(By Amy Karpinski, President of Cape Fear Table Tennis Club/Photo by Tony Murnahan) BREAKING NEWS FROM DAY 2 DOUBLES ACTION Women’s Doubles The big news of today’s doubles action was the young USA Team of the Sung sisters. Joanna and Rachel Sung (ranked 455th in the world) defeated Russia’s Sibel Altinkaya and Ozge Yilmaz 3-2. […]
2021 World Table Tennis Championships – Day 1
(By Amy Karpinski, President of Cape Fear Table Tennis Club/Photo by Tony Murnahan) The first day of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships sported 128 players in both the men’s and women’s single events. While many of the matches ended as expected, there were still plenty of upsets. Men’s Singles The top eight players had […]
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