2018 ITTF Premium Junior Circuit, Italy Junior & Cadet Open (By Bruce Liu / Award podium photo courtesy of ITTF) ITTF Official Tournament Link The Italy Junior & Cadet Open was held in Lignano Italy from March 21-25. American sisters, Joanna and Rachel Sung, represented the US in the event. In the Cadet Girls Team […]
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Sung sisters play in main draw for Junior Girls Singles
Sung sisters play in main draw for Junior Girls Singles Submitted by: Bruce Liu / BATTF Sung sisters play main draw Junior Girls Singles Only Joanna and Rachel Sung from the US are in the tournament. They both are still eligible for cadet (under 15) but also play in the Junior events (U18). Rachel is […]
Olympians Survive as Race for National Titles Reaches Crucial Stages
(BY MATT HETHERINGTON) Six US Olympians entered the draw of the 2017 SuperMicro US National Championships and as the crucial rounds arrive the position was almost the same with 5 remaining. With a first prize of $8000 dollars on the line in both the men’s and women’s singles every player was hungry to reach the […]
2017 Italian Junior & Cadet Open: Gold for Rachel! Congratulations.
2017 Italian Junior & Cadet Open, ITTF Premium Junior Circuit (By Bruce Liu) Only two US players entered the ITTF Premium Junior Circuit. They are the twins Joanna and Rachel Sung of Bay Area. They also played the Swedish Junior & Cadet Open a couple of weeks ago and won Silver and Bronze medals at […]
2017 Swedish Junior & Cadet Open
2017 Swedish Junior & Cadet Open (Courtesy of Bruce Liu and ITTF) Congratulations to Rachel Sung (Silver) and Joanna Sung (Bronze) at 2017 Swedish Junior & Cadet Open USA’s team results: Junior Boys Singles: Kanak Jha (Round of 16)Junior Girls Singles: Rachel Sung (Round of 16)Cadet Girls Singles: Rachel Sung (Round of 16)Mini-Cadet Boys Singles: Aziz […]
USATT Announces Full Youth National Teams for 2016-2017
USATT Announces Full Youth National Teams for 2016-2017 Courtesy of USATT USATT would like to congratulate the entire 2016-2017 National Youth Teams in accordance with the team selection procedures. Mini Cadet Boys: Aditya Godhwani (Fremont, CA) Nikhil Kumar (San Jose,CA) Matthew Lu (Highland Park, NJ) Sid Naresh (Lisle, IL) Daniel Ng (Duluth, GA) Sahil Puri […]
Rachel Sung, World Hopes Week & Challenge Qualifier
Congratulations on Rachel Sung qualifying for World Hopes Week & Challenge in Qatar! On Sunday April 10th, Rachel Sung of the United States won 1st place in Hopes Girls event at the North America Hopes Challenge. Winning qualifies her to be one of 16 girls from around the world to participate in the 2016 ITTF World Hopes Week & […]
2015 ITTF Hopes North America Challenge
2015 ITTF Hopes North America Challenge Rachel Sung (USA) & Nikhil Kumar (USA) qualify for ITTF World Hopes Week & Challenge! Winners Boy’s Singles 1. Nikhil KUMAR (USA) 2. Edward LY (Canada) 3. Sahil PURI (USA) Girl’s Singles 1. Rachel SUNG (USA) 2. Joy XU (Canada) 3. Angie TAN (USA) (left to right) Edward Ly, […]
Felix Gao and Rachel Sung Upset Seeding, Good Heads on Young Shoulders
Felix Gao and Rachel Sung Upset Seeding, Good Heads on Young Shoulders Courtesy of ITTF May 13, 2014 – Both from the United States, Felix Gao and Rachel Sung were the players to cause the most significant upsets in the respective Cadet Boys’ Singles and Cadet Girls’ Singles events at the Butterfly 2015 Canadian Junior […]
Diane and Rosalind, Now Read Joanna and Rachel, the New Generation
Diane and Rosalind, Now Read Joanna and Rachel, the New Generation Courtesy of ITTF May 11, 2014 – Four World Championships in succession; in Vienna in 1951 and London in 1954 they were the Women’s Doubles winners, in Bombay in 1952 and one year later in Bucharest they were the runners up. Now, England’s twin […]
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