2016 Butterfly Badger Open: Lindenwood Causes Big Upset in Open Doubles by Barbara Wei The upset of the tournament occurred in the Open Doubles event on the second day of play at the 2016 Butterfly Badger Open. In the semi-final stage, the Lindenwood University team of Danny Dulkin and Santiago Sevilla faced heavy favorites and […]
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Jishan Liang Captures 2016 Butterfly Badger Open Crown
Jishan Liang Captures 2016 Butterfly Badger Open Crown by Barbara Wei Tension was high at the 2016 Butterfly Badger Open as 47 players battled it out for the top $3,000 prize in the Open Singles event. Upsets abounded throughout the event, but Jishan Liang survived a few close calls to solidify his top seed status […]
Top Midwest and East Coast Players to Compete at 2016 Butterfly Badger Open
Top Midwest and East Coast Players at 2016 Butterfly Badger Open (by Barbara Wei) Top Midwest and East Coast Players at 2016 Butterfly Badger Open Almost 250 players will descend on Franklin, WI (15 miles from downtown Milwaukee) this weekend to compete in the 9th annual Butterfly Badger Open. Leading the list of top players […]
USATT Announces Youth National Teams for 2016-2017
USATT Announces Youth National Teams for 2016-2017 Congratulations! 2016-2017 USA Table Tennis Youth National Teams MINI CADETS Boys: Nikhil Kumar, Mathew Lu, Sid Naresh, Sahil Puri, Aziz Zarehbin, Kai Zarehbin & Jayden Zhou Girls: Ava Fu, Swathi Giri, Faith Hu, Lisa Lin, Rachel Sung & Rachel Yang CADET Boys: Gal Alguetti, Sharon Alguetti, Nikhil Kumar, Victor […]
Maryland Table Tennis Players Dominate Junior Olympics
Maryland Table Tennis Players Dominate Junior Olympics Courtesy of MDTTC Houston, TX, Aug. 1-3 – Players from the Maryland Table Tennis Center dominated the Junior Olympics, winning 30 medals – 17 gold, 7 silver, and 6 bronze. Thirteen players from the club attended, and by sweeping all of the team events and medaling in all of […]
Celebration and Fundraising Festivities for Yijun Feng
Celebration and Fundraising Festivities for Yijun Feng Courtesy of USA Table Tennis / by Jie Chang The first one, and the only such celebration and fundraising festivities for our local Olympic table tennis athlete Yijun (Tom) Feng in US was held in Atlanta on July 16, 2016 at Atlanta International Table Tennis Academy. Over a […]
Catching Up with USA Table Tennis Olympic Team on Facebook!
Catching Up with USA Table Tennis Olympic Team on Facebook! Olympic Team at Facebook Rapid Fire Challenge!! Courtesy of USA Table Tennis on Facebook Olympic Team Hosted at Grand Opening of HITTA – Houston, Texas Courtesy of USA Table Tennis on Facebook
Final Days of 2016 USATT Super Camp at LYTTC
Final Days of 2016 USATT Super Camp at LYTTC Courtesy of USA Table Tennis / by Sean O’Neill USATT Super Camp – Day Thirteen and Fourteen The final day of the camp concluded with a banquet and awards ceremony to help push the kids forward to start their future journey with increased motivation and knowledge. No […]
NY Indoor Sport Club News & July 24th Tournament
NY Indoor Sport Club News & July 24th Tournament NY Indoor Sports Club shares news and information on their upcoming July 24th tournament in their recent newsletter. Join the fun and friendly NYISC July 2016 Open table tennis tournament. The 2-star USATT sanctioned tournament is Saturday July 24th at New York Indoor Sports in College Point, NY. […]
Ping-Pong? Child’s Game. Table Tennis? That’s a 16-Year-Old’s Ticket to Rio
Ping-Pong? Child’s Game. Table Tennis? That’s a 16-Year-Old’s Ticket to Rio. The New York Times features an article on Kanak Jha: “Ping-Pong? Child’s Game. Table Tennis? That’s a 16-Year-Old’s Ticket to Rio.” by Sam Borden July 15, 2017 HALMSTAD, Sweden — Kanak Jha is not sure when he made the change. He thinks it was […]
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