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Oh Junsung and Miwa Harimoto Win in Chennai

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The Men’s Singles event was full of surprises at the WTT Star Contender Chennai.  Tomislav Pucar upset Tomokazu Harimoto only to fall to 18 year old Korean Oh Junsung in the Quarters.  And Jonathan Groth and Sora Matsushima were on a path to meet each other in the Quarters except […]

WTT Star Contender Chennai – Semifinal Surprises

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Late Saturday, the Quarterfinal matches were played at the WTT Star Contender Chennai.  Tomislav Pucar who earlier in the day upset top seed Harimoto, fell to Oh Junsung.  Oh was the third seed in this section of the draw, the first of four surprise semifinalist. The four seeded players in […]

WTT Star Contender Chennai – Top Seeds Fall

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The first action on Friday went pretty much as expected at the WTT Star Contender Chennai.  Tomokazu Harimoto started strong against Maharu Yoshimura, but Yoshimura fought back to even the score to 2-2 before Harimoto could squeeze out an 11-9 win in the fifth. The second seed, Hugo Calderano, lost […]

WTT Star Contender Chennai – Early Action

(by Steve Hopkins) Early action is underway at the WTT Star Contender Chennai.  The event is being held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, a state-of-the-art modern venue in Chennai, India. This stop on the WTT Star Contender series, has drawn an elite slate of top players including Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto (World No. 3), Brazil’s […]

Your Racket Is Your Musical Instrument

(by Larry Hodges) Here is a great way to understand how the mind should operate during a table tennis rally. If you play a musical instrument, you don’t consciously play a song; your subconscious does. Each note triggers the next note. In table tennis, whatever your opponent does triggers your next move. It’s the same thing, with […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: True North Table Tennis Centre

(by Steve Hopkins) True North Table Tennis Centre is located in Scarborough Ontario, a suburb just North of Toronto near Markham. It was founded by Hongtao Chen and Eugene Wang in 2018 to help others learn and perfect their table tennis skills. With their expert coaching, many athletes have reached new grounds in their table […]

WTT Youth Contender Buenos Aires: Results

(by Steve Hopkins) The WTT Youth Contender Series visited Buenos Aires this week, bringing rising stars from the Western Hemisphere as well as a few top ranked youth players from Korea, Spain, and Slovakia. For American fans, there was solid results from TeamUSA in Girls U17, Boys U15 and Mixed Doubles, Puerto Rico in U19 […]

Reflecting on the Loss of Icons Timo Boll and Ma Long

(by Steve Hopkins) Each generation has its own great players, but few have reached the the level of table tennis legends Timo Boll and Ma Long.  Both players have stepped away from the international stage, though it is not clear yet if we will continue to see them in lower-level team competition for their league […]

Jha Has Great Performance in TTBL Team Loss to Saarbrucken

(by Steve Hopkins) With the German League season coming to an end, there is some real pressure on teams pushing to make the end of season final four tournament.  Ochsenhausen and Dusseldorf are both clearly in already with their 16-5 records.  TSV Konigshofen has nearly sealed their position as well – as they are 14-7 […]

Chongqing Final: Could We Have a New Number One?

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The WTT Champions Series event in Chongqing was designed to feature the most elite players in the world, battling in an ideal venue, with great action and ultimately a showdown of the best of the best. This edition of the WTT Champions Series certainly delivered as advertised. By Sunday, the […]

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