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ITTF Americas Qualifier: Kanak Punches Ticket to Paris

(by Steve Hopkins) Without TeamUSA qualifying for the Men’s team event at the Olympics, our men were forced to compete in individual qualifiers.  After proceeding through the first round of qualification, both Nikhil Kumar and Kanak Jha were allowed to compete in the ITTF Americas Olympic Qualification event in Lima, Peru.  The men present were […]

ITTF Americas: Jha and Kumar Both Advance to Semifinals at Olympic Qualifier

(by Steve Hopkins) Without TeamUSA qualifying for the Men’s team event at the Olympics, our men were forced to compete in individual qualifiers.  After proceeding through the first round, both Nikhil Kumar and Kanak Jha are competing this week in the ITTF Americas Olympic Qualification event in Lima, Peru.  The men present were split into […]

Pan Am Masters Games 2024 Cleveland

(by Steve Hopkins, photos Pan Am Masters Games) The 2024 Pan Am Masters Games will be hosted in Cleveland this year, and Butterfly will be there.  Butterfly and Bowmar Sports will be the sponsors for this huge, Olympic-style event that will include twelve age categories (starting at age 30 and increasing up to 80+) across […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Folsom Table Tennis Club

(By Steve Hopkins) The Folsom Table Tennis Club has two locations in Folsom, California to the Northeast of Sacramento.  The Folsom Sports Complex location has ten tables and there are twelve more at the Rusch Park Community Center Gym location in Citrus Heights. Between the two locations, the Folsom Table Tennis Club serves about a […]

Saudi Smash: Chuqin and Meng Win Singles Titles

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The last major event before the Summer Olympics is in the books, and the World No. 1 has dominated in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia at the Saudi Smash.  Wang Chuqin entered the tournament as the World No. 1 so the only surprise is how easily he won his matches – over […]

Saudi Smash: Franziska and Chuqin Reach Final

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Patrick Franziska continues to roll at WTT’s Saudi Smash.  His tournament started with a 13-11 win in the fifth game for a 3-2 victory over Anders Lind.  Franziska then topped Alvaro Robles 3-0, beat World No. 2 Fan Zhendong 3-2, topped Germany’s Top Ranked player (and World No. 11) Dang […]

Texas Smash Win the Inaugural Major League Table Tennis Cup

(by Steve Hopkins, photos Bowmar Sports) The East Division’s Carolina Gold Rush had the best regular season record, a comfortable three game lead over Princeton Revolution.  The West Division leaders were only a game apart, so it took until the final weekend to decide that the Bay Area Blasters would be in first position and […]

Saudi Smash: Fan Spins Out

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Fan Zhendong lost to Patrick Franziska in the Round of 16 match today, the latest upset victim in a long list of top players taking an early exit at WTT’s Saudi Smash. The World’s No. 2 dominated early logging 11-4 and 11-4 wins.  This would have been exactly as expected, […]

Saudi Smash: Ma Long and Jingkun Fall

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Ma Long joins the list of top players taking an early exit, as he fell this afternoon to Jang Woojin on Day 3 of the WTT’s Saudi Smash.  Ma Long lost the opening game 13-11 and never recovered, falling behind early in the second game and only totaling 6 and […]

Saudi Smash: A String of Upsets on Day 3

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Iran’s Noshad Alamiyan came from behind to upset Liang Jingkun in the first Men’s Singles match of the day at the WTT’s Saudi Smash.  A few hours later, Denmark’s Jonathan Groth equaled the result with a win over Lin Gaoyuan.  Groth came out on fire, winning the first two games, […]

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