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The Next Hodges Book: Table Tennis Doubles for Champions

(by Steve Hopkins) USA Table Tennis Hall of Famer, Larry Hodges has a new book out.  Currently, there are 10 books by Hodges for sale on the Butterfly site on a variety of topics that can help you improve your game. The latest book, Table Tennis Doubles for Champions, is 133 pages of interviews, tips, […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Crush Table Tennis

(by Steve Hopkins) CRUSH Table Tennis is in Greenwich, Connecticut.  They are located in a 6,000 square foot facility in downtown Greenwich.  The club is easily accessible by public transportation.  The club offers a great environment for recreational and competitive play.  Visit the two floor table tennis space seven days a week for fun, for […]

Puerto Rico Open Teams into the Final Four

(by Steve Hopkins) Action started on Friday in San Juan at the 2024 Butterfly Puerto Rico Open Teams.  This morning, the top 8 teams faced off in the Quarterfinals.  Team 888 TTC topped Mile High TT Academy 3-0.  Yubeen Han defeated Chance Friend, Nandan Naresh defeated Vinay Chandra, and Tyrese Knight defeated Pablo Figueroa as […]

Kanak Wins in Dusseldorf

(by Steve Hopkins) Kanak Jha has won the WTT Feeder Series event in Dusseldorf .  Jha continues to log matches in his comeback as he eyes a May event that provides one of the few remaining opportunities to qualify for the Olympics. Without a current World Ranking, Jha entered unseeded, but defeated Rassenfosse, Sareen, Shinozuka, […]

Kanak Rolls to Final in Dusseldorf – See Live Finals Link for 1p EDT (Friday)

(by Steve Hopkins) Kanak Jha has reached the Final in the WTT Feeder Series event in Dusseldorf this week.  Jha continues to log matches in his comeback as he eyes a May event that provides one of the few remaining opportunities to qualify for the Olympics. Jha had been as high as 20 in the […]

The Field is Set for the Puerto Rico Open Teams

(by Steve Hopkins) Action starts tomorrow in San Juan at the 2024 Butterfly Puerto Rico Open Teams.  The champions will take home $7,000 and the runner-ups will receive $3,000.  There are over 300 athletes vying for those prizes – with players from Puerto Rico, the US, France, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Brazil, and Sweden. Among […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Central Florida Table Tennis Club

(by Steve Hopkins) With its location near the junction of 423 and 441 just a few miles Northwest of the city center, the Central Florida Table Tennis Club is easily accessible to the greater Orlando area.  The club’s facility is 27,000 square feet with 18 ITTF approved tables, Olympic standard vinyl flooring, 30-foot ceiling, air-conditioning, […]

Saarbrucken Repeats Atop Champions League

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ETTU) For the second year in a row, the top seed in the European Champions League was perennial powerhouse Borussia Dusseldorf and they deep team with Dang Qiu, Timo Boll, and Anton Kallberg.  And for the second year in a row, much of the hype in the Final Four went to […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Carolina International Table Tennis Academy

(by Steve Hopkins) With their location in Apex, North Carolina, just to the Southwest of Raleigh, the Carolina International Table Tennis Academy is well positioned to serve the Research Triangle area of North Carolina.  Coaches/Owners Di Yu and JiangShan Guo are strong players and coaches and they lead a team of quality instructors. The club […]

Saarbrucken and Dusseldorf Make ETTU Final

(by Steve Hopkins) An exceptional regular season is almost expected with this deep Borussia Dusseldorf team.  They once again maneuvered through the Champions League as the top seed – and were ready to excel again in the Final Four.  They faced off against Solex Consult TTC Wiener Neustadt, Austria’s best team featuring Frane Kojic, Ivor […]

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