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World Team Championships: Outside of the Finals

(by Steve Hopkins) China will face France today in the Final – and most of the press will focus on that result.  However, the 2024 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships has encapsulated a lot of great story lines – here are a few: The best record by an individual player went to Kazakhstan’s Kirill […]

World Team Championships: Chinese Teams Pushed in Saturday Matches

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) The Chinese men reached the Final today, and with their team comprised of World No. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 there is very little surprise to report in that half of the draw.  Perhaps, the biggest news from the top half of the draw was, in fact, that China […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Boston Table Tennis Club

(by Steve Hopkins) The Boston Table Tennis Club is in Medford, just North of Cambridge and Somerville and only four miles from  Boston’s city center.  The club is just off I-93 (Northern Expressway), and near the Orange and Blue Lines, providing easy access to the greater Boston metropolitan area. The BTTC is a 3000 square foot […]

World Team Championships: USA Men Top England

(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) Nikhil Kumar logged wins over England’s top two players (Liam Pitchford and Paul Drinkhall), and Jishan Liang added a win over Drinkhall to give TeamUSA their first win at the ITTF World Team Championships in Busan.   Kumar (World No. 379) took out World No. 25) Pitchford 3-1 to give the […]

World Team Championships: Early Action in Busan

(by Steve Hopkins) Action is underway at the ITTF World Team Championships in Busan.  In the Men’s Teams, top group seeds are all still undefeated: China (3-0), Germany (2-0), Korea (2-0), France (2-0), Japan (2-0), Sweden (2-0), Slovenia (2-0), and Portugal (2-0).  TeamUSA has played only one match (falling to Germany), though they are scheduled […]

Getting Schools Involved: RI Table Tennis’ School Invitationals

(by Steve Hopkins) Rhode Island Table Tennis is running three school-focused events this Winter.  The organization sent out invitations to schools and school systems in our area, and tapped youth players that have participated in clinics and other club events over the last year.  In February, they scheduled two “Invitationals” bringing schools together from Rhode […]

World Team Championships Preview

(by Steve Hopkins) TeamUSA is seeded third in Group 2 when action starts later this week at the ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals in Busan, Korea.  At the top of USA’s group is Germany (second overall seed) and then England before USA, Kazakhstan and Saudi Arabia.  TeamUSA will feature Jishan Liang, Sid Naresh, […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Bob Chen Table Tennis

(by Steve Hopkins) Bob Chen Table Tennis was founded in 2017 by Bob Chen.  The goal of the center is to popularize the sport of table tennis by building a diverse table tennis community and helping to improve all players’ table tennis skills.  Bob Chen Table Tennis offers group and private lessons. With its location […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: BAPPA Table Tennis

(by Steve Hopkins) The website for BAPPA Table Tennis opens with “Fast, Fun & Fierce”.  The club offers a great atmosphere with a community of players within its professional quality table tennis facilities with red rubberized flooring, high ceilings, and great lighting.  They offer youth camps private lessons, group lessons and Open Play. The club […]

Lily Zhang Wins in Manchester

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Manchester is usually a soccer town, but this week the industrial hub in Northwestern England (with two of the best soccer clubs in Europe) was host to a WTT Feeder Series event.  The top seed in the Men’s Singles event was England’s own Liam Pitchford, and the top seed in […]

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