(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Four players are left in the star-studded draw at the WTT Star Contender Series event in Doha, Qatar – but not all of the top seeds made it to the Semifinals.  Fan Zhendong entered as the top seed, but he had some struggles in each round – winning 3-1 over […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Men’s Finals featured World No. 1 and World No. 2, a fitting climax to a year of WTT tour events at the WTT Finals Men Doha.  Fan Zhendong had dominated Lin Gaoyuan 4-0 in the Semifinals just two hours earlier, and Wang Chuqin had equaled that feat with a 4-0 win […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Three10 Table Tennis Club is one of Canada’s National High Performance Training Centres. A club with a strong focus on coaching and development. As their mission statement says, their mission is to “Develop table tennis players to their highest potential in a positive environment while encouraging discipline, commitment, and integrity”. Three10 is […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Each of the World’s Top Four advanced into the Quarterfinals at the WTT Finals, but only two reached the Semis. World No. 3 Ma Long and World No. 4 Liang Jingkun both fell in their Thursday Quarterfinal matches. Liang Jingkun had a fast start in today’s second match – an 11-2 absolute […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Each of the World’s Top Four advanced into the Quarterfinals on Wednesday at the WTT Finals Men Doha.  Fan Zhendong dropped the first game to Darko Jorgic and then had to fight back wo win 3-2 (in a match that included a 19-17 fourth game).  Second seeded Wang Chuqin toped Felix Lebrun […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Final Four are now set for Europe’s Champions League.  Three of those teams are not unexpected – Borussia Dusseldorf has Top 20 players Dang Qiu and Anton Kallberg, and Neu-Ulm has their pair of top players in Ovtcharov and Moregard, and Saarbrucken’s top pair of Franziska and Jorgic account for why these […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The WTT Men’s Finals is set to start in Doha, Qatar on Wednesday.  At the end of 2022, there were a series of major championships that fully wrapped up that tour season before the start of 2023.  The schedule is a little different this year with the WTT Finals starting on January 3rd […]

(by Steve Hopkins) As we entered 2023, China held the top three spots in the ITTF Rankings with Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, and Wang Chuqin leading the way.  A year later, China holds the top four spots – with the same three at the top.  Fan Zhendong will enter 2024 in first, with Wang Chuqin […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Alameda Ping Pong Gym is a club in the Bay Area. With its location on Lincoln Avenue, the Alameda Ping Pong Gym is conveniently located for players on the East side of San Francisco Bay.  Alameda is a city on Alameda Island just one mile South of downtown Oakland.  Lincoln Avenue has […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The two signature table tennis events in the US (the Open and the Nationals) are unique to our sport. Our sport is among the most inclusive of all sports reaching players of all ages and abilities, our sport has evolved from a simple game into demanding high speed / high endurance test, […]