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World Youth Championships – TeamUSA in Early Action

(by Steve Hopkins) The highest ranked juniors in the world have descended on Slovenia for the ITTF World Youth Championships.  TeamUSA has arrived in force to battle the world’s best.  The tournament began today with Team Events. Singles and Doubles will be played later in the week, with the Final matches scheduled for Sunday December 3. […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Texas Table Tennis Club

(by Steve Hopkins) The Texas Table Tennis Club (“TTT”) has about 50-60 regular members, as well as a number of premium memberships for business people.  One emphasis of the club is on professional coaching for elite players and juniors in the greater Houston area.  In 2016, the Texas Table Tennis was awarded a Certificate of Special Congressional […]

Mengel Surprise Winner in Portugal

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) There was a competitive draw in place this week at the WTT Feeder Series event in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal.  Freitas and Kao and Geraldo and Karlsson were the top four seeds, but only Marcos Freitas reached the Final Four.  In fact, the biggest prize didn’t go to a […]

Seven TeamUSA Medals in Santiago at ParapanAm

(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) TeamUSA secured three Golds and a Bronze in Singles competition over the weekend at the ParapanAm in Santiago.  Doubles pairings added another three Bronze medals on Monday morning. TeamUSA logged some great results in weekend action in the Singles Events. Tahl Leibovitz swept his Semifinal match with a 3-0 win […]

Three Singles Golds for TeamUSA at ParapanAm in Santiago

(by Steve Hopkins) Most of the Singles events concluded this weekend at the ParapanAm in Santiago.  Doubles events conclude tomorrow. TeamUSA logged some great results in weekend action. Tahl Leibovitz swept his Semifinal match with a 3-0 win over Argentina’s Eithan Skliarskiy and then rolled through the Class 9 Final with another 3-0 win over […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Sunny Culture & Sports Center

(by Steve Hopkins) Sunny International Culture & Sports Center is located at Scarborough, Sheppard, and Brimley Street in Scarborough – a city within the greater Toronto Metropolitan area.  The club is just off of the Ontario 401 Express, about 25 kilometers to the North of the Toronto city center and easily accessible via public transportation. […]

BUTTERFLY FAVORITES: PongNow Interview with Bowie and Melba Martin

(by Steve Hopkins) In this BUTTERFLY FAVORITE, we have an interview with Bowie and Melba Martin that was originally created in December of 2020.   _____________ PongNow is an interview series talking table tennis with some of the best players and personalities in the sport. This week, we have Bowie and Melba Martin – who […]

Liang Jingkun Wins in Taiyuan

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) World No. 2 (and top seed) Wang Chuqin fell in the opening round to World No. 43 Xu Yingbin.  Xu then fell in the Round of 16 to Japan’s Shunsuke Togami.  Togami had a great tournament, topping An Jaehyun in the opening round, Xu in the Round of 16, then Cho […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Tan’s Table Tennis Training Club

(by Steve Hopkins) Tan’s Table Tennis Training Club is the first full-time table tennis club in the greater Cincinnati area.  The club is located just to the Northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, a few miles from the 275 Expressway and just off of I-42.    The location provides easy access to greater Cincinnati and Dayton. The […]

US Closes PanAm Team Events with Gold and Bronze

(by Steve Hopkins) Mark Hazinski (Men’s Coach), Rachel Sung, Sid Naresh, Lily Zhang, Jishan Liang, Amy Wang, Nandan Naresh & Gao Jun (Women’s Coach)   On Saturday the US Women won their Semifinal Match over Brazil 3-0.  The Women then followed up that win with a 3-1 Gold Medal victory over Puerto Rico.  For TeamUSA’s […]

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