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WTT Finals: Top Four Advance in Early Action

(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 […]

Europe’s Champions League: Wiener Neustadt is Surprise Finalist

(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 […]

WTT Finals Men Doha 2023: Preview

(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 […]

Comparing the First and Last ITTF Rankings of 2023

(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 […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Alameda Ping Pong Gym

(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 […]

2023 US Open: By The Numbers

(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, […]

Jinbao Ma and Amy Wang Claim Open Titles

(by Steve Hopkins) Americans dominated at the US Open this year with Jinbao Ma (Sunnyvale, CA) winning the Men’s Singles event and Amy Wang (Turnersville, NJ) winning the Women’s Singles event. Jinbao fought his way through the Men’s draw from the sixth position.  His first two matches were 3-0 wins (over Aditya Godhwani and Lingxiao […]

WAB CLUB FEATURE: Song Jeho Table Tennis Club

(by Steve Hopkins) The Song Jeho Table Tennis Club (“SJHTTC”) is centrally located in Los Angeles.  The club is located in Korea Town near the intersection of S Grand View St. and W 11th St. with easy access to the Santa Monica Freeway and the 110. The club’s namesake is “Jay” Song Jeho, a strong player […]

China Wins Both Titles at WTT Women’s in Nagoya

(by Steve Hopkins, photo by WTT) The WTT Finals Women Nagoya concluded today with World No. 1 Sun Yingsha defeating World No. 4 Wang Yidi 4-2 in the Final.  Its sometimes hard to decipher the seeding between the top Chinese women, as China has 6 of the top 7 ranked players in the World.  As […]

Lily Zhang Finishes Second at WTT Series Event in Biella

(by Steve Hopkins) USA’s Lily Zhang entered the Women’s Singles draw at the WTT Feeder Biella as the third seed.  The top two seeds fell early – with top seed Egypt’s Hana Goda falling to Ukraine’s Margaryta Pesotska in the Round of 32, and Manika Batra of India losing to Katarzyna Wegrzyn of Poland in […]

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