(by Steve Hopkins) Lin Yun-Ju entered the WTT Contender Series event in Almaty Kazakhstan as the top seed, and he has cruised through to the Semifinals.  A tight 3-2 win over Andrej Gacina was followed up with easier 3-1 and 3-0 wins over Oikawa and Pucar.  Lin will face Truls Moregard in the Semifinal on […]

(by Steve Hopkins, *Full Forbes Article by Amanda Florian with Illustration by Jordan Carter) Earlier this month, table tennis player Adriana Diaz was named to Forbes’ 30 Under 30 Local 2023: Puerto Rico.  The first paragraph of the article notes that the list includes “30 changemakers, leaders and founders making waves in Puerto Rico”.  Joining […]

WAB Club Feature: Orange County Table Tennis Academy (by Steve Hopkins) The Orange County Table Tennis Academy (OCTTA) features 10-15 tables, professional flooring, great lighting, plenty of space, and it is open daily from 9 am to 10 pm.  With more than 400 active players, it is the ideal facility to compete or learn.  OCTTA […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Anders Lind was the last top seed standing entering the final day at the WTT Feeder event in the Czech Republic, and he held off the remaining challengers to take the title in Olomeuc.  Lind jumped out to an early lead against Belgium’s Martin Allegro, winning the first two games […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photos by FPTM) Puerto Rico held a qualifying event this weekend to name the final players for their Men’s and Women’s teams at the 2023 ITTF Pan American Championships which will be held in Havana, Cuba next month.   In posts today by the Puerto Rican Table Tennis Federation (Federación Puertorriqueña de Tenis […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) Anders Lind is the last top seed standing, as the Dane outlasted Portugal’s Joao Geraldo 3-1 in their Quarterfinal match today at the WTT Feeder Olomouc in the Czech Republic.  Lind will face Martin Allegro, Belgium’s top player, in the Semifinals on Sunday morning.  Belgium, who like much of the […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Rhode Island Club is open 5 days a week for most of the year, and we add a sixth day (Sundays for juniors) in the winter.  Rhode Island is the smallest State by size in the USA, but the depth and breadth of its table tennis impact reaches well beyond the […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Since table tennis officially became an Olympic Sport in 1998, Men’s and Women’s Singles have each awarded nine Gold Medals.  In Men’s Singles, China has won six of those nine events, with Korea winning twice (Yoo Nam-Kyu won the inaugural event in Seoul in 1988 and Ryu Seung-Min won in Athens in […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Fan Zhendong and Wang Chuqin hold their dominant No.1 and No.2 positions in the latest World Rankings.  Ma long is safely in third, but since players can achieve as many as 1500 points with a single WTT event, Harimoto (No. 4), Calderano (No.5) , and Jingkun (No. 6) are potentially within reach.  Lin […]