(by Steve Hopkins) Five of the ITTF’s Top 10 reached the Quarterfinals as the third elimination round concluded today at this year’s Singapore Smash.  However, since all ten of those players competed, that means there have already been five big upsets. Tomorrow’s quarterfinal pairings are Fan Zhendong v. Truls Moregard, Wang Chuqin v. Lin Gaoyuan, […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With all ten of the ITTF Top 10 in attendance, there are no easy matches at this year’s Singapore Smash.  In the first round, only one of the Top 10 fell. We have now finished two full rounds in the Main Draw and there is no shortage of surprises. Ovtcharov was the […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The ITTF Rankings come out every week.  Sometimes its interesting to watch large jumps (up or down) as new players burst on to the scene, and sometimes its important to follow a more nuanced slow climb as points are accumulated and players carefully pick and choose events.  With all of the top […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With all ten of the ITTF Top 10 in attendance, the WTT’s Singapore Smash is the most competitive tournament of 2023 thus far.  Of those players, only Ovtcharov was upset in the opening Round.  Ovtcharov fell victim to Shunsuke Togami (the 21-year-old, fast-rising Japanese star who recently won the All-Japan Championship).  Ovtcharov […]

by Steve Hopkins) Calgary United Sports Table Tennis Association (CUSTTA) is Alberta’s largest Table Tennis club.  It is open every day of the year for all ages and all skill levels. With its location between Memorial Drive and Route the Trans-Canada Highway (1), it is conveniently located for players on the East side of Calgary.  […]

(by Steve Hopkins) The Boston Bruins annual Pucks and Paddles event was held Tuesday at the House of Blues in Boston.  The Pucks and Paddles event began with autograph sessions and exhibition matches.  The main event was a doubles tournament that matched Bruins team members with fans who had been the highest bidder in an […]

(by Steve Hopkins) With its location near the junction of 423 and 441 just a few miles Northwest of the city center, the Central Florida Table Tennis Club is easily accessible to the greater Orlando area.  The club’s facility is 27,000 square feet with 18 ITTF approved tables, Olympic standard vinyl flooring, 30-foot ceiling, air-conditioning, […]

(by Steve Hopkins) There’s a lot going on in European Table Tennis at the moment.  The Euro Champions League has pressed forward to the Finals and that has forced extra matches (and in some case extra rest) in the TTBL, the Euro 16 singles event pulled many of the top players from the TTBL, and […]

(by Steve Hopkins) Part 1 of the 2023 Junior US National Team Trials took place last week in Charlotte, North Carolina.  There were 10 events – U19 Boys & Girls, U17 Boys & Girls, U15 Boys & Girls, U13 Boys & Girls, and U11 Boys & Girls. In Part 1, for most of these events […]

(by Steve Hopkins) In an event full of upsets, it was World No. 7 Liang Jingkun that came out on top.  When festivities kicked off at the WTT Contender event in Goa, there were 10 players in the current ITTF Top 20, and that included World No. 1 Fan Zhendong, World No. 4 Harimoto, World […]