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Americans in Slovak Republic for WTT Youth Contender

(by Steve Hopkins) Americans Sid Naresh, Nandan Naresh, Aryan Jha, and Sally Moyland competed this week in the WTT Youth Contender event in Senec, Slovak Republic.  Puerto Ricans Enrique Rios, Jabdiel Torres, Jose Nieves, Yadier Lopez, Sergio Perez Bohorquez, Alondra Rodriguez, Valentina Davila and Edmarie Leon Burgos and Canada’s Ching Nam Fu made the trip […]

November Sees Changes at the Top of the Rankings

(by Steve Hopkins) After a busy month of October, there have been some changes at the top of the World Rankings.  Fan Zhendong continues to dominate – his 7700 points is a full 3300 ahead of second place, so he will end the year at No. 1 (again).  Ma Long holds his second position (with […]

Pan Am Championships: TeamUSA has Gold in Women’s Doubles, 5 Silvers, and 1 Bronze

(by Steve Hopkins, photo USATT) TeamUSA finished the 2022 ITTF Pan American Championships with solid results – leaving Santiago, Chile with seven medals.  Americans were not the top seeds in any of the events – those honors went to Team Brazil in Men’s and Women’s Teams, and to Brazil’s Hugo Calderano in Men’s Singles, and […]

Sally Moyland Wins in Hungary

(by Steve Hopkins) We don’t often follow WTT Youth Contender Series events abroad – but a few Americans traveled to Szombathely Hungary to play in this tournament and Sally Moyland has already logged an event win. Moyland, a 15 year old up and coming American, entered in the U17 and U19 events.  In the U19, […]

Pan Am Championships: Top Seeds Advance to Finals

(by Steve Hopkins) The top seeds rolled through the later rounds as the 2022 ITTF Pan American Championships continued Saturday in Santiago, Chile.  Brazil has already scored a pair of golds in the Men’s and Women’s Team events – today, the tournaments top seed, Hugo Calderano advanced to the Final to try to score another […]

Pan Am Championships: Silvers for USA, Big Win for Jha

(by Steve Hopkins) The 2022 ITTF Pan American Championships is being played this week in Santiago, Chile.  The first events were Men’s and Women’s Teams.  In the Men’s Teams event, Brazil (anchored by World No. 6 Hugo Calderano and World No. 68 Vitor Ishiy) was a strong favorite and they cruised pretty easily into the […]

Two in a Row for “Mr. October”: Chuqin Wins WTT Finals

(by Steve Hopkins) The WTT Cup Finals concluded today in Xinxiang, China.  It was a tournament featuring the World’s Top 16, the second week in a row with an Asian event that featured the best players in the world.  Last week, in Macao, it was World No. 11 Wang Chuqin with an historic run through […]

WTT Cup Finals: Ovtcharov Upset and Chuqin is “Mr. October”

(by Steve Hopkins) The WTT Cup Finals has advanced to the Final 4 in Xinxiang, China.  In the Cup Finals, the World’s Top 16 are invited, so every match-up is between the world’s best.  The headline of Day 2 was Dimitrij Ovtcharov eliminating World No. 1 Fan Zhendong. The Final Four will be Dimitrij Ovtcharov […]

WTT Cup Finals: Boll Logs Early Upset Win

(by Steve Hopkins) Xinxiang China is the host to this year’s WTT Cup Finals.  In the Cup Finals, the World’s Top 16 are invited.  For the Men, a late scratch left a Bye in the draw – but 15 of the World’s Top 16 are playing.  For the Women, No. 6 and No. 11 have […]

PingPod: How Far They’ve Come

(by Steve Hopkins) When PingPod first opened its doors at its first location in 2020, the leadership had big plans.  There was already talk of expanding to other locations in the City, of attracting the best players, of creating a community.  Soon thereafter, COVID hit and some players discovered that the concept of autonomous table […]

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