(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 […]

(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 […]

(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 […]

(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 […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) The highlights on Friday at the WTT Champions Macao event featured upsets by Szocs in Women’s Singles and Lebrun in Men’s Singles.  Both upsets were over top Chinese players – and China’s other wins were tight.  But as we moved further into the weekend, and through the Semifinals and Finals, […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo WTT) In Friday action at the WTT Champions Macao event China was pushed, Sweden advanced two men, and Szocs and Lebrun shook things up with big upsets. In the first match of the day, France’s Alexis Lebrun advanced by providing the biggest upset of the tournament.  World No. 30, Alexis Lebrun […]

(by Steve Hopkins, photo ITTFWorld) In the first match of the day, France’s Alexis Lebrun advanced by providing the biggest upset of the tournament.  World No. 30, Alexis Lebrun has defeated World No. 3 Liang Jingkun 3-2.  Lebrun won the first game, but then quickly lost the next two.  After finding himself down 1-2, he […]

(by Steve Hopkins) We are through to the Final 16 in Macao at the $800,000 WTT Champions Macao event.   Four strong Chinese players have advanced (Ma Long, Wang Chuqin, Liang Jingkun, and Fan Zhendong), three Germans have advanced (Dang Qiu, Dimitrij Ovtcharov, and Patrick Franziska), and three Swedes have advanced (Truls Moregard, Anton Kallberg, and […]