(By Amy Karpinski, President of Cape Fear Table Tennis Club/Photo by Tony Murnahan) USA + China = Winning Combination Mixed Doubles The Ping Pong Diplomacy mixed doubles matchups are proving to be a winning combination. USA’s Lily Zhang and China’s Lin Gaoyuan, paired together for the first time, defeated the strong German pair of Dang […]
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World Championships Day Final 64 Results: Jha Advances, Harimoto falls
(by Steve Hopkins) Day 2 Highlights: USA’s Kanak Jha dominated Andrej Gacina to win his second match and advance to the Final 32. Jha was the only American to make the Round of 64. Jha may benefit from an upset today, as Korea’s Lee Sangsu fell to Belgium’s Martin Allegro – meaning Jha’s next match […]
2021 World Table Tennis Championships – Day 2
(By Amy Karpinski, President of Cape Fear Table Tennis Club/Photo by Tony Murnahan) BREAKING NEWS FROM DAY 2 DOUBLES ACTION Women’s Doubles The big news of today’s doubles action was the young USA Team of the Sung sisters. Joanna and Rachel Sung (ranked 455th in the world) defeated Russia’s Sibel Altinkaya and Ozge Yilmaz 3-2. […]
2021 World Table Tennis Championships – Day 1
(By Amy Karpinski, President of Cape Fear Table Tennis Club/Photo by Tony Murnahan) The first day of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships sported 128 players in both the men’s and women’s single events. While many of the matches ended as expected, there were still plenty of upsets. Men’s Singles The top eight players had […]
World Championships Opening Day Update: Kanak Jha and Three US Women Advance
(by Steve Hopkins) The opening day in Houston saw Round of 128 action in both Men’s and Women’s Singles. In Men’s Singles, Kanak Jha was the lone US player to advance (Nikhil Kumar fell 3-4 to Monteiro, and Kai Zhang fell 0-4 to Alto). Jha topped Korea’s World No. 43 An Jaehyun in a tight […]
Coaching Tip of the Week – How to Fix a Weakness in Your Game
(By Larry Hodges) Do you have weaknesses in your game, ones that often cost you a match? Of course you do! Everyone does, since weaknesses are relative to your level, and so the weakest parts of your game are the weaknesses in your game. (If you improve a weakness to the point where it is […]
World Championships Houston: The Draw
(by Steve Hopkins) In a ceremony today in Houston, officials pulled names to set up the draw for the World Championships. Fan Zhendong is the top seed in Men’s Singles, and he should have smooth sailing to the Round of 16. However, from that point forward, things get interesting – Wang Chuqin could be on […]
WAB Club Feature: Gold Coast Table Tennis Club
(by Steve Hopkins) With their location on Main Street in Port Washington, the Gold Coast Table Tennis Club is easily accessible to Long Island, Queens, and the Bronx in New York. The club is just a block from the Port Washington LIRR rail station, and easily accessible by other public transportation. The club is 3500 […]
World Championships Houston: Preview
(by Steve Hopkins) We are now three days from the first day of the 2021 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals and the best players in the world are arriving in Houston. The players lists ( MEN | WOMEN ) don’t include every top player — China’s team is absent Xu Xin and Ma Long, […]
Decision day in Lima, World Team Championships qualifiers known
(Courtesy of ITTF/Article by Ian Marshall/Photo by Santiago Regaira) The group stage completed in the team events at the 2021 ITTF Pan American Championships in the Peruvian capital city of Lima; following the close of play on Thursday 18th November, the nations that have qualified for the 2022 World Team Championships in Chengdu are known. […]
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