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Everybody loves Table Tennis – even Arnold!

January 25, 2016

Everybody loves Table Tennis – even Arnold! Everybody loves Table Tennis – even Arnold! Every year he visits Table Tennis at the Arnold Sports Festival, walks up to one of the many tables, asks for a racket, and plays with anyone willing to take on the Terminator! He is such a great sport and loves […]

Alicia Côté – Quebec Federation Annual Awards

January 25, 2016

Quebec Federation Annual Awards Courtesy of Jean Emond/Club Intersport This past weekend at the Quebec Federation Annual Awards, Alicia Côté was awarded, for the second time, the Junior Girl Athlete of the Year, Female Athlete of the Year, and Jihad Fahrat prize. Alicia was also a recipient of the Steven Samson award. Steven Samson is a former table tennis player, […]

A Great Contribution

January 25, 2016

A Great Contribution Courtesy of USA Table Tennis by Jack Wang January21, 2016 – Zirui Zhao is a high level professional table tennis player from China. It has almost been one and a half years that Zirui Zhao has been in the United States. Not only did Zirui make many great achievements in many tournaments in USA, he also trained […]

2015 ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals Results

January 25, 2016

2015 ITTF World Junior Circuit Finals Results USA Table Tennis reported, “USA’s Kai Zhang (NY) takes bronze medal in Indore, India. Angela Guan (CA) reaches finals of Juniors’ Girls Consolation.” The ITTF 2015 World Junior Circuit Finals concluded on Sunday January 24th at the Abhay Prashal Indoor Stadium in India. Takuto Izumo of Japan secured the Boys Singles […]

Status Prevails, Chuang Chih-Yuan Wins First Ever All Chinese Taipei Final

January 25, 2016

Status Prevails, Chuang Chih-Yuan Wins First Ever All Chinese Taipei Final 2016 ITTF Hungarian Open Courtesy of ITTF Favorite for gold, Chuang Chih-Yuan won the Men’s Singles title at the 2016 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open in Budapest on the early evening of Sunday January 24th; thus he justified his top seeded position in the […]

A Happy Return to Hungary, Tie Yana Bridges the Gap

January 25, 2016

A Happy Return to Hungary, Tie Yana Bridges the Gap 2016 ITTF Hungarian Open Courtesy of ITTF Defeat in the opening round one year ago in Budapest when beaten by Spain’s Shen Yanfei; perhaps Hong Kong’s Tie Yana did not have the happiest memories of Budapest. Now one year later any negative thoughts of the […]

Prachi Jha Interview

January 23, 2016

Prachi Jha Interview Prachi Jha, 2016 U.S. National Team Member & 2016 U.S. World Team Member, was interviewed by Barbara Wei at the 2015 U.S. National Table Tennis Championships.

Crystal Wang Interview

January 22, 2016

Crystal Wang Interview Crystal Wang, 2016 U.S. Junior Girls Team Member & 2016 U.S. Cadet Girls Team Member, was interviewed by Barbara Wei at the 2015 U.S. National Table Tennis Championships.

Ask The Experts: Stefan Feth, No. 81

January 22, 2016

Ask The Experts: Stefan Feth, No. 81 Butterfly Table Tennis Question and Answer Blade: Viscaria, Schlager Carbon, Stiga (5 ply-similar to Korbel) Forehand Rubber: Tenergy 05 Backhand Rubber: Tenergy 05 Question: Stefan, What blade will the NEW Bryce HighSpeed fit the best out of the 3 suggested blade types below? 1. Hard Carbon Tamca 5000 (for example Schlager Carbon) […]

Excelled in Group Stage, Form Maintained in Preliminary Round

January 22, 2016

Excelled in Group Stage, Form Maintained in Preliminary Round 2016 ITTF Hungarian Open Courtesy of ITTF First place in their respective groups against expectations in the initial stage of the Women’s Singles event at the 2016 ITTF World Tour Hungarian Open in Budapest; players with no current World ranking, the Japanese trio of Natsumi Nakahata, […]