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Article: Liu Guoliang on whos better: Jan Ove Waldner vs Ma Long! You can view the page at https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/content.php?1183-Liu-Guoliang-on-whos-better-Jan-Ove-Waldner-vs-Ma-Long!

Last weekend saw Ma Long claim gold at the 2019 World Championships. This is the third World Championship title Ma Long has secured in his career, bringing up the question among many fans, does this make Ma Long the greatest table tennis player of all time? Well one person had their say, Liu...

The May World Rankings have been released after the 2019 World Championships! Ma Long moves to number 5 after winning the worlds and silver medalist Mattias Falck moves to number 11. Full details coming soon: Men Rankings Women Rankings

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News just in at the 2019 ITTF Annual General Meeting in Budapest, the rule for different coloured rubbers has been approved. After the Olympic Games in Tokyo players will be able to use different colour rubbers on their bat, and not use the standard black and red. As quoted by the ITTF: "This...

You can view the page at https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/content.php?1181-The-2019-World-Table-Tennis-Championships-Draw-Revealed!

The draw for the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships took place this morning revealing some potentially huge showdowns. Ma Long vs Fan Zhendong - Photo via ITTF Flickr The most notable possible showdown is between the number 1 seed Fan Zhendong and number 11 seed Ma Long. The two players...

We are now in the lead up to the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships! It's time for all the best players in the world to come together and make an impact on the global scene. The forthcoming World Championships will be staged in Hungary from Monday 21st April to 28th April 2019. Full topic...

A new rule is being submitted to the 2019 ITTF AGM to allow for brighter colours on rubbers. A new game changer could be taking place very soon! A new rule that has been proposed is to allow for a different rubber colour on one side of your bat. You must have one black side at all times and...

You can view the page at https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/content.php?1180-China-s-Rivals-at-the-2019-World-Table-Tennis-Championships!

The World Championships are approaching quickly and as always Team China are preparing rigorously for the major tournament starting on April 21st. The Chinese National table tennis team have been taking part in closed training in Shenzhen. In the practice halls where both the women’s and the...

The April World Rankings have just been released by the ITTF! MENS 01) Fan Zhendong 02) Xu Xin 03) Lin Gaoyuan 04) Tomokazu Harimoto 05) Timo Boll 06) Lee Sangsu 07) Hugo Calderano 08) Koki Niwa 09) Liang Jingkun 10) Jang Woojin 11) Ma Long 12) Dimitrij Ovtcharov 13) Jun Mizutani 14) Wong...

Yes that's right, this was an April Fools joke :) It's been confirmed! After years of speculation and tests in the German League the rule to increase the net height has now been approved. After this years World Table Tennis Championships the announcement will be officially made that the net...

Okay, so we have seen Timo Boll hit quite a lot of swap hand shots in his time. Ones that stand out in particular is the swap hand shot against Chuang Chih Yuan in T2, the swap hand shot against Chen Qi and Jun Mizutani. However, yesterday Timo Boll took swap hand shots to the next level. Not...

The first platinum World Tour of 2019 begins this week, the Qatar Open! A huge line up this week with Ma Long entering his first major ITTF event in 6 months! This is massive! The line up consists of Harimoto, Xu Xin, Timo Boll, Dimitrij Ovtcharov and many more world class players! Ding Ninig...

Hey guys! Here is episode 3 in our “Day in the life of a pro” series. This episode features the 2016 Paralympic Champion Will Bayley! Will is an extremely dedicated, hardworking athlete and has overcome many life struggles to reach the top in table tennis. Watch our previous episode with...

You can view the page at https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/content.php?1179-Ma-Long-Selected-for-the-2019-World-Table-Tennis-Championships!

Ma Long is due to make his long awaited return to international table tennis at next month’s World Championships in Budapest. He has been away from international competition for over 6 months. Ma Long with his 2017 World Championships trophy! The Chinese National Table Tennis Association has...

You can view the page at https://www.tabletennisdaily.com/forum/content.php?1177-Liu-Guoliang-s-New-Tough-Point-System-for-the-China-National-Team!

Liu Guoliang has thrown down the gauntlet to his coaching team at the Chinese Table Tennis Association by unveiling a new results-based evaluation system to determine their earnings. Piling on the pressure, two time Olympic champion and former Grand Slam winner Liu Guoliang stated that he has...