08/02/2012 - Novak Djokovic the Laureus World Sportsman of the year 2012 use to play table tennis in his spare time as cited on ettu.org. Novak has taken the tennis World by storm winning the Australian Open in 2011 and 2012 and the hardworking star reached four out of five Grand Slams finals...
As expected, the top 3 seeds progressed to the later stages of the Qatar Open World Tour on the 9th February 2012. Seeds including Wang Hao, Xu Xin and Ma Lin all respectively eased into the last 16 draw. However, number 4 seed Joo Se Hyuk and other table tennis players did not progress so...
Ryu Seung Min former Olympic Champion (2004) and number one seed for the Qatar Open World Tour 2012 has just lost in the last 64 round! Russia's Alexander Shibaev defeated Ryu in fine style by 4 sets to 1 with scores: 11-5, 11-13, 8-11, 10-12, 12-14.
In photo: Ryu Seung Min. Photo by: Roscher...
Heres an interview of French superstar Adrian Mattenet! This video shows some good multi ball from Adrian and shows how he is a funny, jolly character of the table. It looks like Adrian talks about his preparation for the London 2012 Olympics at the end to :)
Photo by: AFP
If anyone could...
The European Top 12 has now reached the quarter final stages! There have been many epic matches with every player fighting for a chance to compete in front of the host nations France in a quarter final match up!
--- Quarter final draw below ---
Adrien Mattenet. Photo by: AFP
The group stages...
The Chinese National team have landed in Longgang, Shenzhen to start their 40 day training camp in preparation for the World Team Championships in Dortmund.
Here are some really cool photos taken from various Weibo accounts. For more amazing photos from the Chinese National team click here
Ma...
The draw has been released for the European Top 12 which begins today on the 5th February 2012. Some groups are very strong, check them out!
Dimitrij Ovtcharov. Photo by: Sang Tan
Men's Groups
Group A
- Dimitrij Ovtcharov
- Bojan Tokic
- Werner Schalger
Group B
- Bastian Steger
- Kirill...
TableTennisDaily exclusive interview with a TT professional! Simon Gauzy and his French side believe they can catch up to the Asian teams one day.
Thanks for taking part in our TableTennisDaily interview Simon. Congratulations on your recent World Ranking of 77. What an achievement and we are...
Article: Ma Long & Zhang Jike withdraw from Qatar Open in preparation for the World T
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Ma Long and Zhang Jike have announced their withdrawal from next weeks World Tour, the Qatar Open 2012. The two dominant forces of the table tennis World have announced their withdrawal. The Chinese National team are heading to Longgang, Shenzhen to start a 40 day training camp in preparation...
The recent withdrawal of Timo Boll, Michael Maze and Patrick Baum from the European Top 12 doesn't stop there. More sad news for the sporting table tennis fans across the globe as Timo Boll has announced his withdrawal from the Qatar Open World Tour 2012 which begins next week!
Timo Boll...
Former 2004 European Top 12 Champion Michael Maze has had to unfortunately withdraw from this weeks European Top 12 due to his ongoing injury. Michael Maze developed a knee injury in 2010 and still persists with problems to this day.
Michael Maze. Photo by: ecl-ettu.com
Michael Maze made a...