Dimitrij Ovtcharov Wins His First Major as Germany Dominate the 2017 ITTF World Cup!
The 2017 Men’s World Cup is over and what a World cup it was! It had everything, dominant performances, 7 set thrillers, incredible comebacks and also featured the biggest shock in a Major for a very long...
Once again China dominate another World Tour winning 5 out of the 6 events at the 2017 Austrian Open in Linz including the men’s and women’s singles, the under 21 men’s and women’s singles and the women’s doubles.
Lin Gaoyuan in the Final of the Men's Singles
In the men’s event, the Chinese...
If you haven't already heard the news spiraling around the table tennis world this will amaze you! Yesterday players including Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin withdrew themselves from the on going China Open in support of their beloved coach Liu Guoliang!
Timeline of event:
Tuesday 20th...
2017 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Men’s singles: The Story so far up to day 6!
What an incredible start to the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships! We’ve already had some electrifying matches, huge upsets, and records broken. Perhaps the biggest shock coming in the form of 13 year...
Today the opening ceremony and draw took place in Dusseldorf at the World Championships and kicked off this huge, global competition. The players, officials and ITTF representatives were all present and excited to start off preceding's.
Ovtcharov and Apolonia awaiting draw results
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The prestigious 2016 European Championships has commenced! Live from Budapest, Hungary from Tuesday 18th October to Sunday 23rd October will see Europe's best table tennis players battle for...
We now know the identity of our 4 potential Olympic men's singles gold medalists. The current Olympic Zhang Jike did what he was expected to do, beating Koki Niwa comfortably 4-1. He will be facing a surprise semi finalist Vladimir Samsonov.
Vladimir Samsonov victorious over Ovtcharov! - Via...
The Rio Olympic table tennis men's singles events are now well underway and we've already seen some incredible matches, big upsets and amazing support from the Rio crowd. Home town hero Hugo Calderano has been on dazzling form knocking out both Par Gerell and Tang Peng in the second and third...
The spectacular Qatar Open concluded today on the 27th March 2016. The super World Tour event saw the worlds top 5 in both the mens and womens singles participate. Ma Long led the men's singles followed closely by Fan Zhendong, Xu Xin, Zhang Jike and Dimitrij Ovtcharov. In the women's singles...
Day 7 of the World Team Table Tennis Championships 2016 took place in Kuala Lumpur, in the 10,000 seat arena on the 5th March! Today saw China take on Korea in the semi finals! Full results below:
Ma Long vs Jung Youngsik! Photo by: ITTF Flickr
In the men's semi finals China's team included...
Reigning champion Dimitrij Ovtcharov defends his European title winning today's 2016 Europe Top 16 event defeating Joao Monteiro of Portugal by 4 sets to 2! In the women's singles final Yanfei Shen beat Hu Melek in 5 sets. Full results and videos below:
Dimitrij Ovtcharov - Champion of Europe...
China have emerged victorious at the 2015 Asian Championships winning for a 20th time out of a total of 22 championships since 1972! The China line up included Xu Xin, Zhang Jike and Fan Zhendong, in the final the world number 1's faced a strong Japanese side. The Japanese side included Maharu...
This was bugging me since last night after i watched the match. I am a fan of Ma Long, but i felt Oshima was shafted/wronged. During the last game with Oshima leading 7:5, Oshima was serving and you clearly hear a heckler shout everytime he served. And the heckler would only shout during when...
The China Open concluded today on the 8th August 2015. The popular event saw some fantastic matches take place on the final day, including the women's doubles, men's doubles, women's singles and men's singles final. In the men's final between Ma Long and Xu Xin met one another, in the women's...
On Sunday 5th July Jung Youngsik was able to claim the Men’s singles title at the 2015 Korea Open, meaning that he was able to leave the tournament as the most successful player having already been crowned champion in the men’s doubles event with teammate Kim Minseok.
Full results plus videos...
Xu Xin has been crowned the 2015 Japan Open Men’s singles champion, after overcoming Japanese opponent Maharu Yoshimura in the final. The Japanese player had played well throughout the tournament beating Shang Kun in the semifinals and taking the first set in the final match, but the Chinese...
Jung Youngsik has been crowned the Men’s singles champion at the 2015 Australian Open, the player from South Korea was able to overcome Hong Kong’s Ho Kwan Kit in the final in four straight sets (11-8, 11-5, 12-10, 11-6).
Full results plus videos below.
Jung Youngsik
On route to the final...
Today on the 3rd March 2015 the popular QOROS World Table Tennis Championships drew to a close. To the crowds delight extraordinary matches took place on the final days of the championships especially in the men's final between Ma Long and Fang Bo and in the women's final between Ding Ning and...