Ma Long crashes to defeat against Chuang Chih-Yuan

World No. 2, Ma Long faced a stunning 0-4 loss to Chuang Chih-Yuan in the World Cup Table Tennis group stages. The tournament is being held at Liverpool, England.
In other significant results, Michael Maze took revenge over Ovtcharov (who won the bronze medal there).

Soumyajit wins a Table Tennis double at Jodhpur

Soumyajit won a creditable double crown at the Central Zone National Table Tennis Championship at Jodhpur. In the Men's final, he beat Sanil Shetty in a closely fought encounter. In the youth final, it was a smoother ride, where he beat Harmeet Desai. Another London Olympian, Ankita Das won the Youth girls finals. K Shamini bagged the women's singles title beating giant killer Manika Batra.

Men: Final: Soumyajit Ghosh (PSPB) bt Sanil Shetty (PSPB) 9-11, 13-11, 8-11, 11-4, 9-11, 11-6, 11-6; Semifinals: Soumyajit Ghosh (PSPB) bt Harmeet Desai (PSPB) 10-12, 11-7, 11-9, 4-11, 11-6, 11-7, Sanil Shetty (PSPB) bt Sourav Saha (PSPB) 11-8, 11-7, 14-12, 9-11, 4-11, 11-5.


Women: Final: K. Shamini (PSPB) bt Manika Batra (Del) 6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 11-6, 11-4; Semifinals: Manika Batra Del) bt Soumi Mandal (PSPB) 10-12, 12-10, 11-7, 11-6, 11-6; K. Shamini (PSPB) bt Ankita Das (PSPB) 6-11, 11-6, 11-3, 9-11, 12-10, 11-9.

Youth Boys: Final: Soumyajit Ghosh (PSPB) bt Harmeet Desai (PSPB) 11-9, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6; Semifinals: Harmeet Desai (PSPB) bt G.Sathiyan (PSPB) 8-11, 11-9, 11-5, 11-5, 16-14, Soumyajit Ghosh (PSPB) bt T. Nitin (AAI) 11-9, 1107, 11-4, 11-9.

Youth Girls: Final: Ankita Das (PSPB) bt Krittiwika Sinha Roy (AAI) 7-11, 11-5, 11-5, 11-2, 11-7; Semifinals: Krittwika Sinha Roy (AAI) Yukti Roshini (TN) 11-9, 80-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-7, Ankita Das (PSPB) bt Ayhika Mukherjee (WB) 11-8, 11-6, 11-6, 11-4.

World Cup Table Tennis participants

The Final List of players invited to the World Table Tennis Cup from tomorrow at Liverpool:

7 BOLL Timo (GER1)

91 HENZELL William (AUS)

127 MONTEIRO Thiago (BRA)

159 SALEH Ahmed Ali (EGY)

430 THERIAULT Pierre-Luc (CAN)

83 DRINKHALL Paul (ENG1)

21 MAZE Michael (DEN)

145 PITCHFORD Liam (ENG2)

2 MA Long (CHN2)

8 CHUANG Chih-Yuan (TPE)

9 OVTCHAROV Dmitrij (GER2)

11 JOO Saehyuk (KOR1)

12 OH Sangeun (KOR2)

15 SAMSONOV Vladimir (BLR)

17 JIANG Tianyi (HKG)

22 CRISAN Adrian (ROU)

24 FREITAS Marcos (POR)

29 MATTENET Adrien (FRA)

Country share for tabletennisbug.com

Here's the country wise share of www.TableTennisBug.com visitors. We thank all the national and international readers for their continued patronage.

Note that there are visitors from approximately 30 countries in the Unknown segment.

Fastest Table Tennis Bat, Table Tennis Rubber, Ping Pong Paddle

Many new players are in search of the fastest Table Tennis Blades, Table Tennis rubber, and paddles.

Well, although it is difficult to control the speediest Table Tennis equipment here are our takes:

Rubber: Tenergy, Rakza 7, Tibhar 5Q, Stiga Calibra LT, Xiom Omega

Blade: Yinhe T4, Jun Mizutani, Amultart

Write to editor@tabletennisbug.com for more information.

Tibhar 5Q Rubber, Freitas and H39 Blades

The best combination of Price, Power, Spin and Control. Tibhar 5Q and Tibhar Freitas/Tibhar H39!


Rubber 5Q - Great feeling, tremendous control.

Blades H39/Freitas - Speed, Spin when you want it, Class all over them.

Definitely the best Value combo today considering sky-rocketing prices.

Champions league Table Tennis - Werder Bremen and Borussia Dusseldorf win

Werder Bremen and Borussia Dusseldorf both won their second group matches in the Champions League Table Tennis (Tischtennis) Championships. Both the teams that compete in the Bundesliga are on course to move to the quarterfinals.

Chuang Chih Yuan of Taiwan, who has just recently joined Bremen was the hero against UMMC Verkhnyaya Pyshma (formerly UMMC Ekaterinburg). Dusseldorf squeaked past SVS Lower Austria. European Table Tennis star Timo Boll won both his matches, while Patrick Baum won the other singles.

Ochsenhausen, however, faced their first defeat against ASTT Chartres of France 1-3. Former Olympic Champion and new recruit Ryu Seung Min of South Korea lost both his matches.

FC Saarbrücken TT plays Fakel Orenburg. German star Ovtcharov, who won an unprecedented two medals at the Olympics, will turn out for Fakel Orenburg.

Pune District Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Solaris 2012

The following is the schedule for the Pune District Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Solaris starting from September 21, 2012.

Bristol Academy Table Tennis Club Coaching Camp

A Junior Coaching camp is being organized by the Bristol Academy Table Tennis Club in September-October. The coaching will be run by qualified UKCC coaches and academy members. Entry fee is three Pounds.

Venue:

WISE Campus

New Road, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS34 8LP

Lee Bee Wah elected as Singapore Table Tennis Association President again

Lee Bee Wah was re-elected at the Biennial General Meeting as the President of the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA). This particular term lasts until 2014.

Ms. Lee has held the office from 2008.

During her stint as the STTA president, Singapore has won medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, defeated China to win the 2010 World Team Championships.

Low Yen Ling will be the deputy president.

2012 North American Teams Table Tennis Championships

Baltimore, MD will see some world class Table Tennis action on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of 2012 JOOLA North American Teams Table Tennis Championships.

Chen Weixing, Daniel Habesohn, Joerg Rosskopf, and Liu Song will be the team to beat. Weixing is an Olympian with huge experience. He plays defense on his backhand and offense on his forehand. Habesohn is ranked in the top 100 in the World Rankings. Rosskopf needs no introduction. In addition to his medals in the Olympics, he was the coach of the medal winning German team at this year's London Olympics. He also made sure that he guided Ovtcharov to a record medal in the individual competition.

Table Tennis Bat or Table Tennis Racket

There are a wide variety of Table Tennis Bats/Rackets available in the market. How do you choose one?

First, try to categorize yourself, which category do you fall into?

• At home player
• Club Player
• District/Provincial/County level
• State Level
• National/International level

Now that you've identified your playing level, you can choose to buy one of the following types of Table Tennis bats:

• Pre-assembled hobby bats (Rs. 500-1200, approx $ 9-22)
• Pre-assembled professional bats (Rs. 4000 - 20000, approx $ 70-360)
• Separate Table Tennis Rubbers (Pips in and Pips out) and Blades (Wood or Carbon) that can be assembled (Brands - Butterfly, Tibhar, Andro, Yasaka)

If you need more details about a Table Tennis racket that will suit you, shoot a mail with a very brief description of your playing style to:
editor@tabletennisbug.com
or
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Paralympian David Wetherill

Don't miss this unbelievable shot from David, who holds a crutch in his left hand while playing Table Tennis. The match was at the Paralympics against German Thomasz Kusiak.


This video has gone viral on the Internet. See it to believe it!

Phil Mickelson upsets Matt Kucher in Table Tennis

Ace Golfer Phil Mickelson beat Matt Kucher (the best US TT player on the Golf circuit). Kucher was clearly annoyed as he was leading 7-3, but lost the next 8 points in a row!

Zhang Jike awarded lavish gift for Olympic gold medal

London Olympic gold medallist, Zhang Jike has been given a home of 120 sq meters with a sea view in the coastal city of Qingdao.

Jike not only won the Gold medal but helped his team to the team gold, although he lost his singles match to Timo Boll.

Thane State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament

Winners of the recent Thane State Ranking Tournament:

Cadet Boys:

Regan Albuerqueque(MSD)  [Seed - 4] Bt Chinmay Somaiya(MSD) [Seed - 10]

11/8,7/11,11/3,11/5

Cadet Girls Manushree Patil(MSD)  [Seed - 2] Bt Pooja Anam(MSD) [Seed - 4] 4/11,13/11,11/8,11/ 8 Sub Junior Girls Manasi Chajed(PNA)  [Seed - 6] Bt Shruti Amrute(THN) [Seed - 1] 11/4,11/6,11/8,13/1 1 Junior Boys Ravindra Kotiyan(MSD)  [Seed - 3] Bt Devdatta Fadnavis(NGP) [Seed - 4]     10/12,13/11,11/5,11/7,6/11,8/11,11/5 Junior Girls Mallika Bhandarkar(NGP)  [Seed - 1] Bt Senhora Dsouza(MCD) [Seed - 2]     8/11,11/8,11/9,14/12,12/10 Youth Boys Chinmay Datar(PNA)  [Seed - 2] Bt Ravindra Kotiyan(MSD) [Seed - 4] 11/3,11/6,11/6,11/9 Youth Girls Mallika Bhandarkar(NGP)  [Seed - 1] Bt Shweta Parte(MCD) [Seed - 2] 14/12,11/2,11/8,11/ 7 Men's Singles Noel Pinto(MSD)  [Seed - 1] Bt Eric Fernandes(MSD) [Seed -2]     9/11,13/11,9/11,12/10,11/8,11/7 Women's Singles Mamta Prabhu(THN)  [Seed - 2] Bt Divya Deshpande(PNA) [Seed - 1]     12/10,8/11,11/6,11/5,11/9

Killerspin Table Tennis Festival

Killerspin is conducting an amazing event as a part of it's 10th anniversary. Leading Olympic and World Champions will participate in the event to be held at Chicago's beautiful landmarks.
Tickets are available here:
http://tabletennisfestival.eventbrite.com/

INVITED PLAYERS

Table Tennis Champion and International Star BiBa will be joined by US Champions Ilija Lupulesku and 16 year old phenom Ariel; World and Olympic Champions Zhang Jike, Wang Liqin, Chen Qi, Ma Lin and Ding Ning from China. Olympic Champion Ryu Seung Min and other champions from Korea, Europe and Brazil will also be competing.

INVITED PLAYERS — MEN'S TEAMS

• Chen Qi, Zhang Jike,
• Wang Liqin, Wang Hao or Ma Lin
• Kalinikos Kreanga, Bojan Tocik
• Ryu Sean Min, Kim Min Seok

INVITED PLAYERS — WOMEN'S TEAMS

• Ding Ning, BiBa
• Ariel Hsing, Jessica Yamada

INVITED PLAYERS — MEN'S TEAMS — MASTERS Master's Team 1 — Jorgen Persson, Chen Weixing

Master's Team 2 — Zoran Primorac, Aleksandar Karakasevic

ADDITIONAL INVITED PLAYERS

• Ilija Lupulesku
• Juniors — Michael Tran, Este, TBD