Sanil Shetty, Madhurika Patkar win North Zone National Ranking Table Tennis Tourney at Delhi

Sanil Shetty won the North Zone national ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Delhi. He beat Harmeet Desai in the final 4-1. Madhurika Patkar won the Women's title beating AV Niveditha 4-2.

Many upsets at the North Zone Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at Delhi

Photo courtesy The Hindu from a previous tournament. 3 out of the 4 featured players made it to the quarterfinals at Delhi.

Soumyadeep Roy, G Sathiyan, Martand Biniwale, Harmeet Desai, Jubin Kumar, Aman Balgu, T Nithin, Sanil Shetty - Quarterfinalists at Delhi North Zone National Ranking Table Tennis Tournament.

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North Zone National Ranking Table Tennis Tournament in Progress

The Indian Ranking tournament at New Delhi's Thyagraj Stadium is underway. A record number of participants, 670, will vie for top honours. The top three players of the country, Sharath, Soumyajit, and Amalraj, in the Men's section however, are not playing.

Atlanta Table Tennis Academy wins North American Teams Table Tennis Championships

At the NA Teams Table Tennis Championships, Atlanta Table Tennis Academy upset Team Joola 3-1 to win the title in Division 1. In Division 2, Wu Na Academy Boys beat Brooklyn Beasts. Other results to follow.

NA Table Tennis Results

Results of the North American Teams Table Tennis Championships

Quarterfinals

Team Joola vs NYITTC

Wang Chen TTC vs Club Joola Rockville

Atlanta TT Academy 2 vs King Pong Queens

NY Indoor Sports Club vs Atlanta TT Academy 1

North American Teams Table Tennis Championships start today!

The North American Teams Table Tennis Championships start at Baltimore today and runs through 25th November. Over 643 players have registered to play. 158 teams participate in this massive championship.

Live streaming is available here:

http://www.natabletennis.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=141:2012-joola-na-teams-championships-live-streaming&catid=2:news

Waldner the Master of Deception

Waldner is a master of deception. Even against World Class players like Patrick Baum who possess huge power, Jan Ove Waldner holds his own.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xwkxiq8LQaI&feature=plcp

Great prices DHS rubbers - Hurricane and TG 3

DHS Hurricane and TG3 Table Tennis rubbers - the choice of the Chinese World and Olympic Champions! Grab the limited Rubbers now at special discount only for email enquiries - editor@tabletennisbug.com

2012 North American Teams Open Table Tennis Championships

2012 Joola North American Teams Open Table Tennis Championships at Baltimore from 23 November to 25 November. The every popular Ping Pong tournament attracts hundreds of players and matches are played over a hundred Table Tennis tables.

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Office meeting room that serves as a Table Tennis destresser

Office Meeting Room Table and Table Tennis game to de-stress. Would you like one?

Table Tennis Table fit for a Queen

Afshin Norouzi denied Extraordinary ability visa

Afshin Norouzi was denied an "extraordinary ability" visa. A Federal District Court judge ruled that the International Table Tennis player from Iran did not possess qualities that qualify him to be granted such a Visa.
Read more in the New York Times.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/16/sports/olympic-table-tennis-player-afshin-noroozi-falls-short-in-work-visa-case.html?_r=0

What do you feel about this case?

Measuring space with Ping Pong balls!

Is this a top Table Tennis player carrying multi-balls for a practice session? No, it is Ford, the car company that uses ping pong balls to measure random storage spaces!

Never give up! Table Tennis with feet

Appreciate the spirit of never giving up. This boy plays Ping Pong with his feet! The indomitable human spirit in action again.

Social Ping Pong

Social Ping Pong is fast gaining popularity. People meet, socialize, have fun and play Table Tennis. What do you think it will do to the traditional game?

Amalraj shines at the German Open Table Tennis Tournament

India's National Champion Anthony Amalraj, had a good performance at the recently concluded German Open tournament (won by Olympic medallist Ovtcharov who best Timo Boll). Amalraj lost in the 2nd round of the main draw to the eventual winner. Sharath Kamal lost to Fedor Kuzmin. Amalraj had topped his qualifying group and beat two good players in the main draw, including 84th ranked Simon Gauzy, the talented Frenchman.

Zhang Jike luxury sports car

No money in Table Tennis? Take a look at Table Tennis Champ Zhang Jike's relatively new toy. He drives a luxury sports car!

Timo Boll, Ovtcharov reach German Open Table Tennis semi finals

Host star players, Timo Boll and Dima Ovtcharov reached the Semi-finals of the German Open Table Tennis tournament. Timo Boll beat Japan's Koki Niwa  11-4,11-7,11-9,11-3 while Ovtcharov overcame Zhan Jian 11-9, 11-5, 11-8, and 11-4.

Noshad Alamiyan and Petrissa Solja won the U-21 Boy's and Girls singles titles.

Noshad defeated Omar Assar 7-11, 9-11, 11-9, 11-8, 11-6, 13-11 while Petrissa beat Chinese Taipei’s Cheng I-Ching, the no.5 seed 11-9, 9-11, 11-2, 9-11, 11-5, 13-11. In the Men's singles, Noshad lost in straight games to Timo Boll.