US Open Table Tennis 2012 Top Rated Players

Top rated players at the US Open Table Tennis Tournament 2012

Keinath, Thomas    2817    Slovakia   
Wang, Zhen (Eugene)    2757    Canada   
Zhou, Xin    2726    CA   
Liu, Jianxu    2720    CA   
Xia, Jiwei    2663    CA   
Tang, Li Ying    2662    WA   
Chen, Hongtao    2639    Canada   
Liang, Jishan    2634    NJ   
Liu, Juan    2631    NY   
Landers, Michael    2625    NY   
Hinse, Pierre-Luc    2617    Canada   
Zheng, Jiaqi    2616    CA   
Liu, Dan    2601    CA   
Wang, Timothy    2589    CA   
Kashyap, Anal    2589    CA   
Kim, Sang Soo    2582    South Korea   
Zeng, Jeffrey Xun    2581    MD   
Hugh, Adam    2580    NJ   
Wu, Yue    2571    NJ   
Wang, Qing Liang    2567    MD   
Ho, Andre    2564    Canada   
Wang, Huijing    2563    TX   
Li, Peter    2555    MD   
Liu, Nai Hui    2552    NJ   
Hsing, Ariel    2548    CA   
Wang, Yutian    2547    NJ   
Yin, Peng    2544    NJ   
Theriault, Pierre-Luc    2543    Canada   
Xiao, Han    2536    MD   
Therien, Xavier    2529    Canada   
Wang, Max Qinmin    2528    NY   
Ooka, Hiroka    2525    NY   
Shao, Yu    2521    NY   
Subonj, Viktorian    2512    TX   
Zhang, Lily    2502    CA   
Zhao, Jenny    2501    WA

Ariel Hsing hopes to retain title at North American Cup

Ariel Hsing of USA will attempt to retain her title at the ITTF-North American Cup Table Tennis Tournament to be held at Mississauga, Canada. Her main rival will be Zhang Mo, whom she beat in the finals last year.

In the Men's section, Pierre-Luc Hinse, Timothy Wang from the United States and André Ho will battle for the honours. Incidentally, all three qualified from the North America zone for the Olympics.

Ariel, Lily, Timothy Wang, Andre Ho, Pierre-luc Hinse qualify for the Olympics (Table Tennis)

Table Tennis players Ariel Hsing, Lily Zhang, Timothy Wang of USA along with Andre Ho and Pierre-Luc Hinse of Canada qualified for the London Olympics 2012. 

Incidentally, Ariel, Lily, and Tim all play at Rajul Sheth's ICC at Milpitas, CA.

Olympic Table Tennis Qualifiers from North America 

(Subject to Nationl Olympic Committee Approval)

Men: André Ho (Canada), Pierre-Luc Hinse (Canada), Timothy Wang (USA)

Women: Ariel Hsing (USA), Lily Zhng (USA), Zhang Mo.

US Table Tennis Olympic Trials 2012

Table Tennis legend Gao Jun led the Women's trials table with 11-0, while Michael Landers topped the Men's trials with 9-2. The amazing thing is that Jun is 43 years old and still going strong!
Gao Jun is a medallist at the Olympic games. She moved to the USA in 1994 from her native China.

Table Tennis Olympic Trials Results

Womens Results	Mens Results
1) Jun Gao (11-0)	1) Michael Landers (9-2)
2) Ariel Hsing (9-2)	2) Barney Reed (8-3)
3) Lily Zhang (9-2)	3) Adam Hugh (8-3)
4) Erica Wu (9-2)	4) Timothy Wang (8-3)

US performance in the World Table Tennis Championships 2011 at Rotterdam

The US team could not shine in the WTTC at Rotterdam.

Zhang Lily and Ariel Hsing, US's best hopes lost in the first round of the main draw in the Women's singles competition. Earlier, they topped their qualifying groups and also won through the elimination rounds.

None of the Men players made it to the main draw of the singles competition.

Results of the Main draw:
Ariel Hsing lost to Ni Xia Lian (LUX) 3-11, 11-13, 9-11 and 7-11

Zhang Lily lost to VACENOVSKA Iveta 11-13,7-11,3-11,11-2,0-11

US Table Tennis trials for Pan Am and National Team

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The trials for the US teams for Pan Am and National team were conducted at the Topspin club, San Jose, CA

The following players made the final cut:

Pan Am Team Men: Mark Hazinski, Yiyong Fan, Timothy Wang
Pan Am Team Women: Ariel Hsing, Lily Zhang, Erica Wu

World Team Men: Mark Hazinski, Yiyong Fan, Timothy Wang, Adam Hugh
World Team Women: Ariel Hsing, Lily Zhang, Erica Wu, Prachi Jha

See this video of Ariel Hsing playing with one of the World's most wealthiest and investing wizard, Warren Buffet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OoodoU0wNw&feature=related
Video courtesy: tanzaniasafari

Ariel Hsing is the Youngest ever US Table Tennis Champ

Ariel Hsing became the youngest ever US Table Tennis Champion. She beat Lily Zhang in the finals. Ariel also won the U-21 Women's title.

Titles in the junior and cadet girls was the consolation for Lily Zhang.

Both Ariel and Lily train at Rajul Seth's ICC at Milpitas, California. Timothy Wang, the Men's Champion from Texas also attends camps and private training sessions at the ICC.