Table Tennis news September 01, 2017

Table Tennis news-

• Table tennis England and English Schools Table Tennis Association (ESTTA) merged today. The key people who played important roles for this to happen were Sara Sutcliffe, John Arnold, and Mike Smith.
• 12BET to sponsor World Cup Table Tennis at London
• Sichuan and Heilongjiang in China games Women's final. Ding Ning won two but Beijing could not advance

Ma Long, Ding Ning top seeds at the Polish World Tour Table Tennis tournament at Warsaw

The GAC Group 2015 ITTF World Tour, Polish Open (Major), will be held from 21 Oct 2015 - 25 Oct 2015 at Warsaw, Poland.

The tournament assumes importance as it will be an important opportunity for players to qualify for the prestigious, season-ending Grand finals.

World Champion and World No. 1 is the top seed in the Men's section while Ding Ning is heading the seeding list on the Women's side.

Other stars who are participating are Xu Xin, Fan Zhendong, Zhang Jike, Mizutani, Ovtcharov, Liu Shiwen, Zhu Yuling, Li Xiaoxia, Ai Fukuhara and others.

Ma Long beats Fang Bo to win the World Table Tennis Championship title

Ma Long is the World Champion. Incidentally, he is also the World No. 1.

After three failed attempts in 2009, 2011, 2013, Ma Long finally made it.
He beat the surprise finalist Fang Bo 4-2 (who had upset Grand Slam champion Zhang Jike).

Earlier in the Championship, Ding Ning won the Women's final.

Photos courtesy of the ITTF and Rajeev Sharma.

Ma Long beats Yan An to win Qatar Open World Tour Table Tennis tournament

Ma Long tops! He beat Yan An in a thrilling final. World and Olympic champ, Zhang Jike, retired hurt in an earlier round.

Ding Ning won the women's title beating Liu Shiwen.

(Photo courtesy xinhuanet.com

Editor

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

Table Tennis Player Ding Ning Birthday

Happy B'day Ding Ning!

Ding Ning was recently chosen instead of Guo Yan for the Olympics.

Editor

Favorites at the London Olympics Table Tennis

Although a dark horse can emerge and grab titles, it is unlikely that the winner at the London Olympics Table Tennis will be out of the following lists:

Men
 Wang Hao (CHN)
 Timo Boll (GER)
 Zhang Jike (CHN)
 Jun Mizutani (JPN)
 Vladimir Samsonov (BLR)
 Joo Se-Hyuk (KOR)
 Oh Sang-Eun (KOR)
 Chuang Chih-yuan (TPE)
 Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER)

Among the men, our picks are Wang Hao (who won two silver medals at the last two Olympics), and Zhang Jike, the fighter and the current World Champion.

Women

 Li Xiaoxia (CHN)
 Ding Ning (CHN)
 Feng Tianwei (SIN)
 Kasumi Ishikawa (JPN)
 Ai Fukuhara (JPN)
 Kim Kyung-Ah (KOR)
 Wang Yuegu (SIN)
 Tie Ya Na (HKG)

Team Men

1     CHINA         
2     GERMANY         
3     KOREA REPUBLIC          
4     JAPAN   
5     HONG KONG

Team Women 

1     CHINA
2     JAPAN
3     SINGAPORE
4     KOREA REPUBLIC
5     HONG KONG
6     GERMANY

Table Tennis News Bites

India West Zone TT Champs to be held in Sep. at Maharashtra has been postponed. New dates awaited.

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“Korea”, the movie coming to theaters early next year, is based on the true story of the South and North Korean women’s table tennis teams.

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Celtics forward Kevin Garnett loves Table Tennis

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Volkswagen Women's World Cup,Toa Payoh Sports Hall,S'Pore from Oct 28 to 30, 2011.Guo Yan,Ding Ning,Ai Fukuhara,Feng Tianwei, Wang Yuegu.

Zhang Yining retires from Table Tennis to focus on Education

Zhang Yining, one of the all-time greats in Table Tennis, said that she quit Table Tennis to focus on her studies in the US. She will be pursuing a one-year course in Physical Education in the US.

According to her, the decision also gives the younger players an opportunity to show their mettle. Guo Yue, Guo Yan, Li Xiaoxia, Liu Shiwen, and Ding Ning are in the race to take her place.
The Chinese authorities are bound to be anxious, especially since the London Olympics are right around the corner. The immediate priority for the Chinese team is also the Rotterdam World Championships this year.

Zhang has an impressive tally of four Olympic gold medals, nine World Championships, and four World Cup wins.