Sacha Baron Cohen aka Borat with a ping pong paddle.
Friday, January 28, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Hollywood Superstar Susan Sarandon splits from her Table Tennis club owner mate
The Oscar winner was dating Bricklin since breaking up from her previous partner of 23 years Tim Robbins.
Liz Hurley gets bitten by Ping Pong on her nose
Liz Hurley, rumoured to be dating Cricket star, Shane Warne, was bitten by her pet parrot, Ping Pong.
It is not clear why they chose to name the pet Amazon blue fronted parrot by the popular sport, but we don't want to complain. Hurley received the bird as a gift for Christmas. She is reportedly hoping that it is just adjusting time for Ping Pong. She is currently spending time researching parrot bites on Youtube!
Here's one that she probably watched. Hope her's gets gentler.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F46-FY5rBYU
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Celebrity Table Tennis
Photo by John Schneide. Tennis legend wields the Table Tennis racket with flair.
Name: Andre Agassi
Wikipedia: At age 13, Andre was sent to Nick Bolletteri's Tennis Academy in Florida. He was meant to stay for only 3 months because that was all his father could afford. After ten minutes of watching Agassi play, Bollettieri called Mike and said: "Take your check back. He's here for free," claiming that Agassi had more natural talent than anyone else he had seen.
Sport: Lawn Tennis
Achievements: 8 Grand Slams, 1 Olympic Gold. Only one of two players to achieve a career Golden slam (tied with Nadal)
English Open ITTF Pro Tour starts tomorrow
The Pro tour tournament at Sheffield starts tomorrow. Five of the top Ten players in the World are participating.
Here's a list of the top players:
Sl No. Name Country Sex Rank
| 1 | WANG Hao CHN | M | 3 | ||
| 2 | ZHANG Jike CHN | M | 4 | ||
| 3 | MA Lin CHN | M | 5 | ||
| 4 | WANG Liqin CHN | M | 7 | ||
| 5 | XU Xin CHN | M | 9 | ||
| 6 | OH Sang Eun KOR | M | 13 | ||
| 7 | CHEN Qi CHN | M | 14 | ||
| 8 | RYU Seung Min KOR | M | 16 | ||
| 9 | GAO Ning SIN | M | 24 | ||
| 10 | CHEN Weixing AUT | M | 25 |
Jun Mizutani wins fifth national title, breaks record
The prodigiously talented Jun Mizutani has broken the Japanese national title record by winning the country's highest Table Tennis title for the 5th time. By doing this, he broke the record held by Fujii Norikazu and Saito Kiyoshi who won the titles in 1946-49 and 1982-85 respectively.
21 year old Jun is currently ranked 7th in the world, the highest he has reached in his young career.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Alexandre Cassin - another prodigy makes his mark
Alexandre is just 12 years old and he won the U-15 section at the Hungarian open Table Tennis Championship. He is from CAM, Bordeaux (France).
See him in action. Unbelievable play for a 12 year old.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66aHGGlxVCU
The kid already has a string of titles on his name. Watch out for more of him in the future!
Xu Xin bags Slovenian Pro Tour title
Xu Xin is all concentration while serving
Xu Xin of China beat countryman and the more famous Ma Lin to win Championship at Slovenia. Xu won 4-2. Ealier Ma Lin had beaten World Champ and top seed, Wang Hao in the semi-finals. Ma Lin blamed his new rubber for his loss in the finals. Xu won his semi-final match with another Chinese talent and second seed Zhang Jike.Tennis Pro has a go at Table Tennis
Photo courtesy AP (Associated Press)
Rafael Nadal seems to be weilding the Table Tennis racket with the same flair that he does for Lawn Tennis
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Sharath, Shamini are the Champions
While Sharath had to toil from the brink of defeat, Shamini won more comfortably. World No. 40 Sharath was down 3-2 and down 9-7 in the 5th game when Soumyadeep Roy (ranked 245) gave away 4 points playing erratically. Sharath played solidly in the decider to seal the deal.
This was Sharath's 5th straight National title, which is a record. On the other hand, the cool and calm Shamini won her 2nd title.
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