2011 Westchester Table Tennis Open

Westchester Table Tennis Center

The Westchester Ping Pong tournament runs 8-9 Oct 2011.

Westchester Table Tennis Open

Sat.-Sun., October 8-9, 2011
Events:
Under 1100 (starts Sunday at 2pm)
Under 1250 (Sun., 10am)
Under 1400 (Sun., Noon)
Under 1550 (Sun., 4pm)
Under 1700 (Sat, 10am)
Under 1850 (Sat., 2pm)
Under 2000 (Sat., Noon)
Under 2150 (Sun. 4pm)
Under 2300 (Sun., Noon)
Under 2450 (Sun., 10am)
Open (Sun., 2pm)
40 years and over (Sat., 1pm)
50 and over (Sat., 4pm)
60 and over (Sat., 2pm)
Unrated (Sat. 10am)

Address:
Westchester Table Tennis Center
175 Tompkins Ave.
Pleasantville, NY 10570

West Zone National Table Tennis Championships, Thane

The 2011 edition of the West Zone TT tourney starts today. Top players in the country are expected to participate. The tournament will go on from 8th to 13th October 2011.

The venue for the tournament is Dadoji Konndev Stadium, Near Fire Brigade Office, Station Road, Thane West.

Two World Class Blades

Here are two blades that are used by World class players - Timo Boll ZLF and Tibhar H 3 9. One is a fast one with excellent control, while the other is a bit more fast but with comparable control. If you want any information on these, please let us know. - Editor www.TableTennisBug.com

Timo Boll ZLF and Tibhar H-3-9

Chinese National Table Tennis Championships 2011 at Jiangsu

The 2011 Chinese Nationals will be held at Jiangsu from 5th to 13th October. Many of the top players, including the world's No. 1 will be participating in it.

The National Championship will assume a lot of significance since the London Olympics is just around the corner.

Seedings:

Men:
1. Wang Hao - People's Liberation Army
2. Zhang Jike - Shandong Luneng
3. Ma Long - Beijing
4. Ma Lin - Guangdong
5. Wang Liqin - Shanghai
6. Xu Xin - Shanghai
7. Chen Qi - People's Liberation Army
8. Hao Shuai - Tianjin

Women:

1. Li Xiaoxia - Shandong
2. Guo Yan - Beijing
3. Ding Ning - Beijing
4. Guo Yue - Liaoning
5. Liu Shiwen - Guangdong
6. Wu Yang - Shanxi
7. Fan Ying - Jiangsu
8. Cao Zhen - People's Liberation Army

M Y Choi and A Du win Australian Junior titles

M Y Choi and A Du won the Boys and Girls U 18 titles at the Australian Junior Table Tennis Championships.

Both the top seeds in the respective sections could not stop Choi and Du from winning the prestigious titles. Incidentally, Boy's top seed, Heming Hu just recently won the Michael Szabados Award for being the Junior Player of the year.

Other winners:

Boys
U 15 E Tsao
U 13 D Huang

Girls
U 15 Y N Lim
U 13 A G Zhan

India dominates Table Tennis competition at Dehradun

Soumyajit Ghosh aka Royal Bengal Tiger

India stole the limelight at the ONGC 2011 Indian Junior & Cadet Open - ITTF Premium Junior Circuit Table Tennis tournament,28 Sep 2011 - 02 Oct 2011, Dehradun, India.


Soumyajit aka Royal Bengal Tiger was the star of the show. He claimed the Junior Boys Singles and Doubles titles. 
India's only major loss was the Junior Girls title, where pint-sized Thailand's Pannak Piyaporn beat India's formidable Mallika Bhandarkar and Ankita Das to win the title.


Results (finals - Countries mentioned, otherwise India):

Junior Boys Singles
Soumyajit Ghosh beat Harmeet Desai 4-11,11-5,11-6,14-16,9-11,11-3,11-5 
Junior Girls Singles
Pannak Piyaporn (THA) beat Ankita Das 8-11,11-7,11-6,11-6,14-12
Cadet Boys Singles
Abhishek Yadav beat Utkarsh Gupta 6-11,11-8,11-8,5-11,11-6
Cadet Girls Singles
Anuska Dutta beat Ayhika Mukherjee 9-11, 8-11, 11-5, 12-10, 11-4

Ma Long vs World Champ Zhang Jike - Thrilling video of the finals at Austrian Open 15-13 decider

Sathiyan, Reeth, and Ankita star for India B

Reeth Tennison and G Sathiyan

G Sathiyan won both his matches as India B beat formidable India A in both the Boys and Girls section of the ONGC 2011 Indian Junior & Cadet Open - ITTF Premium Junior Circuit at Dehradun India.

The boys had to toil while winning 3-2 but it was smooth sailing for the girls as they beat the A team 3-0. 

Sathiyan beat Harmeet Desai and then Soumyajit Ghosh. Sourav Saha pulled off an unexpected 3-1 victory over Harmeet Desai in the deciding rubber.

Ankita Das and Reeth Tennison won both their singles against Mallika Bhandarkar and in-form Manika Batra and then combined to clinch the doubles and the prestigious trophy.

Table Tennis Event Updates

Ma Long recently won the Austrian Open beating current World Champion Zhang Jike by the thinnest of margins 11-3,5-11,11-8,6-11,11-9,4-11,15-13. Ding Ning won the Women's title.
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Ankita Das

India dominating the show at the ONGC 2011 Indian Junior & Cadet Open Table Tennis Tournament - ITTF Premium Junior Circuit,28 Sep 2011 - 02 Oct 2011, Dehradun, India.

India A and B teams are set to clash in the finals of both the Boy's and Girls section. Soumyajit Ghosh, Harmeet Desai, Mallika Bhandarkar, Ankita Das, Reeth Tennison spearhead India's challenge. 

Boy's Semi finals:
India A bt Thailand 3-0
SRIRAM Sushmit bt KUNPRASERT Peerapol 3-1
DESAI Harmeet  bt POUNGSRI Max
DESAI Harmeet and GHOSH Soumyajit  bt  KUNPRASERT Peerapol POUNGSRI Max 3-0


India B bt Chinese Taipei 3-1

Girls Semi finals

India A bt Chinese Taipei 3-1

India B bt Thailand 3-1

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Table Tennis Rule Change?

Li Jia Wei serving

There is a lot of buzz on the international Table Tennis forums about the proposed new rules.

How about this?
The loser of the previous point gets a chance to serve, even if the opponent has not served twice!
So, if this rule is approved, there will no longer be 2 serves per player and one each after 10-10.

Let us know your opinion on this.

There is also a controversy and outrage over a proposed increase of the size of the ball further. Thankfully, it is just around a milimeter more. Another proposal under serious consideration is to remove the seam of the ball and ban celluloid.