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Eugene Wang Wins US Open Table Tennis 2012

Eugene Wang of Canada beat Slovakian International, Thomas Keinath to win the US open crown. Liu Juan won the Women's title.

	Men's Singles	Wang, Zhen (Eugene)	Canada	Keinath, Thomas	Slovakia	7,9,-7,1,13
	Women's Singles	Liu, Juan	NY	Wang, Huijing	TX	10,-11,7,4,10

Xu Xin video by Stiga

Here's a very beautiful video on Xu Xin, the rising super star of Table Tennis.

Mizutani documentary

Table Tennis Player Jun Mizutani has just ascended to the 5th spot in the World Rankings, his best ever.

Here is a very interesting documentary full of comedy by a leading journalist.

Mizutani shoots into Top five in World Table Tennis Rankings

Jun Mizutani is the biggest gainer and is now No. 5 on the World Table Tennis Rankings list. Ma Lin dropped a place and so did Timo Boll, who is now No. 7.

Zhang Jike, Ma Long, Xu Xin, and Wang Hao continue to lead the rankings.

From India, Sharath Kamal is no 63 and Amalraj moved up to 155th. Poulomi Ghatak and Mouma Das are in the top 200 in the Women's section.

Table Tennis Clubs in Queensland

BRISBANE TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	MIKE BATTILANA	07 3357 8992
BUNDABERG & DISTRICT TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	DAVE DELPRATT	07 4155 2388
CABARITA BEACH TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION	CATHY TOWNSNED	02 6676 3168
CAIRNS TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	BERNI BURGSTALLER	07 4051 6825
CENTENARY TABLE TENNIS CLUB INC.	CAMERON DAVIDSON	07 3279 1300
CROWS NEST & DISTRICT TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	VERA BRETZ	07 4698 4132
DALBY TABLE TENNIS CLUB	KIM BREMNER	0429 639 136
FAR NORTH COAST (NSW) TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	JIM ARMSTRONG	02 6624 5153
GATTON TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	MARGARET HOOD	0404 095 300
GOLD COAST TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	LUKAS KOZAK	07 5597 1633
IPSWICH TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	DAVID MCCOSH	07 3282 4708
MACKAY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	CHRISTINE MOOHIN	07 4957 6103
MACLAGAN MEMORIAL HALL TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	ROXLEY EHRLICH	07 4692 8170
MORETON BAY TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC	PETER KUSKIE	0414 401 253
NOOSA TABLE TENNIS CLUB INC.	BRUCE BLAKEMORE	07 5474 5526
REDCLIFFE TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	TERRY DENNY	0407 007 143
ROCKHAMPTON TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	ALLAN CLARKE	07 4922 5380
SUNSHINE COAST TABLE TENNIS CLUB INC.	PAUL GREEN	07 5490 2666
TABLE TENNIS ACADEMY TOWNSVILLE INC	TERRY DAHL	0431 099 274
TOOWOOMBA TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	GREG DINSEY	07 4632 2710
TOWNSVILLE TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	RHONDA MILLER	07 4771 5911
UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND TABLE TENNIS CLUB INC.	STANLEY CHAN	0423 035 708
WYNNUM TABLE TENNIS ASSOCIATION INC.	BARRY DRIVER	07 3396 8310

World Veterans Table Tennis Championships 2012 at Stockholm

The World Veterans Table Tennis Championships 2012 were held at Stockholm, Sweden at the Ericsson Globe, a huge hall with hundreds of tables.

There were 3333 official entries for the tournament, although some did not turn up. From India, there were 210 entries, but again some participants could not make it to Stockholm. The star players in the tournament were Sweden's former World Champion Mikael Appelgren and Phillipe Saive of Belgium. Appelgren and Waldner played a scintillating exhibition match during the opening ceremony.

The number of participants was massive in many categories. For example, in the Men's 50-59 category, there were 170 groups, with 4 players in each group for a total of around 680 players. The winner Mikael Appelgren had to win around 10 rounds in total to lay claim on the Title.

All the participants played enthusiastically. The best performance for India was the doubles pair of Suhasini Bakre and Mantu Murmu in the Women's 50-59 category. They reached the pre-quarterfinals of the main draw after many gruelling rounds. In the Men's doubles 40-49 age group, Kapil Kumar partnering a player from another country reached the round of 32.

In the singles, the best performance was from Shilpa Joshi in the Womens 40-49 age group. She reached the round of 32. Anil Rasam, Deepak Dudhane, and Vivek Alawani reached the round of 64 in their respective Men's age groups. They had to win several rounds to reach this far.

For those who were eliminated early in the group stages, the organizers conducted competitions in Consolation draws. Amarnath Bhargava of India won the 2nd place in the Consolation Men's 75-79 age group singles.

For more details of results of all age groups, please visit www.wvc2012.com

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Table Tennis Movie As One

AS ONE is a movie on Korean Table Tennis. Two bitter rivals North Korea and South Korea play as one team.

"As One" shows behind-the-scenes stories regarding the unified Korean table tennis team that participated in the 1991 Chiba World Table Tennis Championships for 40 days. Ha Ji-won takes on the role of South Korean table tennis player Hyeon Jeong-hwa and Bae Doo-na takes on the role of her North Korean rival, Ri Boon-hee.

USA Junior & Cadet Open - ITTF Junior Circuit 2012

The USA Junior & Cadet Open - ITTF Junior Circuit Table Tennis tournament 2012 will be held at Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA from 30 Jun 2012 to 04 Jul 2012.

Table Tennis Ball and Racket details

Table Tennis Ball dimensions and Bat details

2.03	THE BALL
2.03.01	The ball shall be spherical, with a diameter of 40mm.
2.03.02	The ball shall weigh 2.7g.
2.03.03	The ball shall be made of celluloid or similar plastics material and shall be white or orange, and matt.
2.04	THE RACKET
2.04.01	The racket may be of any size, shape or weight but the blade shall be flat and rigid.
2.04.02	At least 85% of the blade by thickness shall be of natural wood; an adhesive layer within the blade may be reinforced with fibrous material such as carbon fibre, glass fibre or compressed paper, but shall not be thicker than 7.5% of the total thickness or 0.35mm, whichever is the smaller.
2.04.03	A side of the blade used for striking the ball shall be covered with either ordinary pimpled rubber, with pimples outwards having a total thickness including adhesive of not more than 2.0mm, or sandwich rubber, with pimples inwards or outwards, having a total thickness including adhesive of not more than 4.0mm.
2.04.03.01	Ordinary pimpled rubber is a single layer of non-cellular rubber, natural or synthetic, with pimples evenly distributed over its surface at a density of not less than 10 per cm2 and not more than 30 per cm2.
2.04.03.02	Sandwich rubber is a single layer of cellular rubber covered with a single outer layer of ordinary pimpled rubber, the thickness of the pimpled rubber not being more than 2.0mm.
2.04.04	The covering material shall extend up to but not beyond the limits of the blade, except that the part nearest the handle and gripped by the fingers may be left uncovered or covered with any material.
2.04.05	The blade, any layer within the blade and any layer of covering material or adhesive on a side used for striking the ball shall be continuous and of even thickness.
2.04.06	The surface of the covering material on a side of the blade, or of a side of the blade if it is left uncovered, shall be matt, bright red on one side and black on the other.
2.04.07	The racket covering shall be used without any physical, chemical or other treatment.
2.04.07.01	Slight deviations from continuity of surface or uniformity of colour due to accidental damage or wear may be allowed provided that they do not significantly change the characteristics of the surface.
2.04.08	Before the start of a match and whenever he or she changes his or her racket during a match a player shall show his or her opponent and the umpire the racket he or she is about to use and shall allow them to examine it.

Source: www.ittf.com