Zhang Jike reaping rewards of becoming Olympic and World Champion

Zhang Jike hardly trained after he won the Olympic Gold medal at London Olympics. He lost to veteran Wang Liqin. He is obviously enjoying the attention and is busy attending functions and taking time to enjoy life. Have a look at him in a luxury yacht.

Ping Pong Charity fundraiser

A Ping Pong (officially called Table Tennis) fundraising event held at Byward Market, Ottawa, was a roaring success. The organizers of the Ottawa Charity Ping Pong Tournament aimed to raise $10,000 but they exceeded the goal by $16, 000. The venue was SpinBin.

Michael Kirkpatrick's team donated $ 5,000 to each charity.

Ma Long spearheads Beijing to Chinese Team Championship Title

Photo courtesy sports.sohu.com

Newly crowned World Cup Champion, Ma Long won two rubbers, to lead Beijing to a win over Shanghai in the finals of the Chinese National Team Championships.

Shanghai were a force to reckon with in-form Wang Liqin and the always dangerous Xu Xin. However, Ma Long wriggled out of a tight situation against Liqin to take his team to victory. Hou Yingchao won the other point for Beijing.

Kong Linghui' s partner

Good morning from former World and Olympic Table Tennis Champion, Kong Linghui's partner. Captured in a HD photo shoot.

Liaoning braves win Chinese National Women's Table Tennis Title

The World's toughest Table tennis tournament is on. The fearless rookies from Liaoning won the Chinese Women's Table tennis title beating mighty Beijing, that had Olympic and World Championship medallists. 

Chang Chen Chen was the heroine for Liaoning. Beijing had seasoned Ding Ning and Guo Yan on their team!
We bring you fresh news from China. The Men's team event finals has started. Individual events start from tomorrow.

Chinese National Championships 2012

China Table Tennis. Photo Courtesy Reuters.

The Chinese National Table Tennis Championships are currently on and the Team event finals is actually being played at this time between Shanghai and Beijing in the Men's section.

After the team events, the Singles, Doubles, and Mixed Doubles events will be played. There were a few surprising results in the team events. Zhang Jike's team lost. Zhang himself, just recently crowned Olympic Champion, lost to Wang Liqin quite tamely.

Seedings for the Individual (Men's and Women's Singles events)

Men's Singles

1, Zhang Jike (Shandong)

2, Wang Hao (PLA)

3, Ma Long (Beijing)

4, Xu Xin (Shanghai)

5, Ma Lin (Guangdong)

6, Wang Liqin (Shanghai)

7, Hao Shuai (Tianjin)

8, Chen Qi (PLA)

Women's Singles

1 Li Xiaoxia (Shandong)

2 Ding Ning (Beijing)

3 Liu Shiwen (Guangdong)

4 Guo Yan (Beijing)

5 Guo Yue (Liaoning)

6 Wu Yang (Shanxi Xingrui)

7. Meng (Shandong)

8 Feng Yalan (Hubei) 

Jignesh, Ashlesha, Regan, Manushree win Maharashtra State Table Tennis Titles

Jignesh Rahatwal, Ashlesha Trehan, Regan Alburquerque, and Manushree Patil won the Sub Jr Boys, Girls, Cadet Boys and Girls titles at the Khar Gymkhana State Ranking Table Tennis Tournament.

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G Sathiyan, Divya Deshpande win prizes at Egypt Open Table Tennis tournament

G Sathiyan won the Boys  Under 21 title and Divya Deshpande was the finalist at the Egypt Open Table Tennis tournament at Cairo.

Sathiyan beat Mohamed Shouman 4-2 while Divya lost to the seasoned Sara Ramirez of Spain in the finals.

Vasily Lakeev and Sara Ramirez win Egypt Open Table Tennis 2012

Vasily upset the top two players in the semi finals and finals to win the title at Cairo. Sara dominated the Women's singles and beat India's surprise finalist, Divya Deshpande in the finals.

He beat Russian compatriot, Mikhail Paykov, the no.2 seed, at the semi-final stage (11-4, 12-10, 11-9, 11-3), before accounting for top seed, the host nation’s Ahmed Saleh in the final (3-11, 12-10, 6-11, 11-9, 11-7, 4-11, 11-5)

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