Wang Qi favorite at Fiji Table Tennis Open 2012

In the absence of Michael Brown of Australia, Wang Qi of New Zealand is the favorite to win this year's title. Others who are expected to give the favorite a run for his money are Lal, Peter Antonia, Zhang Bei Yan, and Lou Gou Gin. Yoshua Shing also is competing and will be in contention.

Michael Brown and Wang Qi facing off at the 2010 Fiji Open:


A total of about 70 participants are expected to play, said the tournament organizing committee member, Christopher Lal.

Another aspect of the tournament is the participation of players in training, where members from Nauru, New Caledonia, Australia, Ba, Lautoka, Nadi Suva, Nausori, and Lami will take part.

Freddy Choy and Joshua Shing playing a match:


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Li Jiawei retires from competitive Table Tennis

China-born Li Jiawei, who represents Singapore in International Table Tennis tournaments, announced her retirement from Table Tennis.

Li Jiawei is a medallist at the Olympic games in 2008 and 2012. She was also a key member of the women's team that beat mighty China in the World Team Championships at Moscow in 2010. Her other achievements are multiple medals (including gold medals) at the Commonwealth Table Tennis championships and games.

Li Jiawei became a Singapore citizen at the age of 18, a couple of years after being spotted by Singaporean talent scouts, who offered to train and later retain her under the Foreign Sports Talent Scheme.

Li Jiawei was ranked as high as No. 3 in the world at one time and was 21st at the time of retirement. Sun Bei Bei, another star Singaporean Table Tennis player also announced her retirement. The Singapore Table Tennis Association made the announcement at Toa Payoh.

Ibrahim Alhoseny plays Table Tennis holding bat in his mouth!

Ibrahim Alhoseny has no arms but has a huge heart to play Table Tennis. He uses his mouth to hold the racket and tosses the ball with this foot!



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Nittaku Table Tennis Balls

Yes, we do have the normal Nittaku Table Tennis Balls, these are just for fun! A pumpkin Nittaku?

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Ma Lin Before and After, sheds kilos to become killer again

Ma Lin was losing matches, was out of the Olympic Table Tennis team. He told his coach that he will drop 11 Kgs, when his coach was happy with 4 Kgs.
Ma Lin skipped breakfast, lunch, and dinner sometimes and attended sauna sessions.
The result? He is back in form, even beating Xu Xin, World No. 3 and ITTF Grand Final winner. Actions matter, not just words!

Harmeet, Soumyajit, and Sanil bring Medals from Al Fajr Cup, Iran

Great show by the young Indian team!! Harmeet Desai won the Men's singles at the Fajr Cup at Iran. Olympic player Soumyajit Ghosh won the silver. In the Men's doubles, Sanil Shetty won the title! 

The highlight of the tournament has to be Harmeet Desai's amazing performance. He beat a World Class player in the Quarters and then the World No. 40 and very strong Noshad Alamiyan in his own home ground. With Hraday Desai.

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Table Tennis Flooring mat

Table Tennis Rubber? No, it is a Table Tennis flooring mat.

Virtual Table Tennis or Real Table Tennis?

Playing Virtual Table Tennis on a real table.

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Bihar State Table Tennis Championships

Piyush Gandhi beat Naman Kumar in the Men's Singles final (3-1) of the Bihar State Table Tennis Championships at Madhepura. But, Naman Kumar beat Piyush in the Junior and Youth singles to clinch a double. Chandra bagged a double crown winning the Women's and Youth Singles titles.

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Xu Xin is back in form!

Intense! That's Xu Xin. The man is back in form!
Table Tennis Photo courtesy ibtimes.com

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