Courtesy of Saint Peters Table Tennis Club
By Randy Kendle

Saint Peters, MO – This tournament drew 128 players from nine different states…Arkansas, Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and Tennessee.  The Saint Peters Table Tennis Club (SPTTC) would like to thank the Francis Howell School District (FHSD) and Butterfly for sponsoring its second tournament. Read More

Courtesy of ITTF

The first matches of the Final World Olympic Qualification Tournament in Budapest brought no big surprises. All top-seeded male players overcame their opponents without big problems.

An inspiring performance, however, showed seventeen year old Shen Qiang against Romania’s Constantin Cioti. The young Canadian also had an explanation why he was so ...Read More

Courtesy of ITTF

From May 8th to 11th, table tennis players from all around the world are trying to qualify for the Olympic Games Singles events.

The three best players each out of seventy-five male players from forty-five nations and fifty-six female players from thirty-four nations will represent their respective countries in Beijing. Read More

The number one slots in the May 2008 ITTF World Ranking remain occupied by WANG, Hao (CHN) and Butterfly's YINING, Zhang (CHN) in the men's and women's division respectively. In the men's division the top 8 athletes hold their places while in the women's division it's the top 5 that hold steady.

Click here for a complete rundown of the World Top 20 Ranking.

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Top seeds France, represented by Victorien Le Guen and Thomas Le Breton, captured the Boys’ Team title at the Ecuador Junior Open in Cuenca on Thursday April 24, 2008 beating the Swedish duo of Simon Linderoth and Jesper Bergland in the semi-finals followed by success in the final against the host nation’s duo of Alberto Miño and Dino Suarez. Read More

Courtesy of ITTF

Success on the morning of Thursday April 24, 2008 in the qualification stage of the Men’s Singles event at the Chile Open meant for two players from the host association that new horizons had been achieved.

A place in the main draw of an ITTF Pro Tour Tournament was the lot for sixteen year old Marcelo Fernandez ...Read More