Fantastic!
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Fantastic!

China Daily  

China's table tennis player Fan Zhendong in action during the men's singles final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Complete, ruthless, aggressive and dominant — no single word quite describes China's Olympic and world champion paddler Fan Zhendong when he unleashes his fierce precision. The "baby-faced assassin", as he is known among his adoring fans for his cherubic features and deadly wrist, took the table tennis world by storm on Sunday, as he romped to a 49-minute 4-1 win over Sweden's Truls Moregard in the final of the men's singles to claim first Olympic gold medal of his career. It was eight years in the making, and countless challenges had to be overcome, not just from overseas opponents, but as many, if not more so from his world-class teammates, as he fought for supremacy in, arguably, the most intense "civil war" of any sport's national program.

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For the love of the game
3 weeks, 2 days ago

For the love of the game

China Daily  

Fans cheer Wang Manyu during the 2024 World Table Tennis China Smash at the Beijing Shougang Industrial Park during the recent National Day holiday. But now, winning championships has become the norm for her, and she once felt that only winning Olympic gold, and completing a prestigious "Grand Slam" — collecting titles at the World Championships, World Cup and the …

For the love of the game
3 weeks, 2 days ago

For the love of the game

China Daily  

Fans cheer Wang Manyu during the 2024 World Table Tennis China Smash at the Beijing Shougang Industrial Park during the recent National Day holiday. But now, winning championships has become the norm for her, and she once felt that only winning Olympic gold, and completing a prestigious "Grand Slam" — collecting titles at the World Championships, World Cup and the …

Fan remains cool about LA return
4 months ago

Fan remains cool about LA return

China Daily  

Fan Zhendong imitates the goal celebration of French soccer star Kylian Mbappe after winning a gold medal match at the 2024 Paris Olympics. After clinching two gold medals in men's table tennis at the Paris Olympic Games, Fan Zhendong is not yet ready to think about the next Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Fan dispatched Truls Moregard of Sweden 4-1 …

Fan remains cool about LA return
4 months ago

Fan remains cool about LA return

China Daily  

Fan Zhendong imitates the goal celebration of French soccer star Kylian Mbappe after winning a gold medal match at the 2024 Paris Olympics. After clinching two gold medals in men's table tennis at the Paris Olympic Games, Fan Zhendong is not yet ready to think about the next Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Fan dispatched Truls Moregard of Sweden 4-1 …

Fantastic!
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Fantastic!

China Daily  

China's table tennis player Fan Zhendong in action during the men's singles final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Complete, ruthless, aggressive and dominant — no single word quite describes China's Olympic and world champion paddler Fan Zhendong when he unleashes his fierce precision. The "baby-faced assassin", as he is known among his adoring fans for his cherubic features and …

Fantastic!
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Fantastic!

China Daily  

China's table tennis player Fan Zhendong in action during the men's singles final at the Paris Olympics on Sunday. Complete, ruthless, aggressive and dominant — no single word quite describes China's Olympic and world champion paddler Fan Zhendong when he unleashes his fierce precision. The "baby-faced assassin", as he is known among his adoring fans for his cherubic features and …

Wang Chuqin spearheads China in Olympic table tennis journey
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Wang Chuqin spearheads China in Olympic table tennis journey

China Daily  

China's Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in action during the the WTT 2024 Saudi Smash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Monday. BEIJING - China has dropped reigning Olympic champion Ma Long for the Paris Games men's singles action, naming the world's top two, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong, as the country's representatives in the event. It was announced on Tuesday …

Wang Chuqin spearheads China in Olympic table tennis journey
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Wang Chuqin spearheads China in Olympic table tennis journey

China Daily  

China's Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha in action during the the WTT 2024 Saudi Smash in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on Monday. BEIJING - China has dropped reigning Olympic champion Ma Long for the Paris Games men's singles action, naming the world's top two, Wang Chuqin and Fan Zhendong, as the country's representatives in the event. It was announced on Tuesday …

Foreigners benefit from nation's table tennis expertise
1 year, 1 month ago

Foreigners benefit from nation's table tennis expertise

China Daily  

Former Olympic and world champion Zhang Yining coaches students at Shanghai University of Sport's China Table Tennis College. Loi, 23, a keen table tennis player from Papua New Guinea, has been under the watchful eye of Olympic and world champion Zhang Yining at Shanghai University of Sport's China Table Tennis College, or CTTC. Jointly established by China's General Administration of …

Wang eases doubts with historic haul
1 year, 2 months ago

Wang eases doubts with historic haul

China Daily  

China’s Wang Chuqin became the first male player to win four table tennis gold medals at a single Asiad. REUTERS Upon becoming the first-ever men's paddler to win four gold medals at a single Asian Games, Wang Chuqin is taking some time to absorb what, to him, seems to be a slightly surreal scenario in Hangzhou, especially considering the setbacks …

So far, so perfect for China's aces
1 year, 3 months ago

So far, so perfect for China's aces

China Daily  

Wu Yibing of China stretches for a return against Dusan Lajovic of Serbia during their first-round match at the US Open on Tuesday in New York City. GETTY IMAGES/AFP/AP All seven players safely through to round two in New York as Wu Yibing's triumph serves up milestone for men China completed a first-round sweep at the US Open on Tuesday, …

Building on net gains as relentless efforts finally paid off
1 year, 11 months ago

Building on net gains as relentless efforts finally paid off

China Daily  

Rising star Wu Yibing and 97th-ranked Zhang Zhizhen are rebooting men's tennis in China after a progressive year. Defined by achievements on the women's circuit for more than a decade, Chinese tennis had its long-awaited dream of men's rise come true big time last year following Zhang Zhizhen's top-100 breakthrough and former US Open boys' champion Wu Yibing's revival on …

China wins double delight at World Team Table Tennis Championships
2 years, 2 months ago

China wins double delight at World Team Table Tennis Championships

China Daily  

Qin Zhijian, coach of the Chinese men's table tennis team, celebrates with players Lin Gaoyuan, Fan Zhendong, Ma Long, Wang Chuqin and Liang Jingkun after the team won the men's final at the World Team Table Tennis Championships on Sunday in Chengdu, Sichuan province. YIN GANG/FOR CHINA DAILY The Chinese men's team won the 2022 ITTF World Team Table Tennis …

Chinese paddlers demonstrate prowess, Japanese hot favorite suffers early exit at Worlds
3 years ago

Chinese paddlers demonstrate prowess, Japanese hot favorite suffers early exit at Worlds

China Daily  

Chen Meng of China serves during the women's singles round of 64 match against Lin Ye of Singapore at 2021 World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Houston, the United States on Nov 24, 2021. HOUSTON -- Top seeds continued to make their presence felt on the second day of action at the World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, whilst upsets …

Self-belief drives Fan Zhendong to nail-biting victory over Ma Long at China's National Games
3 years, 3 months ago

Self-belief drives Fan Zhendong to nail-biting victory over Ma Long at China's National Games

China Daily  

XI'AN -- The moment Fan Zhendong scored a win-sealing point against table tennis Grand Slam winner Ma Long, his Guangdong teammates rushed in to give him a big bug. Fan, 24, saved five match points in the deciding set to edge Ma and led Guangdong to the top of the podium in table tennis men's team final at China's 14th …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Ma Long beats compatriot Fan Zhendong as China sweep men’s singles’ gold and silver for 4th straight time
3 years, 4 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Ma Long beats compatriot Fan Zhendong as China sweep men’s singles’ gold and silver for 4th straight time

Firstpost  

Ma Long defended his Olympic title on Friday by beating teammate and top-ranked player Fan Zhendong 11-4, 10-12, 11-8, 11-9, 3-11, 11-7. Tokyo: For the fourth straight Olympics, Chinese men have swept the table tennis gold and silver medals in singles. Earlier, German veteran Dimitrij Ovtcharov won his second bronze medal — he also finished third at the 2012 London …

Liu warns Team China to guard against complacency
4 years, 1 month ago

Liu warns Team China to guard against complacency

China Daily  

Liu Guoliang says the rise of new global talents is good for table tennis. Despite Team China's domination at the recent ITTF World Cup, Chinese Table Tennis Association president Liu Guoliang believes the national squad still has plenty of room for improvement. "We had the best results in the men's and women's tournaments, but looking back over the whole process, …

International table tennis returns after 238-day COVID-19 hiatus with tournaments in China
4 years, 1 month ago

International table tennis returns after 238-day COVID-19 hiatus with tournaments in China

Firstpost  

The ITTF, the sport’s world governing body, said in September that players would be banned from breathing on balls and there would be no handshakes after matches. Shanghai: Top players said they were nervous and rusty, but excited, as international table tennis returned this week in China after an enforced eight-month break because of the coronavirus. The events are also …

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