ITTF announces full Olympic roster
3 years, 6 months ago

ITTF announces full Olympic roster

China Daily  

Xu Xin/Liu Shiwen of China celebrate after winning the mixed doubles final over Yoshimura Maharu/Ishikawa Kasumi of Japan at the 2019 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Budapest, Hungary on April 26, 2019. BEIJING - Table tennis's world governing body ITTF on Monday revealed the full list of qualified athletes for the men's and women's singles and mixed doubles competitions at next month's Olympic Games. Reigning world champions Xu Xin and Liu Shiwen will make up China's mixed doubles pair as the event makes its debut at this year's Olympics in a single-elimination knockout format, with each national Olympic committee allowed to feature one pair. Other Olympians in the singles event includes former world No 1 Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus, who will be the fifth athlete to play in his seventh Olympic Games, following Croatia's Zoran Primorac, Jorgen Persson of Sweden, Belgium's Jean-Michel Saive and Segun Toriola of Nigeria.

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Table tennis players at the Paris Olympics keep their eyes on the ball
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Table tennis players at the Paris Olympics keep their eyes on the ball

Associated Press  

PARIS — Table tennis at the Paris Olympics has reached the knockout rounds for singles play, with men’s and women’s medals set to be handed out this weekend. Sinagapore’s Zeng Jian plays against India’s Sreeja Akula during a women’s singles round of 32 table tennis match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Paris, France. Denmark’s Anders …

Table Tennis World No.1 Wang Chuqin Suffers Shock Loss After Broken Bat at 2024 Paris Olympics
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Table Tennis World No.1 Wang Chuqin Suffers Shock Loss After Broken Bat at 2024 Paris Olympics

News 18  

China’s table tennis world number one Wang Chuqin suffered a shock defeat in the men’s Olympic singles on Wednesday, a day after having his bat broken. Wang won mixed doubles gold on Tuesday in Paris but his elation quickly turned to anger after a photographer accidentally snapped his bat while jostling to take a picture. With his playing partner Sun …

Paris Olympics 2024, table tennis draw: Manika Batra vs Anna Hursey in singles; Sharath Kamal faces Deni Kozul
5 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024, table tennis draw: Manika Batra vs Anna Hursey in singles; Sharath Kamal faces Deni Kozul

Firstpost  

Manika, who is seeded 18th at the Paris Games, had become the first women’s table tennis player from India to make it to the round of 32 in singles at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. India’s Paris Olympics 2024 flag bearer and legendary table tennis player Achanta Sharath Kamal will face Deni Kozul of Slovenia in the men’s singles opening …

Paris Olympics 2024: Indian table tennis closing on slice of history
5 months ago

Paris Olympics 2024: Indian table tennis closing on slice of history

The Hindu  

Even before India’s largest table tennis contingent checks into the Olympic Village, that’s the one-word summation of its Paris 2024 campaign. India’s men and women have qualified for the team championship at the Olympics for the first time since table tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988. India’s table tennis team for Paris 2024 includes eight players, including a reserve …

Paris Olympics: What to know and who to watch during the table tennis competition
5 months, 1 week ago

Paris Olympics: What to know and who to watch during the table tennis competition

Associated Press  

A roadmap to follow for the table tennis competition at the Paris Olympics: Athletes to Watch —Ma Long, China: The 35-year-old table tennis icon is the reigning Olympic champion. —Sun Yingsha, China: Sun is the top-ranked woman and helped China win gold at the Tokyo Games in the women’s team competition. —Ni Xialian of Luxembourg will be the oldest table …

Liam Pitchford to compete in record fourth Olympics for GB in table tennis
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Liam Pitchford to compete in record fourth Olympics for GB in table tennis

The Independent  

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Olympics 2024: China’s Ma Long gets a shot at sixth table tennis gold in Paris
7 months, 1 week ago

Olympics 2024: China’s Ma Long gets a shot at sixth table tennis gold in Paris

The Hindu  

China’s Ma Long will get a shot at winning a sixth Olympic gold medal in Paris in August despite having been denied the chance to claim a third straight singles title at his fourth Summer Games. The 14-times world champion, now 35, won team golds at all three of his previous Games and back-to-back men’s singles titles in Rio and …

How India’s table tennis stars are charting a course to the Paris Olympics
10 months, 1 week ago

How India’s table tennis stars are charting a course to the Paris Olympics

Live Mint  

The International Table Tennis Federation World Team Table Tennis Championships that begins in Busan, South Korea, on 16 February will mark India’s first chance of qualifying for the Paris 2024 Olympics this summer. With athletes from China continuing to dominate the sport—including the world’s top five male and top four female players—India’s best chance of success in TT in Paris …

ITTF Announces VR Table Tennis World Title Event in 2024
1 year ago

ITTF Announces VR Table Tennis World Title Event in 2024

News 18  

The International Table Tennis Federation Executive Board has announced an inaugural VR table tennis world title event scheduled for 2024. VR table tennis gained international recognition when it was featured as an exhibition sport at the Olympic Esports Week in Singapore in June 2023. “VR table tennis represents an integral part of the ITTF’s mission to elevate the profile of …

Asian Games shows Indian table tennis a doubles direction
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games shows Indian table tennis a doubles direction

Hindustan Times  

Straight from breaching the Chinese table tennis bastion that fetched them the bronze medal at the Hangzhou Asian Games, Sutirtha Mukherjee and Ayhika Mukherjee will jump into the World Table Tennis circuit in Muscat, competing at a WTT Contender event that begins on Saturday. “We have some good doubles teams and we can surely put greater focus on doubles going …

Wang Chuqin becomes new men's world No 1 in table tennis
1 year, 5 months ago

Wang Chuqin becomes new men's world No 1 in table tennis

China Daily  

File photo of Wang Chuqin. BEIJING - China's table tennis rising star Wang Chuqin became the new world No. 1 in the men's singles category, as the International Table Tennis Federation released its latest world rankings on Tuesday. Other men's world Top 10 players include Japan's Tomokazu Harimoto, Brazilian ace Hugo Calderano, Jang Woo-jin of South Korea, Slovenia's Darko Jorgic …

Table tennis plans to allow Russians back, on IOC advice
1 year, 8 months ago

Table tennis plans to allow Russians back, on IOC advice

The Hindu  

Russian players are set to return to table tennis events after the sport’s governing body on Thursday followed the International Olympic Committee’s advice to let them compete as neutrals. The decision by the International Table Tennis Federation paves the way for players from Russia and its ally Belarus to end a year-long exclusion from competitions during Russia’s war in Ukraine. …

China Replicates Beijing Olympic 'Bubble' for Rare Sports Event
2 years, 2 months ago

China Replicates Beijing Olympic 'Bubble' for Rare Sports Event

News 18  

China will replicate its Covid-secure Olympic bubble when it hosts its first major international sports event since the Beijing Winter Games — with organisers calling it a “roller-coaster ride". Much like the Beijing Olympics and Paralympics in February-March, the tournament will unfold in a “closed loop" to satisfy the strict zero-Covid policies which have seen most other major sports events …

National Games: TT competition advanced for participation of stars including Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan, Manika Batra
2 years, 3 months ago

National Games: TT competition advanced for participation of stars including Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan, Manika Batra

Firstpost  

The schedule had to be advanced as the World Table Tennis Championship begins in Chengdu, China, on 30 September. Gandhinagar: The table tennis competition of the National Games will be staged well before the opening ceremony on 29 September to ensure the presence of World Championship-bound stars, including Sharath Kamal, G Sathiyan, and Manika Batra. The trio will be among …

Table tennis squad still enjoying life at the top
2 years, 11 months ago

Table tennis squad still enjoying life at the top

China Daily  

Players and coaches celebrate after China won the women's team gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Nation's veteran and younger players maintain their dominance Sweeping the medals at major international events, China's table tennis stars continued their dominance last year despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and pressure from overseas competitors. But setbacks, such as Team China's failure to …

Table tennis squad still enjoying life at the top
2 years, 11 months ago

Table tennis squad still enjoying life at the top

China Daily  

Players and coaches celebrate after China won the women's team gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics. Nation's veteran and younger players maintain their dominance Sweeping the medals at major international events, China's table tennis stars continued their dominance last year despite challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and pressure from overseas competitors. But setbacks, such as Team China's failure to …

Asian Table Tennis C’ships: Indian men assures bronze medal after entering semis
3 years, 2 months ago

Asian Table Tennis C’ships: Indian men assures bronze medal after entering semis

The Hindu  

Indian men entered the semifinals of the 25th-ITTF-ATTU Asian table tennis championships with a 3-1 win over Iran at the Lusain Sports Arena in Doha on Wednesday. After two of India's best players, Sharath Kamal and G. Sathiyan gave a rousing start defeating Nima Alamian and Noshad Alamiyan respectively, it was believed that Harmeet Desai, world-ranked 72 would close the …

ITTF Asian table tennis championships | India looks for better show
3 years, 2 months ago

ITTF Asian table tennis championships | India looks for better show

The Hindu  

In the absence of China, other teams such as Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, among others, will vie for glory in the 25th ITTF Asian table tennis championships in Doha from September 28 to October 5. China, which won all the gold medals in seven categories of the last edition in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, had decided not to take part in order …

‘Not today, not yet’: Sharath Kamal sets sights on 2024 Paris Olympics after strong show against Ma Long
3 years, 4 months ago

‘Not today, not yet’: Sharath Kamal sets sights on 2024 Paris Olympics after strong show against Ma Long

The Hindu  

After ending his fourth Olympic appearance by making the defending gold medallist Ma Long of China sweat it out in the men’s singles third round, A. Sharath Kamal, the torch-bearer of Indian table tennis for almost two decades, looks back on his exploits in Tokyo and assures that he is not ready to hang up his boots yet. And then …

Tokyo Olympics Table Tennis: Polish Paralympian Natalia Partyka wins; Czech tests COVID-positive
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics Table Tennis: Polish Paralympian Natalia Partyka wins; Czech tests COVID-positive

The Hindu  

Polish Olympian and Paralympian Natalia Partyka cruised into the Olympic table tennis women's singles second round on Saturday, as Czech paddler Pavel Sirucek was forced to withdraw from the men's event after testing positive for the coronavirus. In a preliminary round singles held earlier on the day, 36-year-old Liu scored a 4-1 win over Nigeria's Olufunke Oshonaike, who is competing …

Host favorite Ito gets lucky in Olympic table tennis draw
3 years, 5 months ago

Host favorite Ito gets lucky in Olympic table tennis draw

China Daily  

Mima Ito of Japan during training in Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, July 19, 2021. TOKYO - Mima Ito of Japan was lucky enough to avoid a possible faceoff with top-rated Chen Meng of China before reaching the women's singles final, as the Olympic table tennis draw was made here on Wednesday. The current world No 2, who's reckoned as …

Tokyo Olympics: Draws for Indian paddlers out; Manika-Sharath to face Chinese Taipei pair in mixed doubles
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics: Draws for Indian paddlers out; Manika-Sharath to face Chinese Taipei pair in mixed doubles

India TV News  

The 12th-seeded Indian pair of Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal is all set to face the third-seeded pair of Lin Yun-Ju and Cheng I-Cheng of Chinese Taipei in the mixed doubles round-of-16 clash at the Tokyo Olympics on July 24. Seeded 34th at the Olympics, Manika will open her singles campaign on the same day as her mixed doubles match, …

Tokyo 2020: China table tennis boss says Olympic playing areas too small
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo 2020: China table tennis boss says Olympic playing areas too small

The Hindu  

China's table tennis chief on Tuesday claimed the "smaller than usual" size of the playing areas may affect players' performance and safety, in his latest complaints about the Tokyo Olympics. I just measured it at six by 11 metres," Chinese Table Tennis Association president Liu Guoliang told state broadcaster CCTV. Liu previously complained about what he viewed as the Tokyo …

Tokyo Olympics table tennis: Sharath Kamal says India's team best ever
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics table tennis: Sharath Kamal says India's team best ever

The Hindu  

Ahead of his departure for Tokyo for the upcoming Olympics beginning July 23, paddler Sharath Kamal on Saturday said that this is the best table tennis contingent that India has ever sent to the Games. The first batch of India's Olympic-bound athletes will depart for Tokyo on Saturday evening. Hopefully, this is India's best Olympic Games we've done so far. …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Empty stadiums, pandemic, scheduling get in the way of tennis players and Olympic dream
3 years, 5 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Empty stadiums, pandemic, scheduling get in the way of tennis players and Olympic dream

Firstpost  

Roger Federer, Bianca Andreescu and Johanna Konta became the latest big names in tennis to pull out from competing at the Tokyo Olympics. 🥇🥇#StrongerTogether pic.twitter.com/jrRCmAddiS — The Olympic Games July 13, 2021 Australia’s Nick Kyrgios will not be making his maiden Olympics appearance in Tokyo after picking up an injury at Wimbledon. “I’m extremely proud to be on my first …

China's table tennis chief relieves players' Olympic gold sweeping pressure
3 years, 6 months ago

China's table tennis chief relieves players' Olympic gold sweeping pressure

China Daily  

Liu Guoliang says the rise of new global talents is good for table tennis. WEIHAI, China - Liu Guoliang, president of the Chinese table tennis association, hopes the all-conquering Chinese team can rule out the burden of sweeping gold medals in the final stage of its Tokyo Olympics preparation. Talking about the star-studded team's prospect in Tokyo, the home court …

France to feature in women's table tennis team event at Tokyo Olympics
3 years, 6 months ago

France to feature in women's table tennis team event at Tokyo Olympics

China Daily  

BEIJING - Team France has accepted the team quota relocation from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to play in the women's team event at the Tokyo Olympic Games, the International Table Tennis Federation announced on Tuesday. The French National Olympic Committee had confirmed Yuan Jia Nan and Prithika Pavade as the two players previously qualified, and Stephanie Loeuillette was …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Olympic preparation going haywire as India's top table tennis players prefer to train individually
3 years, 6 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Olympic preparation going haywire as India's top table tennis players prefer to train individually

Firstpost  

After not getting his Denmark visa for training, Sharath Kamal is looking forward to the national camp in Sonepat but his preparations would be incomplete if he is not able to train with mixed doubles partner Manika Batra. New Delhi: The preparation of the Olympic-bound Indian table tennis contingent seems to be going nowhere with leading players G Sathiyan and …

Tokyo Olympics 2020: China table tennis facing 'unprecedented threat' at Games
3 years, 7 months ago

Tokyo Olympics 2020: China table tennis facing 'unprecedented threat' at Games

Firstpost  

Home advantage for fierce rivals Japan, inconsistent form among China’s top players, and uncertainty caused by the coronavirus pandemic suggest the world’s most populous country might not have it all their own way when the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympics start in just over two months. Shanghai: China have won 28 of 32 table tennis gold medals awarded at the Olympics, …

World Table Tennis Championships Confirmed for Houston from Nov 23
3 years, 8 months ago

World Table Tennis Championships Confirmed for Houston from Nov 23

News 18  

The World Table Tennis Championships will be held as per schedule from November 23 to 29 in Houston, USA, the game’s governing body ITTF has said. ITTF CEO Mr. Steve Dainton said: “It’s great news to confirm the 2021 event. “Since Houston, USA, was awarded the event the whole table tennis world has been excited to have the event for …

World TT championship to be held in Houston in November
3 years, 8 months ago

World TT championship to be held in Houston in November

India TV News  

The International Table Tennis Federation said that new dates from November 23 to 29 were decided for the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships and the tournament will be staged in Houston, United States as originally planned. Since Houston, USA, was awarded the event, the whole table tennis world has been excited to have the event for the first time in …

I Hope 2021 is a Game-changing Year for Me: Indian Table Tennis Star Sathiyan Gnanasekaran
4 years ago

I Hope 2021 is a Game-changing Year for Me: Indian Table Tennis Star Sathiyan Gnanasekaran

News 18  

2021 is going to be a big year – it is the Olympic year! “More than the matches, I think the level of training I have got, practicing with top Japanese players, I don’t think I would have got this kind of practice available anywhere else. Sathiyan spoke about the “tough” quarantine he had in Tokyo because he began playing …

Table Tennis World Team Championships Canceled in 2020 Due to Coronavirus
4 years ago

Table Tennis World Team Championships Canceled in 2020 Due to Coronavirus

News 18  

The 2020 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships was cancelled amid the COVID-19 resurgence in South Korea, the International Table Tennis Federation announced on Tuesday. President of the Korea Table Tennis Association Ryu Seung-min was informed by the South Korean authorities that it would not allow major international sporting events over the next few months. The ITTF said in a …

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 …

Lack of Tournaments Due to Covid-19 Makes Tokyo Olympics Qualification Tougher: Harmeet Desai
4 years, 1 month ago

Lack of Tournaments Due to Covid-19 Makes Tokyo Olympics Qualification Tougher: Harmeet Desai

News 18  

Reigning national table tennis champion Harmeet Desai feels the lack of tournaments due to the Covid-19 pandemic has weakened his chances to qualify for the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Desai expressed the concerns surrounding the same in conversation with compatriot paddler Mudit Dani on the latter’s live online chat show ‘In The Sportlight’. It’s sad that the chance is …

Ultimate Table Tennis 2020 Postponed Indefinitely Due to Coronavirus Pandemic
4 years, 4 months ago

Ultimate Table Tennis 2020 Postponed Indefinitely Due to Coronavirus Pandemic

News 18  

The fourth edition of Ultimate Table Tennis, scheduled in India from August 14 to 31, has been indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With sporting events yet to start in the country and the International Table Tennis Federation itself still not certain about the resumption of professional tour, the postponement was inevitable. We can only wait and watch.” UTT …

Ultimate Table Tennis indefinitely postponed amidst ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
4 years, 4 months ago

Ultimate Table Tennis indefinitely postponed amidst ongoing COVID-19 pandemic

Firstpost  

Ultimate Table Tennis, which began in 2017, was to take place after the Tokyo Olympics, which has now been moved to next year because of the pandemic. The fourth edition of Ultimate Table Tennis, scheduled in India from 14 to 31 August, has been indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We can only wait and watch.” UTT got an …

Participants announced for Chinese table tennis Olympic test
4 years, 4 months ago

Participants announced for Chinese table tennis Olympic test

China Daily  

BEIJING - China's national table tennis team on Monday announced its participants for the upcoming Tokyo Olympic Games test competition. According to Li Sun, head coach of the Chinese women's team, Zhu was recently discovered to have an immune system disorder, and followed medical specialists' advice to stay in hospital for further observation and treatment. In women's singles, the top …

Table tennis players do not warm up to federation’s training camp plan
4 years, 5 months ago

Table tennis players do not warm up to federation’s training camp plan

The Hindu  

A bulk of India’s top table tennis players has again expressed reluctance to join a national training camp amid the Covid-19 pandemic. Amid the coronavirus-forced restrictions, the Table Tennis Federation of India has repeatedly tried to organise camps for the top players, who have turned down the proposals. -NEW NATIONAL TRAINING CENTRE- Incidentally, senior players also want the federation to …

Table Tennis: Indian youngster Snehit looking to build on momentum
4 years, 6 months ago

Table Tennis: Indian youngster Snehit looking to build on momentum

The Hindu  

Fidel R. Snehit, India No. With his scheduled training programme in Europe this summer going awry because of coronavirus, Snehit has been watching a lot of his own videos and that of Olympic and world champion Ma Long of China to improve his all-round game at MLR-UTT Academy here. Meanwhile, Ultimate Table Tennis is supporting his academy by providing specialised …

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