Tag: table tennis

  • World Champion Moves to Top of World Rankings

    World Champion Moves to Top of World Rankings

    World Champion, He replaces Chinese national team compatriot, MA Long, in the top spot on the Men’s World Rankings issued by the International Table Tennis Federation on Friday 1st June 2012. MA Long is now at no.2, having occupied the top spot since October 2011. It is the first time in his career that ZHANG…

  • Tan Ruiwu and Szandra Pergel Win in Zagreb

    Tan Ruiwu and Szandra Pergel Win in Zagreb

    Zagreb-Crotia, May 28, 2012: Croatia’s TAN Ruiwu and Hungary’s Szandra PERGEL emerged as the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles champions at the ITTF Euro-Africa Circuit Zagreb Open on Sunday 27th May 2012. At the final hurdle, TAN Ruiwu, the no.1 seed, accounted for compatriot, Roko Tosic, the no.5 seed, in four straight games; whilst at…

  • Brazilian Duo Clinch ITTF Latin American Cup Titles

    Brazilian Duo Clinch ITTF Latin American Cup Titles

    San Jose-Costa Rica, May 29, 2012: Brazilian Duo, Brazil’s Thiago MONTEIRO and Caroline KUMAHARA, players from different generations, won the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles titles at the ITTF-Latin American Cup in San Jose, Costa Rica on Sunday 27th May 2012. Absent from the international scene for much of the past year owing to injury,…

  • Xu Xin and Li Xiaoxia Capture Shanghai Crowns

    Xu Xin and Li Xiaoxia Capture Shanghai Crowns

    Shanghai-China, May 29, 2012: The host nation’s XU Xin and LI Xiaoxia won the respective Men’s and Women’s Singles titles at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour China Open in Shanghai on Sunday 27th May. It was for XU Xin, the no.4 seed, his second such title of the year and a reversal of…

  • Major Award for ITTF Women’s Development Programme

    Major Award for ITTF Women’s Development Programme

    Lausanne-Switzerland, May 27, 2012: Major Award, The ITTF Women’s Development Programme gained second place in the Spirit of Sport Awards at the SportAccord Convention in the Quebec city, Canada on Thursday 24th May 2012. Three Spirit of Sport Project Awards from a total of 19 nominations were made; in addition to an individual award. First…

  • Shock Defeats for Olympic Medalists in Shanghai

    Shock Defeats for Olympic Medalists in Shanghai

    Shanghai-China, May 27, 2012: Shock Defeats, MA Lin and WANG Hao, the respective gold and silver medallists in the Men’s Singles event at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, both suffered shock third round defeats at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour China Open in Shanghai on Saturday 26th May. Both departed in the third…

  • Teenagers Steal the Limelight in Shanghai

    Teenagers Steal the Limelight in Shanghai

    Teenagers, Chinese Taipei’s 16 year old LEE Chia-Sheng, a player who one week earlier in Korea, failed to progress beyond the qualification stage of the Men’s Singles event, was the sensation of the third day’s play, Friday 25th May, at the GAC GROUP 2011 ITTF World Tour China Open in Shanghai. He accounted for Singapore’s…

  • Iranian Teenager Continues to Defy World Rankings in Shanghai

    Iranian Teenager Continues to Defy World Rankings in Shanghai

    Lausanne-Switzerland, May 25, 2012: The cause of a major upset on the first day of play at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour China Open in Shanghai; one day later on Thursday 24th May, Iran’s 19 year old Nima ALAMIAN continued his amazing run of form and continued to upset the odds. On day…

  • Youth Prevails Swedish Hero Departs in Opening Stage

    Youth Prevails Swedish Hero Departs in Opening Stage

    Lausanne-Switzerland, May 24, 2012: Swedish Hero, Crowned European champion in 1986, five years later anointed World champion; Sweden’s Jorgen PERSSON was the major casualty, as proceedings commenced on Wednesday 23rd May, in the qualification stage of the Men’s Singles event at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour China Open in Shanghai. The indefatigable Swede,…

  • Top Names Head Seeding but Focus on Local Heroes

    Top Names Head Seeding but Focus on Local Heroes

    Lausanne-Switzerland, May 23, 2012: Local Heroes, The host nation’s MA Long and DING Ning, the two players whose names stand at the very top of current World rankings, are the top seeds respectively in the Men’s and Women’s Singles events at the GAC GROUP 2012 ITTF World Tour China Open, which starts in Shanghai on…