Today on the 19th June the 2013 Chinese Super League begins! New attractions appear in the worlds strongest table tennis league! This includes Europe’s Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov and Chinese Taipei’s Chuang Chih Yuan. Young guys of China have joined in on the top flight table tennis including Fan Zhendong, Lin Gaoyuan, Song Hongyuan, Fan Shengpeng, Ma Te and Liu Jikang.

Twenty four year old Ma Long collected his second ITTF World Tour title of the year on Sunday 16th June when he became the 2013 China Open ITTF World Tour Champion in Changchun.

He was met in the final by his Chinese team mate Wang Hao in the final, a match which

News Flash: Today on the 15th June the Men’s Singles round of 16 took place at the 2013 China Open ITTF World Tour. The reigning Olympic and World Champion Zhang Jike is out due to a shoulder injury during his last 32 match against Fan Zhendong.

Zhang Jike stormed

Today on the 14th June the round of 32 Men’s Singles took place at the 2013 China Open ITTF World Tour. Upsets were caused, however the top seeds all progressed with very little problem. The crowed were however mostly enthusiastic about the impressive doubles pairings. Ma Long and Timo Boll both progressed into the last 8 in the men’s doubles with a smooth 3-0 victory over Andrej Gacina and Tan Ruiwu. Timo Boll and Ma Long will now face Zhang Jike and Adrien Mattenet in the next round!

The 2013 China Open ITTF World Tour is now well underway and into the main draw of the Men’s and Women’s Singles.

Players have now qualified into the main draw of the singles events through many tough group matches. Some

China’s head coach Liu Guoliang announced in an interview with Chinese media that not only will the shakehand Vs Penhold challenge take place this year but that the line-up will include Germany’s star players Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov.

The last shakehand Vs penhold challenge was held back in 2011, on this occasion the team was selected by fans and the players that competed in the shakehand team consisted of Zhang

In March 2013, Frenchman Abdel-Kader Salifou won his first ever ITTF World Tour Men’s Singles Title in Egypt. Today on the 9th June he won his second title winning the Zagreb Open ITTF World Tour. The Stiga player defeated host nation’s Roko Tosic an epic seven set thriller (7-11, 7-11, 11-1, 12-10, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9).