Last week saw Xu Xin victorious at the Korean Open defeating World Champion Ma Long in the semi final and host nations Jeoung Youngsik in the final. The World Tour circuit now moves onto the Australian Open which is now in the last 32 stage. Xu Xin victorious against Ma…
The 2nd edition of the European games is to be held in Belarus from the 21st to the 30th June 2019. The event was envisioned by the European Olympic committee and is only meant for the European countries. A total of 15 sports are being covered in the games so…
Lin Gaoyuan is crowned champion with a crushing 4-2 win over Tomokazu Harimoto! The Chinese player continued his fine form off the back of the China Open last month with a run of good wins in Hong Kong. After dispatching Ricardo Walther in the last 32, Lin took out some…
Last weekend saw Ma Long claim gold at the 2019 World Championships. This is the third World Championship title Ma Long has secured in his career, bringing up the question among many fans, does this make Ma Long the greatest table tennis player of all time? Well one person had…
The draw for the 2019 World Table Tennis Championships took place this morning revealing some potentially huge showdowns. Ma Long vs Fan Zhendong – Photo via ITTF Flickr The most notable possible showdown is between the number 1 seed Fan Zhendong and number 11 seed Ma Long. The two players…
The World Championships are approaching quickly and as always Team China are preparing rigorously for the major tournament starting on April 21st. The Chinese National table tennis team have been taking part in closed training in Shenzhen. In the practice halls where both the women’s and the men’s team train,…
Ma Long is due to make his long awaited return to international table tennis at next month’s World Championships in Budapest. He has been away from international competition for over 6 months. Ma Long with his 2017 World Championships trophy! The Chinese National Table Tennis Association has officially announced his…
Liu Guoliang has thrown down the gauntlet to his coaching team at the Chinese Table Tennis Association by unveiling a new results-based evaluation system to determine their earnings. Piling on the pressure, two time Olympic champion and former Grand Slam winner Liu Guoliang stated that he has agreed to lose…
With the recent news that Ma Long will not be competing in the upcoming Marvellous 12 competition and with his injury woes continuing, the question of whether Ma Long will be able to defend his Olympic crown in Tokyo 2020 is cropping up. Will Ma Long play at the Tokyo…
The Chinese national team selection competition dubbed the Marvellous 12 by fans is back. This is the competition used by the Chinese table tennis association to select one of China’s top players to represent the nation at the ITTF World Championships in Budapest this April. One singles entry out of…
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