You have all heard the news by now in CHINA. Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin all withdrew from the China Open yesterday in support of their beloved coach Liu Guoliang. This news has made National Headlines in CHINA and across the world. This evening the Chinese Table Tennis…
Timeline of events unfolding in CHINA: Yesterday players including Ma Long, Fan Zhendong and Xu Xin withdrew themselves from the on going China Open in support of their beloved coach Liu Guoliang! Timeline of event: Tuesday 20th June The Chinese Table Tennis Association (CTTA) announced a reform of the coaching…
Crazy news has shocked the table tennis world today! The Chinese National Team have boycotted the on going CHINA OPEN to support their beloved coach Liu Guoliang. Ma Long was the first player to withdraw from the men’s singles round of 16 match today against Yuya Oshima! Today on the…
Who’s says being a professional sportsman doesn’t give you time to study? Last week Ma Long won the 2017 World Championships, this week Ma Long just graduated at the Shanghai Jiao Tong University with a degree in Economics and Management! Ma Long graduating! Degrees usually take 4 years but not…
This year the World Championships was bigger and better than ever before! From May 29th to June 5th, we were treated to an incredible show by the DTTB German hosts Düsseldorf in west Germany. A total of 606 players headed to the Messe Düsseldorf arena for the biggest event of…
2017 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Men’s singles: The Story so far up to day 6! What an incredible start to the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships! We’ve already had some electrifying matches, huge upsets, and records broken. Perhaps the biggest shock coming in the form of 13 year old…
Qualification stage completed! The main draw starts tomorrow! Over the last 2 days the 2017 World Championships has seen some intense matches in the qualification stages in the men’s and women’s singles. Meanwhile the doubles categories have progressed further and have started the main draws already! The fans are increasing…
Today the opening ceremony and draw took place in Dusseldorf at the World Championships and kicked off this huge, global competition. The players, officials and ITTF representatives were all present and excited to start off preceding’s. Ovtcharov and Apolonia awaiting draw results Written by Tom Lewis The draw was completed…
With the World Championships soon upon us, the TableTennisDaily team have been discussing the players who are heading to Düsseldorf at the end of this month, and deciding who we think will be the players to look out for during the tournament… Defending World Champion Ma Long enters as the…
NEWS: TOMOKAZU HARIMOTO SIGNS UP FOR T2 ASIA-PACIFIC TABLE TENNIS LEAGUE! On the 26th April 2017 T2 Apac announced the confirmation that Japanese wonderkid Tomokazu Harimoto will participate at this summers $1.5 million table tennis league in Hong Kong! This is one of the most anticipated table tennis events of…
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