Table Tennis
Too close to call: five intense rivalries!
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Table Tennis
Friday, 17 April 2020 07:53
For table tennis, it is no different; five rivalries to whet the appetite when you are locked inside and have nowhere to go. Timo Boll v Vladimir Samsonov Two legends of the game from Europe, they are rivals but they are very much together; they have been the players who throughout the present century have been the flag-bearers for Europe.…
With the spread of COVID-19 across different parts of the world, the ITTF is monitoring closely the overall situation across the globe and is in frequent contact with hosts of ITTF events in an effort to keep the international calendar as updated as possible. The ITTF is looking at a number of different scenarios and possibilities of rescheduling, but it…
Rise and Fall: Biggest movers and shakers on April rankings!
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Table Tennis
Thursday, 16 April 2020 07:28
Equally amongst the leading names there is progress for England’s Liam Pitchford, runner up at the 2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum Qatar Open; he moves from no.22 to no.15 and thus approaches his career best of no.12 last year in August. Seven places higher for Liam Pitchford, it is the same for India’s Sharath Kamal Achanta and Chinese Taipei’s Chuang…
REVEALED: ITTF World Rankings for April 2020!
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Table Tennis
Wednesday, 15 April 2020 23:00
Mima Ito on a roll! It is now the 11th successive month that China’s Chen Meng sits at the helm of the women’s ranking following her second World Tour win of the year, at the 2020 ITTF World Tour Platinum Qatar Open. Her total of 17,915 points is an unfathomable 2,475 points lead to her nearest competitor. But that competitor…
ITTF Executive Committee: April meeting on COVID-19
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Table Tennis
Wednesday, 15 April 2020 08:50
Here are the key outcomes reached during today’s meeting: • The ITTF received a comprehensive update report from the COVID-19 Task Force, which continues to monitor the global situation closely. No further decisions on extending the period of inactivity have been made at this stage. • Due to the current suspension of ITTF events in light of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
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