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Interviews, tactical breakdowns and tournament reporting from professional table tennis — Tokyo, the WTT circuit, the Chinese Nationals, and the players who defined two seasons. Kept live, in full, for the record.

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Inside Truls Möregårdh's Run to the World Championship Finals

We are excited to share a transcript of an exclusive interview with Stellan Bengtsson on his experience coaching Truls Möregårdh to the 2021 World Table Tennis Championship Men’s Singles Finals. Some of Bengtsson’s other…

Jan 28 2022 · 28 min read

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Oct 26Ma Long, Liu Shiwen, and Xu Xin withdraw from World Championships
Sep 27Fake Crowd Noises Used At China National Games (Table Tennis)
Sep 27Fan Zhendong Cruises to China National Games Men’s Singles Gold
Sep 26Injured Wang Manyu Sweeps Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha to Win China National Games
Sep 25Liu Dingshuo Upsets Xu Xin 4-3 In China National Games Quarterfinals
Sep 23Top Stars Cruise Into Quarter-Finals At China National Games
Sep 22Lucky Fan Zhendong Saves Six Match Points to Defeat Ma Long at China National Games
Sep 12Ma Long Withdraws From Men’s Singles at China National Games
Sep 9How Armpit Space Affects The Ma Long vs Fan Zhendong Rivalry
Sep 7Table Tennis Stars React to Ding Ning’s Retirement
Sep 6Timo Boll Talks About Chinese Table Tennis and More
Sep 4Manika Batra Accuses Indian National Coach of Match-Fixing
Aug 27Jeoung Youngsik Withdraws From 2021 Korean National Team
Aug 20Chen Meng: China National Games Are Harder Than Olympics
Aug 6Liu Guoliang Looks Forward After China Wins Olympic Men's Team Gold
Aug 6Chinese Women Cruise To Olympic Gold
Aug 5Germany and Japan To Face China In Olympic Table Tennis Team Finals
Aug 4Olympic Table Tennis Team Quarterfinal Round-Up
Aug 2Kanak Jha Upsets Mattias Falck In USA’s Losing Effort to Sweden
Jul 31Liu Shiwen Olympic Injury Withdrawal Prompts Speculation
Jul 31Ma Long Defeats Fan Zhendong to Win Olympic Gold
Jul 30Chen Meng Defeats Sun Yingsha 4-2 to Clinch Olympic Gold
Jul 29Sun Yingsha Crushes Mima Ito 4-0 In Olympic Semi-Finals
Jul 28The Olympic Table Tennis Singles Quarterfinals In Memes
Jul 28Full Recap: Darko Jorgic Powers Through Tomokazu Harimoto 4-3
Jul 27Hugo Calderano Defeats Jang Woojin 4-3
Jul 27Olympics Day 3 Results: Lily Zhang Slow Spins Past Offiong Edem
Jul 26Japan’s Ito and Mizutani Win Olympic Mixed Doubles Gold
Jul 26Olympic Table Tennis Men’s Singles Day 2 Results: Anton Källberg Defeats Nikhil Kumar 4-0
Jul 25Olympic Table Tennis Women’s Singles Brackets and Results
Jul 25Olympic Table Tennis Men’s Singles Brackets and Results
Jul 23Mima Ito vs Sun Yingsha Olympic Preview
Jul 21Olympic Table Tennis Draws Released
Jul 20Chen Meng Interview on Her Mentors and Olympic Preparations
Jul 18Sun Yingsha WTT Interview On Olympic Preparations and More
Jul 16Liu Shiwen Interview on Injury Rehab and Olympics
Jul 12Hugo Calderano Interview With JAPAN Forward
Jul 12Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov Withdraw From Internal Olympic Scrimmage Due To Injuries
Jul 11Fan Zhendong Recounts Chinese Olympic Scrimmage Title
Jul 1Kanak Jha Discusses Olympic Preparations, New Club, and More
Jun 30Fan Zhendong Interview With WTT About Olympics Preparations
Jun 29Kasumi Ishikawa and Mima Ito Interviews On Olympics and More
Jun 28Timo Boll Defeats Dimitrij Ovtcharov To Win Eighth European Championship
Jun 27Timo Boll Defeats Anton Kallberg 4-1 in ETTC Quarter-Finals
Jun 25Liu Guoliang Downplays Expectations and Reiterates Need For Mental Strength Heading Into Tokyo
Jun 23Deng Yaping: Mima Ito Is Not A Serious Threat to China
Jun 22Ma Long Discusses Olympics and More With WTT
Jun 17How Harimoto Built A 3-1 Lead And How Ma Long Came Back at the 2020 World Cup
Jun 15Jun Mizutani Discusses Olympics, Harimoto, Ito, and More
Jun 7Mattias Falck Interview With European Youth Table Tennis Organization
May 31Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu Win Second Leg of China Olympic Scrimmage
May 30Out-of-Sorts Ma Long Upset By Xu Chenhao In Chinese Olympic Scrimmage Quarterfinals
May 8Zhou Qihao Wins China Olympic Scrimmage With 4-2 Upset Over Fan Zhendong
May 7Zhou Qihao Upsets Ma Long 4-3 In China Olympic Scrimmage Semi-Finals
May 6Fan Zhendong Ends Lin Shidong’s Cinderalla Run At China Olympic Scrimmage
May 3China Olympic Scrimmage Day 1 Singles Results
Apr 24Identifying The Magnus Effect In Table Tennis
Apr 22Chinese National Team Shares Their Travel Preferences
Apr 20World Table Tennis News Roundup – 04/19/21
Apr 11Mima Ito Discusses WTT Doha and Tokyo Olympics
Apr 7Analyzing Jeon Jihee’s Evolving Service Strategy Against Mima Ito
Mar 30Liu Shiwen Elbow Injury Update
Mar 26How Dimitrij Ovtcharov Solved The Lin Yun-Ju Problem At WTT Doha
Mar 17Feng Tianwei Was The Biggest Winner At WTT Doha
Mar 13Confident Tomokazu Harimoto Defeats Ruwen Filus 4-2 To Take WTT Star Contender Title
Mar 136 Ruwen Filus Shots To Watch Out For In The WTT Doha Finals
Mar 11How Korean Teenager Shin Yubin (WR 94) Upset Japanese Star Miu Hirano (WR 12) At WTT Doha
Mar 10Top 6 Storylines Following Round of 32 At WTT Star Contender
Mar 10An Jaehyun Avenges WTTC Semi-Final Loss With 3-0 Win Over Mattias Falck
Mar 8How Mima Ito Defeated Hina Hayata At WTT Doha: A Statistical Analysis Revisited
Mar 7Mima Ito Wins WTT Doha Event With 4-2 Finals Win Over Hina Hayata
Mar 6Mima Ito vs Hina Hayata Finals Preview: A Statistical Approach
Mar 6Lin Yun-Ju Staves Off Quadri Aruna Comeback On Path To WTT Contender Finals
Mar 5Officiating Controversy Plagues Cho Daesong’s 3-2 Win Over Andreas Levenko
Mar 4WTT Doha Day 2 Recap and Day 3 Preview
Mar 4Hugo Calderano Defeats An Jaehyun 3-1 In Dominant Fashion
Mar 4Andreas Levenko UPSETS Injured Liam Pitchford 3-1
Mar 4WTT Doha Day 1 Recap and Day 2 Preview
Mar 3LIVE: An Jaehyun vs Masataka Morizono
Mar 2WTT Doha’s Main Draw Sparks Outrage
Mar 2YANG HAEUN UPSETS MELANIE DIAZ 3-0 TO ADVANCE TO FINAL QUALIFICATON ROUND
Mar 1Benedek Olah Upsets Chen Chien-An 3-1 at WTT Doha 2021
Feb 26Winners and Losers of China’s Withdrawal From WTT Doha
Feb 23Liu Shiwen Interview With CCTV
Feb 22WTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 5: Cheng I-Ching and Liu Shiwen
Feb 18WTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 4: Men’s Singles Seeds 5 Through 8
Feb 14WTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 3: Women's Singles seeds 5 To 8
Feb 10WTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 2: X-Factors Lily Zhang and An Jaehyun
Feb 72021 WTT Doha Preview Part 1: A Further Look At ITTF’s Rebrand Towards WTT
Feb 517-Year Old Shin Yubin Becomes Youngest Ever Korean Olympic Table Tennis Player
Feb 4Korean Olympic Trials Day 4: Lee Sangsu Qualifies for 2021 Tokyo Olympics
Feb 4Timo Boll Interview With German Newspaper Fuldaer Zeitung
Feb 3An Jaehyun Defeats Lee Sangsu 4-2 on Day 3 Of Korean Olympic Trials
Jan 27Inside the 2021 ittf calendar