Edges & Nets
Interviews, tactical analysis, and tournament coverage from the world of professional table tennis — an editorial archive of 95 articles, 2021–2022.
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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…
Health & the Game
How the demands of competitive table tennis — clenching, travel, nutrition — show up in players' long-term health off the table.
The Archive
2022
2021
- Ma Long, Liu Shiwen, and Xu Xin withdraw from World Championships
- Fake Crowd Noises Used At China National Games (Table Tennis)
- Fan Zhendong Cruises to China National Games Men’s Singles Gold
- Injured Wang Manyu Sweeps Chen Meng and Sun Yingsha to Win China National Games
- Liu Dingshuo Upsets Xu Xin 4-3 In China National Games Quarterfinals
- Top Stars Cruise Into Quarter-Finals At China National Games
- Lucky Fan Zhendong Saves Six Match Points to Defeat Ma Long at China National Games
- Ma Long Withdraws From Men’s Singles at China National Games
- How Armpit Space Affects The Ma Long vs Fan Zhendong Rivalry
- Table Tennis Stars React to Ding Ning’s Retirement
- Timo Boll Talks About Chinese Table Tennis and More
- Manika Batra Accuses Indian National Coach of Match-Fixing
- Jeoung Youngsik Withdraws From 2021 Korean National Team
- Chen Meng: China National Games Are Harder Than Olympics
- Liu Guoliang Looks Forward After China Wins Olympic Men's Team Gold
- Chinese Women Cruise To Olympic Gold
- Germany and Japan To Face China In Olympic Table Tennis Team Finals
- Olympic Table Tennis Team Quarterfinal Round-Up
- Kanak Jha Upsets Mattias Falck In USA’s Losing Effort to Sweden
- Liu Shiwen Olympic Injury Withdrawal Prompts Speculation
- Ma Long Defeats Fan Zhendong to Win Olympic Gold
- Chen Meng Defeats Sun Yingsha 4-2 to Clinch Olympic Gold
- Sun Yingsha Crushes Mima Ito 4-0 In Olympic Semi-Finals
- The Olympic Table Tennis Singles Quarterfinals In Memes
- Full Recap: Darko Jorgic Powers Through Tomokazu Harimoto 4-3
- Hugo Calderano Defeats Jang Woojin 4-3
- Olympics Day 3 Results: Lily Zhang Slow Spins Past Offiong Edem
- Japan’s Ito and Mizutani Win Olympic Mixed Doubles Gold
- Olympic Table Tennis Men’s Singles Day 2 Results: Anton Källberg Defeats Nikhil Kumar 4-0
- Olympic Table Tennis Women’s Singles Brackets and Results
- Olympic Table Tennis Men’s Singles Brackets and Results
- Mima Ito vs Sun Yingsha Olympic Preview
- Olympic Table Tennis Draws Released
- Chen Meng Interview on Her Mentors and Olympic Preparations
- Sun Yingsha WTT Interview On Olympic Preparations and More
- Liu Shiwen Interview on Injury Rehab and Olympics
- Hugo Calderano Interview With JAPAN Forward
- Timo Boll and Dimitrij Ovtcharov Withdraw From Internal Olympic Scrimmage Due To Injuries
- Fan Zhendong Recounts Chinese Olympic Scrimmage Title
- Kanak Jha Discusses Olympic Preparations, New Club, and More
- Fan Zhendong Interview With WTT About Olympics Preparations
- Kasumi Ishikawa and Mima Ito Interviews On Olympics and More
- Timo Boll Defeats Dimitrij Ovtcharov To Win Eighth European Championship
- Timo Boll Defeats Anton Kallberg 4-1 in ETTC Quarter-Finals
- Liu Guoliang Downplays Expectations and Reiterates Need For Mental Strength Heading Into Tokyo
- Deng Yaping: Mima Ito Is Not A Serious Threat to China
- Ma Long Discusses Olympics and More With WTT
- How Harimoto Built A 3-1 Lead And How Ma Long Came Back at the 2020 World Cup
- Jun Mizutani Discusses Olympics, Harimoto, Ito, and More
- Mattias Falck Interview With European Youth Table Tennis Organization
- Fan Zhendong and Wang Manyu Win Second Leg of China Olympic Scrimmage
- Out-of-Sorts Ma Long Upset By Xu Chenhao In Chinese Olympic Scrimmage Quarterfinals
- Zhou Qihao Wins China Olympic Scrimmage With 4-2 Upset Over Fan Zhendong
- Zhou Qihao Upsets Ma Long 4-3 In China Olympic Scrimmage Semi-Finals
- Fan Zhendong Ends Lin Shidong’s Cinderalla Run At China Olympic Scrimmage
- China Olympic Scrimmage Day 1 Singles Results
- Identifying The Magnus Effect In Table Tennis
- Chinese National Team Shares Their Travel Preferences
- World Table Tennis News Roundup – 04/19/21
- Mima Ito Discusses WTT Doha and Tokyo Olympics
- Analyzing Jeon Jihee’s Evolving Service Strategy Against Mima Ito
- Liu Shiwen Elbow Injury Update
- How Dimitrij Ovtcharov Solved The Lin Yun-Ju Problem At WTT Doha
- Feng Tianwei Was The Biggest Winner At WTT Doha
- Confident Tomokazu Harimoto Defeats Ruwen Filus 4-2 To Take WTT Star Contender Title
- 6 Ruwen Filus Shots To Watch Out For In The WTT Doha Finals
- How Korean Teenager Shin Yubin (WR 94) Upset Japanese Star Miu Hirano (WR 12) At WTT Doha
- Top 6 Storylines Following Round of 32 At WTT Star Contender
- An Jaehyun Avenges WTTC Semi-Final Loss With 3-0 Win Over Mattias Falck
- How Mima Ito Defeated Hina Hayata At WTT Doha: A Statistical Analysis Revisited
- Mima Ito Wins WTT Doha Event With 4-2 Finals Win Over Hina Hayata
- Mima Ito vs Hina Hayata Finals Preview: A Statistical Approach
- Lin Yun-Ju Staves Off Quadri Aruna Comeback On Path To WTT Contender Finals
- Officiating Controversy Plagues Cho Daesong’s 3-2 Win Over Andreas Levenko
- WTT Doha Day 2 Recap and Day 3 Preview
- Hugo Calderano Defeats An Jaehyun 3-1 In Dominant Fashion
- Andreas Levenko UPSETS Injured Liam Pitchford 3-1
- WTT Doha Day 1 Recap and Day 2 Preview
- LIVE: An Jaehyun vs Masataka Morizono
- WTT Doha’s Main Draw Sparks Outrage
- YANG HAEUN UPSETS MELANIE DIAZ 3-0 TO ADVANCE TO FINAL QUALIFICATON ROUND
- Benedek Olah Upsets Chen Chien-An 3-1 at WTT Doha 2021
- Winners and Losers of China’s Withdrawal From WTT Doha
- Liu Shiwen Interview With CCTV
- WTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 5: Cheng I-Ching and Liu Shiwen
- WTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 4: Men’s Singles Seeds 5 Through 8
- WTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 3: Women's Singles seeds 5 To 8
- WTT Doha 2021 Preview Part 2: X-Factors Lily Zhang and An Jaehyun
- 2021 WTT Doha Preview Part 1: A Further Look At ITTF’s Rebrand Towards WTT
- 17-Year Old Shin Yubin Becomes Youngest Ever Korean Olympic Table Tennis Player
- Korean Olympic Trials Day 4: Lee Sangsu Qualifies for 2021 Tokyo Olympics
- Timo Boll Interview With German Newspaper Fuldaer Zeitung
- An Jaehyun Defeats Lee Sangsu 4-2 on Day 3 Of Korean Olympic Trials
- Inside the 2021 ittf calendar