Tuesday’s afternoon session served off with Women’s Singles’ clashes. Sweden’s Christina Kallberg rallied from a first-game loss of 9-11 to overcome the Indian, Madhurika Patkar, (9-11, 11-7, 11-4, 11-4). France’s Audrey Zarif continued her excellent run with an (11-9, 11-6, 11-7) win over Germany’s Franziska Schreiner to join the elite qualifiers in the main draw. India’s Selena Selvakumar worked her…

Celebrating the 50th anniversary of Ping Pong Diplomacy, the ITTF Foundation is proud and honoured to be a part of the official dedication of the “The Chief” George Braithwaite Table Tennis Court. The event took place last Saturday, October 23, in New York, USA. Retired from her professional career on the international stage last year, well-decorated Swedish player Matilda Ekholm…

Mima Ito and Jun Mizutani winning the Mixed Doubles gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games was a watershed moment for table tennis in Japan. A quarterfinal match with a seemingly impossible comeback that would even be farfetched in a feel good Hollywood summer flick, followed up by a fairytale ending of the underdogs clinching top of the podium…

Both players showed class and put in a lot into the tie. It was a match that lived up to expectations, with Geraldo eventually prevailing with an 11-8, 9-11, 11-6, 8-11, 12-10 win over Ort, the WTT Contender Budapest runner up. Twice Ort came from behind to level up the match, only for the Portuguese to carry the day at…