A few months after moving to a new professional office building, the ITTF was delighted to welcome Secretary General, Raul Calin to its Singapore Office. Calin, who had been based at the ITTF Headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland over the last four years, linked up with many of the organisation’s core staff members in Singapore, providing a timely boost for the…

There was plenty to attract the connoisseur. Men’s Singles: Preliminary Round One …………Reigning Asian junior boys’ singles champion, Xiang Peng underlined his quality; he beat Hungary’s Bence Majoros (11-2, 8-11, 11-6, 11-6, 11-6). …………China’s aspiring young players proved inspired against their Swedish counterparts; Xu Yingbin beat Truls Möregard (11-8, 11-9, 11-7, 11-3); Sun Wen accounted for Anton Källberg (11-8, 6-11,…

Korean dreams It was the best of 30 minutes for the hosts as all three Koreans in the Men’s Singles snatched comprehensive wins in Busan. Runners-up in Thailand Open of this year’s ITTF World Tour, Seo Hyundeok took no time in racing to a victory over Saudi Arabia’s Ali Alkhadrawi (11-6, 11-7, 11-7, 11-5). His compatriots, Kim Donghyun and Park…

Madani Zerigui, 37 years old, lives in Algiers; Karim Boumedouha resides in France. They are both members of the eight man Algerian team competing in Alexandria. Notably, Madani Zerigui is a former Algerian national junior champion but an accident in 2003 changed his life. Unlike Madani Zerigui, 42 years old France based Karim Boumedouha has lived all his life in…