Table Tennis Blog

I’m very excited because today I talked with 3 time New Zealand Open Champion Richard Lee. Richard became the youngest ever player to win the NZ Open in 1971 when he was just 16 years old. He held this record for 39 years until it was broken in 2010 by Roger Rao. During his career [...]

The popular Sharath Kamal Achantaphoto courtesy of ITTF Sharath Kamal Achanta has made Indian sporting history by being the first Table Tenins player to take out a Pro Tour singles event. Kamal was able to win the Egypt Open event in Cairo defeating a player who had, in their 2 previous meetings given him no [...]

Oh Nam Ho listens to Australian coach Brett Clarke In an age where it seems that every country in the world has a Chinese born player in their team, Oh Nam Ho from Korea has become the first Korean player to make his debut for another country. His adopted country, Australia, has benefited at these [...]

I hear many players saying I want to learn new serves. Vladimir Samsonov has learned one serve and learnt it very, very well. Samsonov uses the forehand high toss pendulum serve exlusively, in any situation, against any opponent on any stage. Today it is at the World Championships in a match to close out the [...]

SamsonovWill this be the year for his big World Title? When you think of the current superstars in world Table Tennis, you think of Wang Hao, Wang Liqin, Ma Lin, the list goes on. But one man that rarely gets the praise he deserves is Vladimir Samsonov of Belarus, the nice guy of Table Tennis. [...]

Members of the Australian Table Tennis team were interviewed yesterday on ABC Radio Australia. David Zalcberg in particular was talking up the chances of the Aussies saying that in Athens they under estimated their abilities and they won’t be making the same mistakes in Beijing. The Women’s team is made up of all Chinese born [...]

An extraordinary winning streak by a Northern Territory sportsman has locals in the Top End in a bit of a spin. For more than two decades Nick Politis has been Darwin’s undisputed king of Table Tennis and again put his record on the line last night in yet another local grand final. Have a listen [...]

Jeff’s start in table tennis was at the local association in Canberra, Australia. This was a modest competition that didn’t have a great track record of producing National champions. He soon rose to the top of the rankings in Canberra through a lot of enthusiasm and dedication. In 1989 he won the Australian Under 15 [...]

Photo courtesy of ITTFSimon Gerada Playing for Malta In 2000, Simon Gerada represented Australia at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. Unfortunately in 2001 Simon chose to represent Malta and is now ineligble to play for Australia. Strangely enough though, Simon still plays in many Australian Closed tournaments and was until recently a selector for the Australian [...]

Photo courtesy of ITTF William Henzell is Australia’s best hope for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. It has been a long journey for the Australian born in Adelaide, Australia on the 23rd March 1982. Leaving Home At the age of 14, William Henzell packed up his bags and left his family to move to Sweden [...]