Happy Mother’s Day!

Mother’s Day celebrations were held in many countries around the world on Sunday 10th May and the stars were quick to show their appreciation on this very special day.

Here’s Singapore star Yu Mengyu celebrating with her mum:

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran put together a touching collage:

Kasumi Ishikawa passes on her thanks to mother and coach Kumi:

Tomokazu Harimoto posted a throwback photo of his mother:

While Marcos Madrid shared a wonderfully heartwarming slideshow of his own:

Jura Morez adds Paul Drinkhall to player roster

Another club signing to report, this time surrounding English player Paul Drinkhall.

Six-time English national champion and a key member of his country’s bronze medal winning campaigns at the 2016 World Team Championships and 2018 Team World Cup, Drinkhall arrives at French Pro A League club Jura Morez TT after a two-year stint at TTC Schwalbe Bergneustadt in Germany.

Get well soon

A couple of the stars have undergone hospital visits recently to address medical concerns. The ITTF passes on its best wishes to Sofia Polcanova and Ricardo Walther for a speedy recovery.

Get well soon Sofia:

You too Ricardo:

Birthday celebrations

Finally, we have a couple of birthdays to celebrate in this week’s edition of Player Watch.

First of all, we extend our congratulatory messages to England’s Sam Walker, who was 25 on Thursday 7th May:

We then follow with Suh Hyowon, the Korean defender celebrating her 33rd birthday on Sunday 10^th May: