After 12 days of thrilling table tennis at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, it’s time for the penultimate day of play as the attention focuses primarily on closing out the Women’s Team gold medal race. On Wednesday, the first order of the day is deciding which team will stand on the third step of the medals podium and which side will…

Like Batman and Robin, even the helpers sometimes need a helping hand. Every #TableTennisUnited application reminds us of how small we are as mankind in the face of a pandemic, and how powerful we can be when standing united. In Uganda, the Fund has helped Mimi’s Tables, a local NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) to support underprivileged children in Kampala. In Argentina,…

Backbone of the German success was the now 40 year old Timo Boll. In the opening match of the fixture, he partnered Patrick Franziska to doubles success against Jun Mizutani and Koki Niwa (11-2, 11-3, 9-11, 8-11, 11-7), before in the third contest overcoming Jun Mizutani (7-11, 13-11, 11-7, 11-7). It was the third time when Timo Boll and Jun…

Japan’s Jun Mizutani and Mima Ito have dispatched Chinese Taipei’s Cheng I-Ching and Lin Yun-Ju from the number one spot in the latest Senior Mixed Doubles Pairs position on the recently released ITTF Table Tennis World Ranking. The Japanese pair, who created history by winning the Mixed Doubles gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, previously occupied the second…