Wishing You a Happy 2010

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World Champions Relinquish Top Spots

China’s Wang Hao and Zhang Yining, the winners of the 2009 World Championships and listed at no. 1 throughout the past year have relinquished their exalted positions. Ma Long, 21 years old, moves into the top spot on the men’s list, while 18 year old Liu Shiwen takes the no. 1 women's spot.   read more...

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of the ITTF

 

Updated world rankings of professional players • Jan 3, 2010

Preview of Youth Olympic 2010 • Dec 28, 2009

North America hopes to lose 'basement' image • Dec 28, 2009

Coverage of the 2009 Longmont Fall Open • Oct 24, 2009

Updated table tennis on TV guide • Nov 12, 2009

A recently launched ITTF program aims to bring table tennis to Colombian kids in empoverished neighborhoods. Known as "Ping Pong Paz", the program is a joint venture between Peace and Sports, ITTF, and Colombianitos with the support of Butterfly and the Colombian Table Tennis Federation. - read more

Did You Know?

Table tennis is the most popular racquet sport in the world and ranked second overall in terms of participation.

Survey: Practice Makes Perfect

Thanks to all who answered our past Survey Question "Practice Makes Perfect". It's nice to see that the majority of you get to play more than 9 times per month! Here are the results:

0 - 2 times:	12%	(428)
3 - 5 times:	10%	(359)
6 - 8 times:	9%	(313)
9 or more:	70%	(2518)

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Xtreme Table Tennis?

   New Table Top Accessories

	Check out these new table top accessories, designed by two US inventors for "extending the sport of table tennis".
The previous article on X-Treme table design can be read here.

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