• Table Tennis Major Tournaments 2018

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The International Table Tennis Federation suspended all activities until the end of April, due to the coronavirus outbreak. The decision was taken considering the safety of athletes, coaches, officials and most importantly, the fans. The suspension affects several tournaments as well as training and promotional activities. Other table tennis equipment include shoes, clothing, and accessories. However, these are optional. Table Tennis Equipment – Have A Blast or Go Pro. The noble art of table tennis is often overlooked in favor of other feats of athleticism like baseball, football, or soccer. However, table tennis can be as challenging and competitive as any. Tennis is one of the biggest individual sports where many players compete to win the most important titles. Here is the list of the top 7 major tennis tournaments as of 2021. There are close to 300 tournaments held on both the men’s and the women’s tour every year.

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News & Analysis in Major Tournaments

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News about Chinese National Team

China national table tennis team is founded in 1952. China Team is considered as the best team in table tennis. With 4 Male Grand Slams in table tennis (Liu Guoliang, Kong Linghui, Zhang Jike and Ma Long), and 5 Female Grand Slams (Deng Yaping, Wang Nan, Zhang Yining, Li Xiaoxia and Ding Ning).

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Top Chinese Table Tennis Players

1. Ma Long

Ma Long Forehand Technique:

Ma Long forehand technique is very special. His forehand is one of the most powerful strokes (with Wang Liqin forehand). Ma Long generates a lot of power by rotating his waist.

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3. Fan Zhendong

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4. Xu Xin

Who is Xu Xin?

Xu Xin is one of the best Chinese table tennis players. He is considered as the “Cloud Walker” in table tennis. Xu Xin becomes the worlds number 1 table tennis player in January 2013.

• Name: Xu Xin
• Nickname: “Cloud Walker”
• Chinese name: 许昕
• Nationality: China
• Date Of Birth: January 8, 1990
• Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11)
• Weight 70 kg (150 lb, 11 st)

Xu Xin’s playing style

• Playing grip: Penholder
• Unique style: Left hand and Penholder
• Playing style: Two sides, topspin far from the table. Great lobbing defensive skill. Control backhand style, Forehand attack all the table. Great serving skills. One of the best footwork in the world.

Xu Xin is a left-handed topspin attacker! He is the only one penholder in the China Top 4 and is the best penholder in the world from 2003 to now. Xu Xin is amongst the top 4 strongest table tennis players in the world including Ma Long and Zhang Jike, Fan Zhendong. Xu Xin is one of very few players in the top 100 of the World to play with a unique style of grip – The penhold grip. The previous best penholder was Ma Lin and Wang Hao who reached the final of the Beijing Olympics.

Xu Xin’s personal life

• Birthday: Jan. 8, 1990
• Province: Jiangsu China
• Started playing at 5 years old
• 10 years old: Provicinal Sports School in Jiangsu
• First professional coach: veteran coach Tang Zhixian at Shanghai
• 2002 moved to Shanghai, lived in a humid, non-air conditioned. Not easy life in Shanghai (poor).
• Xu Xin continue studying and hard work
• 2007, join the National Team Team B
• Only 6 months later, move to the first team, team A. He was working so hard, Xu Xin.
• Personal coach: coached by Qin Zhijian who happened to be a left-handed penhold player like him.

Xu Xin table tennis career

• first major achievement: East Asian Games Men’s Singles in 2009
• first ever World Tour title in Kuwait in 2010
• World Championships in 2014
• First player in the line up in the finals World Team Championships.
• Known as the “The Cloud Walker” with the quick footwork, crazy sidespin loop, in great defense
• worlds ranking number 1 in 2013
• In China, Xu Xin played for team Shanghai

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5. Lin Gaoyuan

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Chinese National Coaching Staff

1. Liu Guoliang

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2. Kong Linghui

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3. Ma Lin

4. Wang Hao

5. Wu Jingping

6. Xiao Zhian

7. Liu Guozhen

Top Japanese Table Tennis Players

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Jun Mizutani

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