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2017 In Table Tennis
This page lists notable table tennis events taking place in 2017, including the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships and the 2017 ITTF World Tour. World table tennis championships Senior * May 29 – June 5: 2017 World Table Tennis Championships in Düsseldorf : * October 20–22: 2017 ITTF Men's World Cup in Liège ** Dimitrij Ovtcharov ** Timo Boll ** Ma Long * October 27–29: 2017 ITTF Women's World Cup in Markham ** Zhu Yuling ** Liu Shiwen ** Cheng I-ching Junior and cadet * October 21–29: 2017 World Cadet Challenge in Suva ** Cadet boys' singles: NIU Guankai ** Cadet girls' singles: Yumeno Soma ** Cadet boys' doubles: FENG Yi-Hsin & NIU Guankai ** Cadet girls' doubles: HUANG Yingqi & Yumeno Soma ** Cadet mixed doubles: NIU Guankai & Jamila Laurenti * November 26 – December 3: 2017 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in Riva del Garda ** Junior boys' singles: XUE Fei ** Junior girls' singles: SUN Yingsha ** Junior boys' doubles: X ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Table Tennis
Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table divided by a net. Except for the initial serve, the rules are generally as follows: Players must allow a ball played toward them to bounce once on their side of the table and must return it so that it bounces on the opposite side. A point is scored when a player fails to return the ball within the rules. Play is fast and demands quick reactions. Spinning the ball alters its trajectory and limits an opponent's options, giving the hitter a great advantage. Table tennis is governed by the worldwide organization International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF), founded in 1926. ITTF currently includes 226 member associations. The official rules are specified in the ITTF handbook. Table tennis has been an Olympic sport since 1988, with several event ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jung Young-sik
Jeoung Young-sik (also Jeong or Jung, ko, 정영식, born 20 January 1992) is a South Korean table tennis Table tennis, also known as ping-pong and whiff-whaff, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight ball, also known as the ping-pong ball, back and forth across a table using small solid rackets. It takes place on a hard table div ... player. He debuted internationally in 2010 and won a silver and a bronze medal at the Asian Games. Between 2010 and 2018 he won six bronze medals at the world championships. He reached the world ranking #7 in February 2017. His father Jeoung Hae-chul was also a competitive table tennis player. Career 2021 Jeoung completed his mandatory military service from mid-2019 to March of 2021. He will be representing South Korea at the Tokyo Olympics in the team event as well as the men's singles event. Jeoung upset Timo Boll in the round of 16 to reach the quarter-finals of the Tokyo Olympics, where he lost to Fan Zhendong. F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fang Bo
Fang Bo (; born November 6, 1992) is a Chinese male table tennis player. In 2002, Fang Bo became a member of the Shandong Luneng table tennis club. In 2009, he joined the China national table tennis first team. In the same year December 2009, he won all four team and individual titles at the 2009 World Junior Championships, becoming the first youth player to accomplish this feat in China. At his peak in 2015, he reached the men's singles final at the World Championships by defeating the second-seeded Xu Xin and the defending champion Zhang Jike Zhang Jike (; born 16 February 1988) is a retired Chinese table tennis player. Zhang became the fourth male player in the history of table tennis to achieve a career Grand Slam when he won gold in men's singles at the Olympic games in London 20 .... Fang Bo then obtained his first world table tennis champion title in 2016 during the World Team Table Tennis Championships. In 2017, he partnered with Petrissa Solja of the German table ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheng I-ching
Cheng I-ching (; born 15 February 1992) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. She competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the women's singles event, in which she was eliminated in the quarterfinals by Li Xiaoxia, and as part of the Chinese Taipei team in the women's team event. Cheng helped Chinese Taipei woman's team win bronze at the World Team Championships and became the first Taiwanese-born medalist at the Woman's World Cup in 2016. Cheng represented Taiwan in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the mixed doubles event alongside Lin Yun-ju, in which they won the bronze medal. She is currently also a master's degree student in the Department of Physical Education of Fu Jen Catholic University Fu Jen Catholic University (FJU, FJCU or Fu Jen; or ) is a private Catholic university in Xinzhuang, New Taipei City, Taiwan. The university was founded in 1925 in Beijing at the request of Pope Pius XI and re-established in Taiwan in 1961 at .... References External links * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Chien-an
Chen Chien-an (; born 16 June 1991) is a Taiwanese table tennis player. He won the 2008 World Junior Table Tennis Championships in singles. In May 2013, in the 52nd World Table Tennis Championships held in Paris, France, Chen Chien-an and Chuang Chih-yuan defeated Hao Shuai Hao Shuai (born October 1, 1983 in Tianjin) is a Chinese table tennis player. Career records Singles (as of May 13, 2010) *World Championships: QF (2005, 2007). * Pro Tour winner (3): Serbian Open 2007. China (Shanghai) Open 2008. Slovenian Op ... and Ma Lin 9–11, 12–10, 11–6, 13–11, 9–11, 11–8 in the final, and won Men's Doubles title. Chuang and Chen became the first athletes in Taiwan to win any World Table Tennis Championships title. Chen Chien-an is sponsored by the German table tennis brand TIBHAR. Career References External links * Living people 1991 births Taiwanese male table tennis players Table tennis players at the 2010 Asian Games Table tennis players at the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasumi Ishikawa
(born 23 February 1993) is a Japanese table tennis player. A regular member of the Japanese national team, she won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, a bronze at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Women's team. She is a left-handed inverted rubber shakehand player who primarily uses speedy top-spins and loops in offensive play. Biography Kasumi Ishikawa's entire family, which consists of her father, mother, and younger sister, play or used to play competitive table tennis. She has a younger sister, Rira, who was also a professional table tennis player, while her mother Kumi Ishikawa is her current coach. Upon graduation from Hirakawa Primary School in Yamaguchi, Ishikawa wrote in the yearbook of her dream to play in the Olympics. She first got public attention when she managed to defeat high school and even university students much older than her in her first ever All Japan Table Tennis Championships. Since 2007, she has won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 World Table Tennis Championships – Mixed Doubles
The 2017 World Table Tennis Championships mixed doubles was the 54th edition of the mixed doubles championship. Xu Xin and Yang Ha-eun were the defending champions but Xu did not compete this year. Maharu Yoshimura and Kasumi Ishikawa won the title after defeating Chen Chien-an and Cheng I-ching 8–11, 8–11, 11–8, 10–12, 11–4, 11–9, 11–5. Seeds Matches were best of 5 games in qualification and best of 7 games in the 64-player sized main draw. # Lee Sang-su / Yang Ha-eun ''(quarterfinals)'' # Wong Chun Ting / Doo Hoi Kem ''(semifinals)'' # Mattias Karlsson / Matilda Ekholm ''(quarterfinals)'' # Ho Kwan Kit/ Lee Ho Ching ''(second round)'' # Chen Chien-an / Cheng I-ching ''(final)'' # Maharu Yoshimura / Kasumi Ishikawa (champions) # Fang Bo / Petrissa Solja ''(semifinals)'' # Jakub Dyjas / Katarzyna Grzybowska ''(first round)'' # Steffen Mengel / Kristin Silbereisen ''(third round)'' # Vítor Ishiy/ Caroline Kumahara ''(second round)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mima Ito
is a Japanese table tennis player. She won a bronze medal in the Women's Team event at the 2016 Summer Olympics when she was 15 years old. At the 2020 Summer Olympics, she won the gold medal with her partner Jun Mizutani in the Mixed Doubles event which made its debut, a bronze medal in the Women's singles, and a silver medal in the Women's Team event. Often termed as the 'greatest threat' to Chinese table tennis dominance, Ito Mima has the highest winning rate against Chinese players in the history of women's table tennis. She has a winning record against several top Chinese players, including world champion Liu Shiwen, former world no. 1 Zhu Yuling and world junior champion Qian Tianyi. Her signature playing style entails lethal shovel serves, fast short-pimpled backhand punches and flat forehand smashes. In March 2020 at the Qatar Open, Ito Mima recorded a 4–0 win against reigning Olympic champion Ding Ning in the semifinals. Notably, she won the third set 11–0, making ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hina Hayata
is a Japanese international table tennis player. She is the most successful player on the ITTF Challenge Series since its inception in 2017. Owing to her stature, she is able to generate powerful spins on both wings more so than most female players. Career Junior Hayata was a member of Japanese girls' team winning gold at the 2016 World Junior Table Tennis Championships. She also won silver in girls' doubles and mixed doubles. She won the bronze medal in women's doubles at the 2017 World Table Tennis Championships with Mima Ito. She won several doubles titles in the ITTF World Tour, including the Grand Finals in 2016 and 2018. 2019–2020 In the ITTF Portugal Open 2019, she caused a major upset by beating 4-time Women's World Cup Champion Liu Shiwen 4–3. She went on to beat another Chinese player Hu Limei before winning the tournament by defeating her compatriot Honoka Hashimoto in the finals. In January 2020, she won the All Japan Table Tennis Championships for the firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Mengyu
Yu Mengyu (; born 18 August 1989) is a retired Chinese-born Singaporean table tennis player. Born in Liaoning, China, Yu left China in 2006 at the age of 17 to join the Singapore Table Tennis Association (STTA). She was part of the team that won the 2010 World Team Table Tennis Championships in Moscow, Russia. She represented Singapore in the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics (Team & Singles). Yu retired from the national team on 22 March 2022. The Tokyo Olympics was her final international tournament. Early life Yu was born and raised in Liaoning. She started practising table tennis from the age of five and eventually become a provincial player. During an event in Beijing when she was 16, Yu was spotted by STTA coach Chen Yong. Chen invited her to go to Singapore for further training. With the opportunity to compete in international competitions, Yu took the offer and joined the STTA. Career 2016 Summer Olympics Yu participated in ITTF Asian-Olympics Qualifier (South-Ea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Feng Tianwei
Feng Tianwei (, ) is a Singaporean table tennis player. Born in Harbin, China, she permanently moved to Singapore at the age of 20 under the former Foreign Sports Talent Scheme in March 2007 and commenced her international career in competitive table tennis the following month. Feng represented Singapore for the first time in the Olympic Games at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. On 15 August 2008, the Singapore team comprising Feng and her teammates Li Jiawei and Wang Yuegu defeated South Korea 3–2 in the semifinals. The team lost to China in the final, obtaining the silver medal. This was Singapore's first Olympic medal in 48 years and its first as an independent nation. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Feng defeated Kasumi Ishikawa of Japan 4–0 to win the table tennis at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's singles, women's singles bronze medal, Singapore's first Olympic singles medal since the 1960 Summer Olympics. She would later won the bronze medal at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chen Meng
Chen Meng (; born 15 January 1994) is a Chinese table tennis player and the current World No. 2 in Women's Singles. She joined the provincial team when she was 9 and joined the national team when she was only 13 in 2007. She is the women's singles champion of the ITTF Women's World Cup in 2020, the ITTF World Tour Grand Finals in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 and also at the inaugural WTT Singapore Smash. She is also the silver medalist of women's singles in the 2019 World Championships and a double gold medalist in the 2020 Summer Olympics. Career 2011 Won 4 golds at the World Junior Table Tennis Championships in girls' singles, girls' doubles, mixed doubles and teams. 2020 After competitive table tennis resumed following the pandemic, Chen swept the world cup, ITTF pro tour finals, and 2020 All China National Championships. 2021 In May, Chen was selected to represent China in the women's singles and team event at the Tokyo Olympics. Chen won the first leg of the Chinese Olym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
