Table Tennis

It takes great self-confidence to publicly declare that you want to become the first male athlete to win three medals at a single Olympic Games in table tennis – something only one other person has ever accomplished.
Of course, that self-confidence might be easy to come by when you're Harimoto

Tomokazu Harimoto

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Harimoto Tomokazu interview: Paris 2024 goals, leading Japan, playing doubles with sister Miwa

The new table tennis season is here and with it brings a new identity in a radical rebrand of the sport's international calendar.
Named World Table Tennis (WTT), it supplants the previous International Table Tennis Federation World Tour and World Tour Platinum events, with only two major tournaments expected to

FAN Zhendong (CHN). 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Men's Singles 1/4 finals , Olympic Sport Center, Zhengzhou 2019/12/14.
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FAN Zhendong (CHN). 2019 ITTF World Tour Grand Finals Men's Singles 1/4 finals , Olympic Sport Center, Zhengzhou 2019/12/14.

What you need to know about the new table tennis season as World Table Tennis makes debut

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is relaxing in the confines of his Chennai home, where he has just returned after winning a silver medal in the men’s doubles of the Hungarian Open, alongside Indian table tennis veteran Achanta Sharath Kamal.
The duo had run through opponents in the qualifying rounds and the quarter-final

India's G Sathiyan confirmed that he will play the Qatar Open next week but will sit out of Oman after that. Photo: ITTF

Virat Kohli’s aggression is a playing trait that binds Chirag Shetty, Yuki Bhambri and G Sathiyan. Photo: ITTF

I won’t wear myself out in an Olympic year: Sathiyan Gnanasekaran.

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran is helping put Indian table tennis on the world map.
The paddler from Chennai created history a few months back after he became the first Indian men’s singles player to break into the world’s top 25 rankings. Sathiyan, however, believes that this new landmark is just the start

Sathiyan Gnanasekaran gleaned some useful insight on how to play in Japan.

Table tennis star Sathiyan Gnanasekaran bullish about his future

Tomokazu Harimoto has been called many things...
The Japanese prodigy has even been dubbed the Mozart of table tennis.
And while most 15-year-olds are worrying about school exams, Harimoto has medals at the ITTF World Championships in Budapest and Tokyo 2020 on his mind.
Ranked four in the world, the

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Japanese prodigy Tomokazu Harimoto sets his sights on the top

Japan is looking to wow the world at Tokyo 2020.
The Japanese capital will be hosting its second Summer Olympics, from 24 July to 9 August, 56 years after having organised the Olympic Games for the first time.
Tokyo 2020 has promised to deliver "the most innovative Games ever organised."

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From Naomi Osaka to Kohei Uchimura: Twelve Japanese superstars to look out for at Tokyo 2020

Of all the star names taking part at the Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Tomokazu Harimoto is perhaps the biggest of them all.
At only 15 years old, the Japanese already has the world at his talented fingertips.
The table tennis star sprung to global fame last year, by becoming

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Wang Chuqin and Wang Manyu took very different paths to glory at the 2024 WTT Finals on Sunday (24 November).
Men's table tennis world number one Wang overpowered Harimoto Tomokazu to claim his third consecutive season-ending crown, winning 4-0 (11-2, 11-8, 11-7, 11-5) in just 29 minutes.
Having dropped just

Wang Chuqin eased past Harimoto Tomokazu in Fukuoka to complete a hat-trick of WTT Finals triumphs

Wang Chuqin and Wang Manyu claim WTT Finals titles

The table tennis season comes to its conclusion this week as 16 of the season's best men's and women's singles players and top eight doubles pairings battle for the WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024 in Kitakyushu, Japan, from 20-24 November.
Over five days, the 16 players in each singles category and

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Table tennis WTT Finals Fukuoka 2024: Preview, schedule, how to watch

For his second Olympic Games, Harimoto Tomokazu will have a role other than an athlete.
Big brother. And he can’t wait.
“I’ve been longing for us to compete as siblings,” Harimoto told reporters last week, after the Japan Table Tennis Association handed out Paris 2024 quota to three men and

Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan participates in a training in Tokyo on February 8, 2024. Harimoto has qualified for the Paris Olympics.( The Yomiuri Shimbun )

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From golden child to big brother, Japanese paddler Harimoto Tomokazu eyes medals in Paris with a certain new team-mate

For the first time ever, table tennis players will play in a major mixed team event as the International Table Tennis Federation celebrates its inaugural Mixed Team World Cup from 4–10 December 2023.
Chengdu in the People's Republic of China will welcome the world's top 18 teams to compete in

Men's Teams  -  Finals , 2022 ITTF World Team Championships Finals Presented by China Telecom, Chengdu High-tech Sports Centre.Chengdu, China. 30 Sep - 9 Oct 2022.

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ITTF Mixed Team World Cup 2023 ultimate guide: What is it, preview, schedule, how to watch live

The ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2023 in Durban reached the business end of the prestigious tournament where the best paddlers battle it out in singles and doubles events.
The People’s Republic of China looks set to assert their dominance at the championships with an eye on winning all

Singles - Round of 32, 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals, 20 May - 28 May 2023, ICC Durban, Durban, South Africa

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ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2023 results

Japan's fourth seed Harimoto Tomokazu has booked himself into the round of 32 at the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2023 in Durban, South Africa.
The 19-year-old saw off Portugal's Marcos Freitas in straight games 4–0 (12–10, 11–8, 11–9, 12–10) in Durban on Tuesday (23 May), on a day

Singles Round of 64 - Singapore Smash 2023 , Singapore, Singapore Sports Hub, Singapore, 7 Mar - 19 Mar 2023

Harimoto Tomokazu at Singapore Smash 2023

Harimoto Tomokazu through to last 32 at ITTF World Championships Finals; Simon Gauzy suffers upset

The 2023 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals take place in Durban, South Africa, from 20–28 May, with the same question on everyone's lips: will paddlers from the People's Republic of China continue their dominance of the sport?
Chinese athletes have won the singles world titles at every edition since

Fan Zhendong holds the championship trophy after winning the men's singles final at the 2021 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships in Houston, Texas.

ITTF World Table Tennis Championships Finals 2023: Preview, schedule, how to watch live action from Durban

Bold statements tend to catch the attention. Now that Hugo Calderano has yours, let him explain. The world number five table tennis player from Brazil is aware of the mammoth task that awaits anyone trying to stop the juggernaut that is China's national table tennis programme, but says there has

SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - DECEMBER 06: Hugo Calderano of Brazil plays a backhand against Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan during their Men's Singles semifinal match on day three of the WTT Cup Finals Singapore at OCBC Arena on December 06, 2021 in Singapore. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)

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Hugo Calderano: "I can be better than the Chinese" table tennis players

Can anyone dethrone China this year? That's the big question at the 2022 ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals, which take place from 30 September to 9 October in the southwestern Chinese city of Chengdu.
It's the long-awaited return of the World Team Championships, after the 2020 edition was

SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - MARCH 20: Ma Long of China celebrates a point against compatriot Fan Zhendong in their men's singles final match during the WTT Singapore Smash at OCBC Arena on March 20, 2022 in Singapore. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)

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ITTF World Team Table Tennis Championships Finals 2022: Preview, top athletes, and how to watch

The revolution in table tennis is here.
After a delay due to the pandemic, which limited the extent of the new World Table Tennis (WTT) structure during 2021, the inaugural WTT Grand Smash has landed and is ready to shake up the sport.
From 11–20 March, the world's top players

SINGAPORE, SINGAPORE - DECEMBER 07: Fan Zhendong of China serves against Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan during their Men's Singles final match on day four of the WTT Cup Finals Singapore at OCBC Arena on December 07, 2021 in Singapore. (Photo by Yong Teck Lim/Getty Images)

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