We are excited to share a transcript of an exclusive interview with Stellan Bengtsson on his experience coaching Truls Möregårdh to the 2021 World Table Tennis Championship Men’s Singles Finals. Some of Bengtsson’s other achievments include coaching Jörgen Persson to the 1991 World Championship Men’s Singles gold medal and winning the 1971 World Championship Men’s Singles gold medal. Bengtsson now lives in San Diego, California, where he is the head coach at After School Learning Tree (ASLT) Table Tennis. When did you find out you were going to the World Championships, and how did you prepare ..read more

Before the women’s singles finals at the 2021 World Championships, Chinese National Team member Zhou Yu predicted that the since Wang Manyu and Sun Yingsha were very evenly matched, the result would ultimately come down to a psychological battle. In this post we list several key psychological moments that Zhou identified in the women’s singles finals of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships. A much more detailed breakdown of the match and the link to the original match can be found here. After initially trailing 10-6 in the first game, Sun Yingsha went for a wide cross-court forehand flic ..read more

In this post we take a look at key tactics and stylistic match-ups that allowed Wang Manyu to defeat Sun Yingsha 4-2 (11-13, 11-7, 6-11, 11-6, 11-8, 17-15) in the women’s singles finals of the 2021 World Table Tennis Championships. This post is almost entirely based off of the live TV commentary of Chinese National Team member Zhou Yu. Full video of the match can be watched here. Sun and Wang are two of the premier members of the Chinese National Team and won a women’s doubles gold medal together earlier in the day. As a result, the two are deeply familiar with each other’s game, and Zhou beli ..read more

Lily Zhang’s mother recently conducted an interview with Chinese media. We provide a translation below. Who gave Lily her Chinese name [Zhang An]? Is she named after Xi’An [the city that Lily’s parents are from]? Lily was born in the United States, but we didn’t want her to forget China or Xi’An, so we added “An” to her name. Her English name is Lily Ann Zhang, which also contains “An.” This word also has special meaning to us. Does Lily go to Xi’An a lot? When she was small we used to send her to Xi’An for summer vacation every year. Now that she’s grown up, sometimes when she goes to China f ..read more

Note: Edges and Nets will no longer publish live table tennis coverage (e.g. news, recaps, results, and post-game comments) on this blog. Please follow us on Instagram for our live coverage instead. However, we will still post results upon completion of select tournaments and occasionally post longer-form articles such as interviews or analysis on this blog. Men’s Singles Women’s Singles The post WTT Singapore Cup Finals Results appeared first on Edges And Nets. Related posts: World Table Tennis Championships Women’s Singles Draw and Results Mattias Falck Interview With European Youth Table ..read more

The draw for the top 16 seeds for the women’s singles event in the World Table Tennis Championships is posted below. Please note that the draw below is NOT the round of 16, as all the players below must win the preliminary rounds first. The full preliminary draw can be found here. (Click here for a zoomed in image if you are on mobile). The women’s singles draw is far more balanced in favor of China compared to the men’s singles draw, as China can conceivably sweep the semi-finals positions. The most precarious semi-final spot for China would be Wang Yidi‘s spot, as she needs to advance past ..read more

The draw for the top 16 seeds for the men’s singles event in the World Table Tennis Championships is posted below. Please note that the draw below is NOT the round of 16, as all the players below must win the preliminary rounds first. The full preliminary draw can be found here. (Click here for a zoomed in image if you are on mobile). Biggest Losers in the Draw The biggest thing that jumps out from this draw is that the four strongest Chinese players are all on the same half of the draw. The draw is an absolute bloodbath for Wang Chuqin in particular as he may have to face Fan Zhendong, Lin Ga ..read more

Timo Boll briefly spoke to German media on his physical condition and his thoughts on the Chinese National Team as the World Championships approach at the end of the month. Some notable quotes: On his physical condition “At the moment the body is working. That is the most important thing. If it stays that way until the World Cup, I have the confidence to do something.” “The level is now so close. You can’t allow yourself to be weak. You have to see that you play well yourself. Then everything is possible for me – from the medal to the final round.” “If you move to the limit, there is always th ..read more

Draws and results for the main draw of the men’s singles event at WTT Contender Novo Mesto 2021, held in Laško, Slovenia from November 8 to November 14.. Results will be updated after the completion of each round. The numbers in parentheses are the number of world ranking points each player has. One of the bigger storylines of this event is seeing whether top seed Lin Gaoyuan can win the title and secure the second seed for himself at the World Championships. Follow our Instagram for hi-lights and key moments of select matches. The post WTT Contender Novo Mesto 2021 Draws and Results appeared ..read more

WTT will be holding two WTT Contender events these next two weeks in Laško, Slovenia, and Lin Gaoyuan has the most at stake. This tournament is China’s first appearance in 2021 other than the Olympics, and Lin Gaoyuan has the chance to make up for some badly needed ranking points that he has missed out on so far this year. The seedings on the World Championships tournament homepage appear to be incorrect, and we will instead base out seeding projections on the most recent world ranking list, which has not yet accounted for the results at WTT Tunis. Based on these rankings, the top ten seeds in ..read more