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Reigning Commonwealth Games champion India, Kenya, Uganda, Benin Republic, Togo, South Africa and hosts Nigeria top the list of African countries billed to compete at this year’s Valuejet ITTF Lagos Para Open.

He produced an impressive performance.

A mouth-watering entry for the ITTF Montenegro Para Championships 2023 is the order of proceedings for the four-day tournament commencing on Thursday 4th May; factor 20 for world ranking, One name stands above all other; that of China, a first appearance of the year; overall, 18 men and the same number of women will represent […]

The host nation’s Thiago Gomes and Joyce Oliveira won the first titles to be decided at the ITTF Brazilian Para Open in São Paulo on Friday 7th October. In events administered on an all-play-all basis, Thiago Gomes secured gold in men’s singles class 11. Consistently good form, he finished ahead of colleagues Lucas Hansen and […]

An all-British final in men’s singles class 8 was the highlight at the ITTF Greek Para Open in Argostoli on Saturday 1st October, Aaron McKibbin beating Billy Shilton. Meanwhile, Commonwealth champions Jack Hunter-Spivey (men’s class 5) and Joshua Stacey (men’s class 9) together with Fliss Pickard (women’s class 6-7) all took gold in their respective […]

First staged in 2019, Lahti is the host for the 2022 Finland Para Open, play commencing on Friday 9th September. Notable names return from the inaugural edition, players intent on repeating the success of three years earlier. In the men’s singles events, Chinese Taipei’s Cheng Ming-Chih, defends his class 5 title as does Sweden’s Niklas […]

Korea Republic’s Jung Younga emerged the most successful player, when proceedings closed on Sunday 11th September, at the ITTF Finland Para Open in Lahti; she claimed the maximum possible, three titles. Bronze medallist at both the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and five years later in Tokyo, the 43-year-old displayed her high quality. After emerging successful […]

Competition intense, a Factor 40 tournament and thus valuable World ranking points at stake, no quarter was asked, no quarter was given on the opening day of play, Monday 18th July, at the ITTF Thailand Para Open in Pattaya. In the men’s singles wheelchair classes, players from the Korea Republic were very much in evidence. […]

Gold medallist at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, on Saturday 14th May, Ukraine’s Maryna Lytovchenko emerged the most successful player on duty at the ITTF Slovenia Para Open 2022 in Lasko. The 30-year-old from Kyiv completed a clean sweep and in doing so became the first player to secure all three available titles at the […]