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July/August 2013 USATable tennis 2013 Open Champ Wang Zhen CONTENTS PUBLISHER: USA Table Tennis USA Table Tennis Magazine 4065 Sinton Road, Suite 120 VOLUME 84, NUMBER 4 Colorado Springs, CO 80907 FEATURES 2013 US Open and Americas Challenge .................................................... 14 (with articles by Richard McAfee, Ian Marshall, and Steve Hopkins) Full Results .............................................................................................. 35 2013 Hopes Week ........................................................................................... 38 Olympic Day ............................................................................................... 39 Ladies First ................................................................................................ 42 Tim Boggan Hall of Fame Profile ............................................................ 70 Bobrow ....................................................................................................... 71 Baltimore Orioles Visit MDTTC by Larry Hodges ................................. 72 COACHING Zoran Primorac Interview by Wei Wang ................................................. 44 Learning to Counterloop by Larry Hodges .............................................. 46 Tips of the Month by Carl Danner ............................................................ 48 Junk Yard by Richard Burnside ................................................................ 49 Tournaments Local and National Tournamnets ............................................................ 52 USATT AND OTHER NEWS Editors ........................................................................................................ 8 CEO Report ............................................................................................... 10 USATT Annual Giving Campaign ........................................................... 12 USATT National Rankings ..................................................................... 62 USATT Ratings ....................................................................................... 64 USATT Tournament Schedule ................................................................ 69 In Memoriam: Mel Eisner ........................................................................ 76 In Memoriam: Peggy McLean Foulke .................................................... 77 ON THE COVER: 2013 Open Champion Eugene Wang photo by Steve Hopkins This page: Adam Hugh at the 2013 US Open photo by Steve Hopkins Official Sponsors: USA Table Tennis Magazine (USPS 942-000) (ISSN 1089-1870) is published bi-monthly at Colorado Springs, CO and is the official magazine of USA Table Tables Balls Apparel Tennis (USATT), a Class “A” member of the US Olympic Committee. 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All rights reserved. is available at www.usatt.org/magazine 4 USA TABLE TENNIS MAGAZINE • Jul/Aug 2013 Stellan Bengtsson Stellan Bengtsson: 1971 Men’s Singles World Champion and holder Balsa-C of 67 International Titles including the 1973 World’s Doubles and Team Championships, and 7 European Balsa + Carbon Championships. He and wife Angie reside in San Diego, Calif., where they are involved in coaching and developing with Great players. He is proudly sponsored by, and Feeling! uses JUIC equipment exclusively! Made with a thick balsa core and two layers of carbon, this blade is 10mm thick and light in weight. It’s fast, with great feeling and touch. Stellan Bengtsson, former World Champ and full-time coach, said, “My Balsa-C blade is very fast but I can still feel the ball. The ball gets a great arc and I can create good spin. Unlike some balsa blades, the feeling is very solid. Blocking is fast and with great control. The light weight makes it easy to have fast arm speed and it is good in the changes from BH to FH. I am very proud to have my name on this racket. Good job, JUIC!” Handle FL, ST / Wt 75 / Plies 3W, 2C / Item SJBEC Class: OFF- Speed: 88 Control: 69 Blade Price: $93.95 Stellan Bengtsson Alpha PaddlePalace.com 800-547-5891 Carbon+Kevlar in a Stunning Blade! Awesome! JUIC blade designed and used by former World Champion Stellan Bengtsson (“71). This ALL+ allround blade is medium in weight, fast allround in speed, with 5 plies wood and two layers of carbokev (carbon/kevlar). It has very Paddle Palace: little vibration and a fantastic, huge sweet spot. Excellent North American for virtually all players. To have success in table tennis at any Sole Distributor level, you need a bladewith amazing touch and consistant for JUIC performance. This blade delivers! Handle FL, ST / Wt 85 / Plies 5W, 2C / Item SJBEA Class: ALL+ Speed: 82 Control: 76 Blade Price: $78.95 USATT Magazine • http://usatt.org/magazine 5 usatt_PPads_sept_oct_2012.indd 5 8/22/2012 3:12:15 PM PaddlePalace.com b 800-547-5891 For owners manuals and details go to PaddlePalace.com or call 800-547-5891 PADDLE PALACE H2W TOUCH PRO ROBOT The Most Versatile High-Tech Robot + Easy to Use! The H2W Touch Pro can shoot di erent spins on consecu- tive shots, and it can shoot short or long balls for a total of 22 possible landing spots on the table. Choose from 30 pre-pro- grammed ball sequences or program your own. Save up to 9 of your own sequences. The LCD Touch Screen makes the H2W Touch Pro very easy to operate! $ 95 LCD Touch Screen! 1795 Operation and programming of all Item OPVH2 functions of the robot is very easy with the Touch Screen. Spin Indicator! Spin Indicator panel on the ro- bot shows you the spin for each ball before it shoots. ROBOT COMPARISON CHART All of these great robots are available NOW at Paddle Palace! Brand Newgy Newgy Newgy Paddle Palace Newgy Paddle Palace Newgy Paddle Palace Paddle Palace Model 540 1040 1050 Table Top Pro 2040 A32W PRO 2050 S4W Pro H2W Touch Pro Price $229.00 $295.00 $495.00 $449.95 $695.00 $795.95 $895.00 $1,499.95 $1,795.95 # of Throw Wheels 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 Ball Recycling System No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Rolls from table No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Oscillation R R P C & R R C & R P P P Serve & Volley Sequences No No No No No No No Yes No PaddlePalace.com Topspin/Underspin Sequences No No No No No No No Yes Yes 800-547-5891 LCD Touch Screen No No No No No No No No Yes Spin Indicator No No No No No No No No Yes Max ball speed 70mph 70mph 70mph 65mph 70mph 90mph 70mph 110mph 110mph Balls included 48 48 48 48 48 120 48 120 120 Free shipping No No No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes THROW WHEELS - One, Two, or Four? as the widest angles. With Random Oscillation, where the ball TOPSPIN & UNDERSPIN SEQUENCE Robots with one throw wheel can shoot topspin, underspin, and sidespin. lands depends on the frequency and speed settings you have The robot can shoot topspin shots and underspin shots (and other With two throw wheels, the two independently controlled motors make it chosen. Programmable Oscillation is the most versatile. It achieves spins) in consecutive shots in the same sequence. possible for independent spin and speed settings. This results in a great range everything Controlled and Random Oscillation does, plus you LCD TOUCH SCREEN of spin options – light to heavy topspin, underspin, or sidespin – or no spin can program sequences of your choice for where the ball lands! The LCD Touch Screen is a very easy and intuitive menu-based shots. Four throw wheels provides the greatest versatility of all, including interface to control all functions of the robot. serve and volley in the same training sequence. SERVE & VOLLEY SEQUENCES The Robot can be set to serve and volley in the same sequence. So, SPIN INDICATOR OSCILLATION - Random (R), Controlled (C), Programmable (P) for example, you can set a sequence to begin with a serve, then The Spin Indicator is located just under the shooting head. Before the Controlled Oscillation means you can set the robot to hit alternately only to shoot volleys to speci c landing spots with spins of your choice ball shoots, it shows you the spin type on next shot: topspin, under- the two widest points in the angle range,