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China Sweeps All Seven Events
Wang Liqin and Wang Nan Sweep Men's and Women's Events

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USA Women's Team in their stylish new warm-ups from sponsor Stiga: Coach Doru Gheorghe, Virginia Sung, Simone Yang, Tawny Banh, Chang Gao Jun and Jasna Reed. Copyright 2001 by Tong Lee

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Timmy's Talk by Tim Boggan. Tim brings you roughly daily reports, often on the more colorful side of the Worlds.

Diego's Photo Sequences from the Worlds, courtesy of alphatabletennis.com

News

• Wang Liqin Comes Back From Down 2-0 to Win Men's Singles - May 6

• China Wins Women's Doubles - May 6

• Wang Nan Wins Second Straight Women's Singles Title -  May 6

• Women’s Semifinals and Final: A Chinese Sweep - May 5

• Men’s Quarterfinals and Semifinals: A Chinese Sweep - May 5

• Men’s Doubles Final: A Chinese Sweep - May 5

• Mixed Doubles Final - May 5

• 11-Point Scoring System - May 5

• Asian Table Tennis Union Meeting - May 4

• ITTF Council: Gluing, One Minute Breaks and Eligibility - May 2

• Interview with Jorgen Persson - May 1

• USA Singles Draws - April 29

• Complete Worlds Draws - April 29

• China defeats Belgium in Men's Team Final - April 29

• China defeats North Korea in Women's Team Final - April 28

• China and Belgium in Men's Team Final after Belgium upsets Sweden, and China fights off Seven Team Match Points Against South Korea - April 28

• China defeats North Korea in Women's Team Final - April 28

• Sweden, China, Korea and Belgium Emerge Victorious in Men's Quarterfinals - April 27

• China defeats Japan, North Korea defeats South in Women's Semifinals - April 27

• The Classic Hidden Serve, Demonstrated by Netherlands Star Trinko Keen - April 27

• New ITTF Rules: 11-point games and hidden serves to be outlawed - April 26

• Future Worlds: Paris, France and Doha, Qatar - April 26

• Germany Ends USA Women's Ride - April 25

• Women's First Division Draw and Men's First Division Draw is up, as are the Main Draws (top 32) for Men's Singles and Women's Singles - April 24

• USA Women Make First Division By Defeating Slovak - April 24 

• Ruth Aarons and Trude Pritzi Named Co-World Champions for 1937 - April 24

• USA Women Defeat Israel, Move to Knock-out Match with Slovak for First Division - April 24

• ITTF Rules Proposals - banning hidden serves, 11-point games - April 23

• Featured Match: Sweden vs. Belarus - April 23

• Nigeria Defeats USA - April 23

• Interview with USA Team Member Eric Owens - April 22

• For the poetically minded - the lyrics to the Theme Song at the World Championships - April 22

• Team and Draw Format - April 21

• The Lighter Side: a Jan-Ove Waldner-Jorgen Persson Practice Session - April 21

• USA Team Draws - Apr. 13

• Team Draws are Up - Apr. 13

Japanese Children Cheer for USA with homemade American Flags. Copyright 2001 by Larry Hodges

Other Listings

• USA Player & Staff Listing

• ITTF Meeting Schedule (PDF format)

• USA Table Tennis

• ITTF Proposals for AGM meeting at the Worlds

• Complete Results from Official Worlds Page

• Official 46th World Championships site

• Osaka City Home Page

• USA Team Trials for the Worlds

• International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)

• Chung Lau's Table Tennis site - interesting articles on the Worlds