Jeff FosterJeff Foster
19th STIGA Masters: Timo Hennaut, the 0-2 comeback, and the limits of reading an U11 talent from a scoreboardThe third game of the Under-11 boys' final at the 19th STIGA Masters ended at...
Redefining Doubles Supremacy: When the Lebrun Brothers Turned Ljubljana into a Laboratory of EnduranceI always begin with a number. Not because I like numbers, but because a numbe...
Night at Stožice and Three Sediment Layers: When European Table Tennis Changed Hands in LjubljanaArena Stožice, Ljubljana. Friday night. The scoreboard shows the same number...
Ljubljana: Four Winning Mechanisms and an Under-Priced KällbergIn the men's round of 16 in Ljubljana there was one scoreline I had to rewind...
From a Stepped-On Blade in Paris to the Nine Layers of Elite Table Tennis AnalysisOn the night of 31 July 2026, at Arena Paris Sud 4, Wang Chuqin — the top see...
Table Tennis: A Scouting Report With No Data, and the Discipline of Leaving the Blanks EmptyIn February 2026, in a small office in Shenzhen, an eleven-page file landed o...
Ljubljana and Four Ways to Win: the European Round of 16 Reveals a Generation's Geological LayerPatrick Franziska led 10-6 in the third game. Four more points and he would...
Jorgic survives seven-game thriller in Ljubljana as Alexis Lebrun cruises 11-0 and Felix Lebrun reveals fitness concernThe seventh game began, and for the eleven minutes that followed, the arena i...
Beneath the Table Lies a Whole Ecosystem: Excavating the Next Generation of World Table TennisAt two in the morning in a training hall on the edge of Wuhan, a single yello...
Table Tennis Lacks Data, Not Passion: A View from an Editing Room in TokyoIn a small editing room in Tokyo, I rewind a rally that lasted barely three...
Table Tennis in the Olympic Cycle: The Gap Measured in Half-Seconds Between Two Edges of the TableGame five, score 9-9. The player stands behind the baseline, the ball resting...
Alexis Lebrun Returns to Ljubljana: Defending Two Crowns as the HuntedA small detail tucked between the lines of the European Table Tennis Union's...
Alexis Lebrun and Two Crowns in Ljubljana: The Gap Between Linz and the HuntedIn October 2026, in Linz, a 21-year-old French player stepped to the table as...
World Table Tennis and the Depth Race: When Asian Academies Stop Waiting for China to StumbleOne January evening, I sat in a small apartment in Busan, rewinding the tape ...
World Table Tennis 2026: The WTT Points System and the Real Gap Between China and the RestOn January 5, 2026, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) refreshe...
Rankings, Points Defense and the Overlooked Signals in World Table TennisIn the fourth set of the men's singles final at the Paris 2026 Olympics, Fan...
Dissecting World Table Tennis 2026: Nine Data Dimensions and the Blind Spots of the Naked EyeAt the semi-final of the men's singles at a recent WTT Champions event, the...
Istanbul 2027: Four Mixed Team Places, One Olympic Ticket and Europe's Selection PuzzleOn 3 February 2027, the European Team Table Tennis Championships open in...
Table Tennis and the Empty-Report Trap: When an Analyst Is Forced to Say 'Insufficient Data'In October 2026, at the Table Tennis World Cup held in Yangzhou, a 40mm plast...
World Table Tennis: China Dominates, the Rest Is Measuring the GapsParis, August 4, 2026. When Fan Zhendong struck the decisive backhand into...
Redefining Doubles Supremacy: When the Lebrun Brothers Turned Ljubljana into a Laboratory of EnduranceI always begin with a number. Not because I like numbers, but because a numbe...
Night at Stožice and Three Sediment Layers: When European Table Tennis Changed Hands in LjubljanaArena Stožice, Ljubljana. Friday night. The scoreboard shows the same number...
Ljubljana: Four Winning Mechanisms and an Under-Priced KällbergIn the men's round of 16 in Ljubljana there was one scoreline I had to rewind...
From a Stepped-On Blade in Paris to the Nine Layers of Elite Table Tennis AnalysisOn the night of 31 July 2026, at Arena Paris Sud 4, Wang Chuqin — the top see...
Table Tennis: A Scouting Report With No Data, and the Discipline of Leaving the Blanks EmptyIn February 2026, in a small office in Shenzhen, an eleven-page file landed o...
Ljubljana and Four Ways to Win: the European Round of 16 Reveals a Generation's Geological LayerPatrick Franziska led 10-6 in the third game. Four more points and he would...
Jorgic survives seven-game thriller in Ljubljana as Alexis Lebrun cruises 11-0 and Felix Lebrun reveals fitness concernThe seventh game began, and for the eleven minutes that followed, the arena i...
Beneath the Table Lies a Whole Ecosystem: Excavating the Next Generation of World Table TennisAt two in the morning in a training hall on the edge of Wuhan, a single yello...
Table Tennis Lacks Data, Not Passion: A View from an Editing Room in TokyoIn a small editing room in Tokyo, I rewind a rally that lasted barely three...
Table Tennis in the Olympic Cycle: The Gap Measured in Half-Seconds Between Two Edges of the TableGame five, score 9-9. The player stands behind the baseline, the ball resting...
Alexis Lebrun Returns to Ljubljana: Defending Two Crowns as the HuntedA small detail tucked between the lines of the European Table Tennis Union's...
Alexis Lebrun and Two Crowns in Ljubljana: The Gap Between Linz and the HuntedIn October 2026, in Linz, a 21-year-old French player stepped to the table as...
World Table Tennis and the Depth Race: When Asian Academies Stop Waiting for China to StumbleOne January evening, I sat in a small apartment in Busan, rewinding the tape ...
World Table Tennis 2026: The WTT Points System and the Real Gap Between China and the RestOn January 5, 2026, the International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) refreshe...
Rankings, Points Defense and the Overlooked Signals in World Table TennisIn the fourth set of the men's singles final at the Paris 2026 Olympics, Fan...
Dissecting World Table Tennis 2026: Nine Data Dimensions and the Blind Spots of the Naked EyeAt the semi-final of the men's singles at a recent WTT Champions event, the...
Istanbul 2027: Four Mixed Team Places, One Olympic Ticket and Europe's Selection PuzzleOn 3 February 2027, the European Team Table Tennis Championships open in...
Table Tennis and the Empty-Report Trap: When an Analyst Is Forced to Say 'Insufficient Data'In October 2026, at the Table Tennis World Cup held in Yangzhou, a 40mm plast...
World Table Tennis: China Dominates, the Rest Is Measuring the GapsParis, August 4, 2026. When Fan Zhendong struck the decisive backhand into...
