National team selectors omit the trio for ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup in Shenzhen, after their withdrawal from world rankings.

Fan and Chen revealed their decision was prompted by rules set by the ITTF's commercial arm, World Table Tennis (WTT), imposing fines on players who miss its tournaments. Changes to the rules for ...

His comments contradicted a WTT statement the day before that the rules on tournament play had long been in place. Fan, who won both the men's singles and men's team gold medals at the Paris ...

"Withdrawal penalties exist to ensure that tournaments are attractive to fans and commercial partners," added the WTT. The regulations also include the automatic entry of the highest-ranked ...

Of the top 20 players in the men's and women's singles rankings, 19 will take part in the first table tennis major of 2025.

Fan Zhendong admitted on his personal Weibo account on Sunday that he had never been officially informed about the fines for withdrawing from WTT tournaments until last week. "I have just ...

Fan Zhendong and World Table Tennis have clashed over the issue that led the player, and his fellow Chinese Olympic champion Chen Meng, to withdraw from the International Table Tennis Federation ...

In the semifinals, Aruna will face a familiar rival in Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto, the tournament’s top seed. Their last meeting, at the WTT Champions Frankfurt in Germany, ended in Aruna’s ...

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's Kuai Man emerged as the winner in the women's singles event, while top seed Tomokazu Harimoto of Japan lived up to his billing by clinching the men's singles title ...

His comments contradicted a WTT statement the day before that the rules on tournament play had long been in place. Fan, who won both the men's singles and men's team gold medals at the Paris ...