I got the chance to play 4-time Olympic Medalist, World Cup winner, and recent World #1 Dimitrij Ovtcharov 7 years back this weekend. I was happy to give him his toughest match at the 2013 LA Open losing 3-1. Ovtcharov had just won 2 medals at the 2012 London Olympics. Thus he was ranked top 5 in the world at the time. Here are highlights:
Dimitrij Ovtcharov defeats Shashin Shodhan 3-1 in the prelims of the 2013 LA Open.
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2024 Fremont Butterfly February Open Tournament
The first tournament of 2024 took place this past weekend, Feb 2-4, at Fremont Table Tennis Academy with players from throughout Northern California battling for bragging rights and trophies and medals! Players battled in rating events, junior events, Open Doubles, Open Singles, and a seniors event. The players to win multiple events were Tanishq Dhavali (Under 2200, Under 1900, Juniors 18 Years and Under), Frank (Dewei) Sun (Under 1600, Seniors 50+ Years), and Atharva Arvind (Under 700, Under 400)….