2009 US Open Day 3

(Prachi Jha and Kanak Jha)

(Diane Jiang)

(Michael Sung, Patrick Wu, Nelson Yu, Bruce Liu, Mark Johnson)

Bay Area Players:

• Buffet Open (The most prestigious event at the US Open)
  
• Bruce Liu tied with Mark Johnson - co-winners
  
• 6 buffets (Rio, Paris, Mirage, Hilton, Korean BBQ, and MGM)
• 3 buffets within the first 24 hours. Slowed down due to busy schedule during the tournament. Picked it up at the end!
  
• Men's Singles
  
• Zhang Weijian (Dojo) - quarter-finalist
• Women's Singles
  
• Zheng JiaQi (Dojo) - quarter- finalist
• Men's Doubles
• Stefan Feth (TTGold/TopSpin) - quarter-finalist (w/ Peter Franz)
  
• Women's Doubles
• Jackie Lee/Dora Kurimay (Alameda) - semi-finalist
  
• Zheng JiaQi (Dojo) - quarter-finalist (w/ Mai Gei Jie)
  
• U21 Men's Singles
• Zhang Weijian (Dojo) - finalist
  
• Mohit Verma (ICC, visiting from India) - semi-finalist
• Sourav Saha (ICC, visiting from India) - semi-finalist
• Hailong Shen (ICC) - quarter-finalist
• U21 Women's Singles
• Monika Batra (ICC, visiting from India) - finalist (upset top seed Zhang Mo)
• Ariel Hsing - semi-finalist
• Reeth T Rishya (ICC, visiting from India) - quarter-finalist
• Over 30 Men's Singles
  
• Shashin Shohdan (Fremont) - quarter-finalist
• Over 50 Men's Singles
• Horace Cheng (Tri-Valley) - 8's
  
• Mark Johnson (ICC) - 8's
  
• Over 65
• Hongzhi Chen (Palo Alto) - semi-finalist
• Over 40 Doubles
  
• Michael Sung (ICC)/Joey Hu (Palo Alto) - semi-finalists
• Junior Boys (5 out 8 quarter-finalists!)
  
• Sourav Saha (ICC, visiting from India) - 2nd
  
• Ramesh Venkatraman (ICC, visiting from India) - semi-finalist
  
• Vasanthphillips, Nitin (ICC, visiting from India) - winner
  
• Mohit Verma (ICC, visiting from India) - quarter-finalist
  
• Rajib Sarkar (ICC, visiting from India) - quarter-finalist
• Junior Girls (4 out 8 quarter-finalists!)
• Natalie Sun (TTGold) - winner
  
• Sumanna R. Krishnan (ICC, visiting from India) - semi-finalist
• Ariel Hsing - semi-finalist
• Varshali Prashade (ICC, visiting from India) - quarter-finalist
• Cadet Boys
• Rajib Sarkar (ICC) - either finalist or winner
• Cadet Girls (5 out 8 quarter-finalists!)
• T Reeth Rishya (ICC, visiting from India) - finalist
• Natalie Sun (TTGold) - semi-finalist
• Monika Batra (ICC, visiting from India) - quarter-finalsit
• Vivian Sun (Sunset TTC) - quarter-finalist
• Camila Sil (ICC, visiting from India) - quarter-finalist
• Boys Under 13
• David Zhen (Alameda) - quarter-finalist
• Arjun Desai (Sunset) - semi-finalist
• Girls Under 13 (5 out 8 quarter-finalists!)
• Prachi Jha (Palo Alto) - winner
• Erica Tran (Sunset) - finalist
• Vivian Sun (Sunset) - semi-finalist
• Isabelle Chu (TopSpin) - quarter-finalist
• Diane Jiang - quarter-finalist
• Boys Under 11
• Kanak Jha (Palo Alto) - semi-finalist
• Shivansh Singla (Sunset) - quarter-finalist
• Mathew Tran (Sunset) - quarter-finalist
• Girls Under 11
  
• Diane Jiang - winner
• Vidya Pingali (ICC) - quarter-finalist
• Hannah Tong (Dojo) - quarter-finalist
• Boys Under 9
• Kanak Jha (Palo Alto) - winner
• Howard Tong (Dojo) - semi-finalist
• U2600
• Trevor Runyan (Palo Alto) - quarter-finalist
• U2400
• Shashin Shodhan (Fremont) - winner
• Sean Lee - semi-finalist
  
• Arthur Breton (Alameda) - quarter-finalists
• U2200
• Brian Chen (Palo Alto) - 8's
• Barry Or (ICC) - 8's
• Nelson Yu (ICC) - 8's
• U2050
• Steven Li (ICC) - quarter-finalist
• Johnny Huang (Alameda) - quarter-finalist
• Patrick Wu (ICC) - quarter-finalist
  
• U1900
• David Zeng (Alameda) - quarter-finalist
• U1750
• Terrence Sun (Sunset) - winner
  
• Aarsh Shah (ICC) - 2nd
• Mathew Tran - quarter-finalist
• U1450
• Isabel Chu (TopSpin) - quarter-finalist
• Avinash Nayak (ICC) - quarter-finalist
• U1200
• Larry Yang (Palo Alto) - 2nd
• Avinash Nayak (ICC) - semi-finalist
• U1000
• Srivatsav Tangirala (ICC) - semi-finalist
• Anthony Chu (TopSpin) - quarter-finalist
  
• U4200 Doubles
• Terry Tam/Kenney Mock (SF) - winner
• Nelson Yu/Andrew Tung (ICC) - 2nd
• Michael Sung/Bruce Liu (ICC) - semi-finalist
  
• Hardbat RR
• Trevor Runyan (Palo Alto) - winner
  
• Freddie Gabriel (Alameda) - semi-finalist
  
• Hardbat Doubles
• Bruce Liu (ICC) - 2nd (w/ Larry Hodges)
  
• Hardbat Over 40 Singles
• Robert Palgon (ICC) - quarter-finalist
  
• Hardbat U2000 RR
• Mike Lee (Berkeley) - winner

Let me know if I missed any one.

You may go check it yourself at:
http://www.usatt.org/magazine/2009_Open/draws.htm

US Open Day 2 - Liang DengSheng vs. Chen Weixing

Men's Singles Open
Chen had a hard time playing against Liang!:-)

US Open Day 1 - Breaking News!

(Kenny Mock and Terry Tam)

(Andrew Tung and Nelson Yu)

(Kelly Tung)

Bay Area dominated the U4200 Doubles! Three out of four teams in the semi-final were from the Bay Area. Congratulations to Terry Tam and Kenny Mock who saved two match points in the fifth game in the final.

• U4200
• 1st Terry Tam/Kenny Mock
• 2nd Nelson Yu/Andrew Tung
• Semi-finalist Michael Sung/Bruce Liu, Justin Nguyen/Jasmine Nguyen
  

Your truly also made the final in the Hardbat Open Doubles.:-)

6/28 ICC US Open Warmup Mini Tournament - Result

Click here for individual photo

• Over 1700 Singles
1. Venkatraman, R.
2. Vasanthphillips, Nitin
• Under 1800 Singles
1. Nguyen, James
2. Chhatrapal, Jadeja
• Open Doubles
1. Venkatraman, R. / Rajib, Sarkar
2. Vasanthphillips, Nitin / Mohit, Verma
   
• U3700 Doubles
  
1. 1st: Kushal, Sangtani / Chhatrapal, Jadeja
2. 2nd: Zhao, George / Chung, Peter

6/28 ICC US Open Warmup Mini Tournament

Player list: (Updated daily)
http://www.milpitas-tabletennis.com/ICC_Tournament/06282009.htm

Draws:

• Over 1700 Singles - 37 players and 26 of them over 2000
• Under 1800 Singles - 19 players
• Open Doubles - 15 teams
• U3700 Doubles - 4 teams

• Not a USATT sanctioned tournament. No memberships required and no rating fee. Will NOT affect your rating.
  
• Air-conditioned venue
• Events:

• Open Doubles - 3-way RR, one team advance to the single elimination payoff
• U3700 Doubles - 3-way RR, one team advance to the single elimination payoff
• Over 1700 Singles - 4-way RR, two players advance to the single elimination playoffs
• Under 1800 Singles - 4-way RR, two players advance to the single elimination playoffs
• Player between 1700 to 1800 can choose which singles RR to enter or both. Only one doubles event allowed per player.

• When: Sunday, 6/28/2009
• 10:00 AM - Open Doubles/U3700 Doubles
• 12:00 PM - Over 1700 Singles RR
• 14:00 PM - U1800 Singles RR
• Where: ICC, 1453 N. Milpitas, Blvd. Milpitas, CA
• Entry fee:
• Over 1700 Singles - $15 per player
• U1800 Singles - $15 per player
  
• U3700 Doubles - $20 per team
  
• Open Doubles - $20 per team
  
• Prize:
  
• Over 1700 Singles: 1st $100, 2nd $50
• Under 1800 Singles: 1st one shirt, 2nd one t-shirt
• Open Doubles: 1st $80, 2nd $40 (per team)
• U3700 Doubles: 1st two shirts, 2nd one shirt, one t-shirt

• How to Enter: The entry is closed! Saturday.
  
• Through Paypal to "bliu911@gmail.com" (credit card accepted, no Paypal account needed)
  
• In person at ICC. (by cash or check)
• Please email me your phone number, rating, and USATT ID when you enter.
  
• Rating: The higher of the most recent USATT League rating or Tournament rating will be used for seeding.
  
• Deadline: By noon on Saturday. (6/27)

Email me if you have any question.

Sign up quickly. Space is limited.

All twelve India Junior/Cadet teams members will play. (Singles or doubles or both)

6/20/2009 Tri-Valley Chinese Tournament

(Click above slideshow to see bigger one or each individual photo)

Here is the unofficial partial result. Let me know if I missed any one.

• Open Singles - 1st Hailong Shen, 2nd Avishy Schmidt, 3rd Arthur Breton, 4th Michael Sung
• Open Doulbes - 1st Avishy/Arthur, 2nd Ming Zhng/Wilson, 3rd Nelson/Joey, 4th Michael/Bruce, 5th Mark/Barry and Eric/Thomas
  
• Women's Open - 1st Ariel Hsing, 2nd Sylvan Guo
• U18 Girls - 1st Ariel Hsing, 2nd Sylvan Guo, 3rd Isabel Chu
  
• Open Team - 1st Alameda TTC, 2nd Lawton TTC, 3rd ICC the Incredibles I (Nelson, Joey, Michael, Ming), 4th Tri-Valley TTC
  
• Over 40 Advanced - 4th Sammy Chu
  
• Over 50 - 1st Kock Loe, 2nd Mark Johnson
• Under 40 - 1st Nelson Yu, 2nd Wayne Kuang, 3rd/4th Michael Sung, Steven Li
• Under 10 - 1st Anthony Chu, 2nd Victor Liu
• Under 12 Boys - 2nd Nathaniel Chu, 3rd Anthony Chu
• Under 12 Girls - 1st Isabel Chu, 2nd Diane Jiang
• Intermediate Doubles - 1st Isabel Chu/Nathaniel Chu
• U 40 Intermediate - 3rd Nathaniel Chu
• Advanced Doubles - 1st George Zhao/Aaron Hui, 2nd Barry Or/Jason Huang, 3rd Nathaniel Chu/Sammy Chu
  

Developmental Coach of the Year

(Aashay, Steven, Rajul, Krish, and Aarsh)

Good news keeps happening in Northern California table tennis community! Rajul won the Developmental Coach of the Year!

What? An old news? Gotcha! You probably heard that Rajul won the USATT 2008 Developmental Coach of the Year a few months ago. Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you the 2008 USOC Developmental Coach of the Year - Rajul Sheth!

There is only one DCOY a year among all sports in the US Olympic Committee. To win this award, Rajul had to compete with sports like basketball, swimming, gymnastics, and etc. No one else in table tennis has won this award since the USOC started this award in 1996.

Rajul will be will be presented with his award on June 13 during a luncheon at the 2009 National Coaching Educators' Conference in Pittsburgh. The conference will be held at the Sheraton Station Square and hosted by West Virginia University’s Athletic Coaching Education Department.

Congratulations - not just to Rajul but to the sport of the Table Tennis.

USOC DEVELOPMENTAL COACH OF THE YEAR
1996 Jeff Shaffer, University of Southern California
1997 Dianne Holum, Speedskating
1998 Mike Stafford, Millvale Golden Gloves Gym (Cincinnati)
1999 Tom Healy, Northbrook (Ill.) Speedskating Club
2000 Fred Zimny, Luge (Lake Placid, N.Y.)
2001/02 Mike Eaves, U.S. National Under-18 Hockey Team
2003 Bob Fraley, Fresno State (Calif.) University Track & Field
2004 Dwayne Miller, Norfolk (Va.) Real Deal Track Club
2005 Tammy Gambill, U.S. Figure Skating
2006 Mark Mitchell and Peter Johansson, U.S. Figure Skating
2007 Paul Yetter, USA Swimming
2008 Rajul Sheth, Table Tennis (Milpitas, Calif.)