As a part of the ITTF #RESTART series, the 2020 ITTF Finals is underway from Thursday to Sunday at the Zhengzhou Olympic Sports Center in central China's Henan province.
The ITTF Women's World Cup began last Sunday in Weihai, east China's Shandong province, ending an eight-month hiatus of international table tennis due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
As for its annual general meeting slated for September 28, the ITTF decided that if the World Championships are postponed, the meeting will be conducted online.
Earlier this month, the ITTF was forced to cancel as many as nine tournaments including two World Tour events amid the ongoing health crisis.
The ITTF has suspended all activities until the end of June, while the 2020 World Table Tennis Team Championships have twice been rescheduled and are now slated to be held between September 27 and October 4.
The ITTF Executive Committee met late on Wednesday to discuss the latest situation regarding COVID-19, and reached a couple of key outcomes, including an agreement between major stakeholders, in an effort to ensure the 2020 Busan team worlds are eventually held
The move is relevant to a possible busy schedule in the future as the newly-established World Table Tennis (WTT) plans to have 3 to 4 "Grand Smashes" every year
The ITTF added that the rankings for April 2020 will be evaluated and released as soon as the Executive Committee passes judgement, which is expected to be no later than April 15. Then the rankings will be frozen until paddlers are back to action.
During Wednesday's video conference where all ITTF staff were in attendance, ITTF CEO Steve Dainton underlined the need for all ITTF staff to stick together and make sacrifices to help the sport out of challenge caused by the pandemic
Apart from ITTF events suspension, the ITTF Executive Committee also had proposal of new dates for the 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships to be announced in the coming week.
Mudit Dani will now face Portugal's Marcos Freitas in the round-of-32, while Manush Shah will face a tough challenge from compatriot Achanta Sharath Kamal.
At only 10, M. Hansini is all set to take part in her maiden International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) junior circuit event.
For the second time, New Delhi will host the EC meeting of International Table Tennis Federation.
Sathiyan Gnanasekaran faced a crushing defeat in the round-of-16 of the ongoing ITTF World Cup at the hands of Germany's Timo Bull.
In a match that lasted for more than an hour, Sathiyan beat Simon 4-3 to register his maiden victory over the French paddler.
Payas Jain teamed up with South Korea's Seongil Jang and Sora Matsushima of Japan to win the gold medal at the ITTF World Cadet Challenge.
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