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Fan Zhendong

(樊振東)

Fan Zhendong
Fan Zhendong
樊振東
The latest news on Fan Zhendong, Chinese professional table tennis player, including table tennis news and updates.
last updated:
4 December, 2024
China Olympic champions Fan Zhendong, left, and Chen Meng, right, have withdrawn from the International Table Tennis Federation rankings. Photo: Xinhua
ITTF

China Olympic champions Fan, Chen stun table tennis fans with ‘retirement’ posts

The duo, separately, say their decisions to step away are due to rules fines will be imposed for missing international tournaments.

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China’s Fan Zhendong pleads for privacy after supporters mob him at hotel

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Games: China table tennis legend Ma Long drops quit hint after sixth gold

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Fan spins, slices and smashes way to first singles gold at Paris Olympics

Fan Zhendong shows strength of mind as well as skill to add men’s title to ones secured at World Championships and World Cup, sealing grand slam.

China’s Fan Zhendong poses with his gold medal. Photo: Reuters
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Fan Zhendong praised on Chinese social as Olympic gold seals career grand slam

Fan Zhendong beats Sweden’s Truls Moregard 4-1 to claim first men’s singles title in Paris

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Paris Olympics: Lyles wins men’s 100m after Djokovic, Fan golds – as it happened

Victory over Carlos Alcaraz gives Novak Djokovic the one prize he had never won, and Chinese Taipei retain badminton men’s doubles title.

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Not such a lazy Sunday in Paris: 5 things to know for day 9 at the Olympics

The rivalry between Novak Djokovic and Carlos Alcaraz is a good appetiser to the first among equals of Olympic events, the men’s 100m.

Noah Lyles (centre) is among the ones to watch in the men’s 100m final later today. Photo: AP
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Day of medals for China, while badminton, table tennis doubles beckon in Paris

Shooter Zhang Qiongyue wins bronze, while Long Daoyi and Wang Zongyuan pick up country’s fourth diving gold.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

While you were sleeping: 5 things to know after drama for Zhang, Fan at Olympics

Fan Zhendong risked exiting men’s table tennis and leaving China without a medal, while Zhang Yufei faced Summer McIntosh in 200m butterfly.

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Paris 2024 Olympic Games

China’s Wang Chuqin refuses to blame shock table tennis loss on damaged paddle

World No 1’s defeat in the round of 32 means China will not win gold and silver in men’s singles for first time since 2004.

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Wang Chuqin has been knocked out in the round of 32 in the men’s singles. Photo: Xinhua
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Hongkongers urged to become 7 million-strong ‘cheerleading team’ for city’s Olympians

Vivian Kong leads the charge for Hong Kong delegation, with Cheung Ka-long and Siobhan Haughey also chasing medals in first five days.

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Tourists pose for photos with the Olympic rings in Paris ahead of the opening ceremony. Photo: Kyodo
Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Hong Kong mixed doubles pair’s Paris draw leaves coach Li smiling but cautious

Wong Chun-ting and Doo Hoi-kem have been placed in the lower half of the draw, away from top seeds Wong Chuqin and Sun Yingsha of China.

Paris 2024 Olympic Games

Ma gets shot at sixth gold, but no individual glory awaits table tennis star in Paris

Ma Long will miss out on the chance to win a third straight singles title, but is in the team tournament for the Olympics.

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Taylor Swift blamed for China ping pong champion losing world title

A champion Chinese table tennis player who lost a vitally important game that could have propelled him to the world number one spot, has been accused of not focusing on training by going to a Taylor Swift concert instead.

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A top table tennis player in China has faced online criticism for “slacking” after he went to a Taylor Swift concert in Singapore before taking part in and crashing out of a major tournament in the Lion City. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo/Baidu/Douyin
Asian Games 2023

Hong Kong ahead of India in medal table, golfer Kho on top – Asian Games latest

Hong Kong’s women have reached the final of their squash tournament, while the city’s fencers lose to Kazakhstan in men’s team épée semi-final but pick up bronze.

ITTF

World table tennis medal in bag for Hong Kong duo, but which colour will it be?

Wong Chun-ting and Doo Hoi-kem to meet top seeds Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha of China in the semi-finals, aiming to improve on their bronzes at the 2015 and 2017 editions.

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‘I beg you to respect me’: fan steals underwear of world No 1 table tennis player

China’s leading table tennis player and current men’s singles world No 1 Fan Zhendong reports hotel break-in to police and issues a public plea for fans to respect his privacy.

China’s top table tennis player Fan Zhendong has begged supporters to respect his privacy after a female fan broke into his hotel room. Photo: SCMP composite
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China replicates Olympics ‘closed loop’ as thousands gather for table tennis

Sport’s world team championships start on Friday in Chengdu, which until recently was under lockdown and was rattled by an earthquake earlier this month.

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Could table tennis conquer the US? This man might be the key

Table tennis, or ping pong, is just a bit of fun for most Americans, but one commentator, whose verbal showmanship at the 2020 Olympics helped capture a new breed of fan, could change that.

ITTF

China’s Chen reclaims world No 1 spot, Fan extends lead after Singapore Smash

Fan Zhendong continues his super men’s form to leapfrog the reigning Olympic champion Ma Long, while Chen Meng takes top spot from Sun Yingsha as the women’s title changes hands yet again.

Fan Zhendong (left) and Chen Meng of China after winning in the men’s and women’s singles finals at the WTT Singapore Smash 2022 in Singapore. Photo: Xinhua
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Hong Kong pair march into mixed doubles semi-finals at Singapore Smash

Wong Chun-ting and Doo Hoi-kem cruise into last four with 3-0 win over Japan’s Tomokazu Harimoto and Hina Hayata, who were runners up at the World Championships last November.

Wong Chun-ting crashed out of the Singapore Smash after losing to Patrick Franziska of Germany in the singles round of 32. Photo: World Table Tennis
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Hong Kong’s Wong Chun-ting ‘dominant’ in Singapore Smash knockouts

Top men’s paddler Wong Chun-ting impresses to go through to round of 32, but teammate Minnie Soo Wai-yam crashes out.

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Hong Kong to send all top table tennis players to Singapore Smash

Players need to consolidate world rankings ahead of Asian Games in Hangzhou in September, with Singapore event one of last remaining chances to secure points.

Hong Kong’s Olympic medal winning trio - Doo Hoi-kem, Lee Ho-ching and Minnie Soo Wai-yam (from left) will be featured in the inaugural Singapore Smash. Photo: AFP
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