Table-tennis                           Tennis

Table Tennis(ping-pong) and Tennis are very similar sports as table tennis was originated from tennis that the rules and styles of both sports are very alike. But which one would be more challenging? According to my experience, it seems both sports are very challenging; however, table tennis is a lot easier for people who do not like moving around a lot, but tennis is more favorable to whom feels difficult on controlling their rackets to hit the ball.

Well, there are a lot of differences between these sports that not even the rules are exact; the servings are different, you need to hit your side fist while serving table-tennis when you do not for tennis.

The most obvious difference is the speed of the game that I personally think table-tennis is more interesting thing to play because of its speedy match; about 3 or more times faster than playing tennis. Even it is more interesting to play a doubles for table-tennis than tennis. It may sounds that I am being partial, but it is my final impression from playing both of the games.

 Legends of  table tennis 

Viktor Barna

He is the one of the greatest table Tennis players of all time. Born in August 24, 1911, in Budapest, Hungary and participated in the world championship since 1938, receiving 21 gold medals, 6 silver medals, and 4 bronze medals. Furthermore, He has shown particularly skilled on smashes. In 1962 he published the book Table Tennis Today and in 1971 Your Book of Table Tennis. In 1957 he published the book “How to win at Table Tennis” 


Zhang Yining

Zhang Yining.

Born in 1981 Beijing, China. She joined the Chinese National Team at the age of 14. The interesting fact is that in the last several years, she had always been at the top 3 spots in women’s rankings. Zhang Yining won her first title in the 1998 Malaysian open, claiming both the singles and doubles titles.

Zhang Yining won the 2008 Women’s Singles title at the Volkswagen Open Japan by beating Guo Yan in the semi-final and Li Xiaoxia in the final. She regained her 2009 Women’s Singles title gaining a win against Guo Yue, her national team colleague.

Zhang Yining has been the most successful female player in the 14 year history of the ITTF Pro Tour in singles events, which is a magnificent achievement.

Richard Bergmann

Born on 10 April 1919  in Vienna, Austria; he was regarded as the greatest defensive player in table tennis history.