Much like how a tennis match is a best of 5 sets, a table tennis match will be a best of 7 of these games to 11. Service alternates 2 serves each (not 5!). If the score reaches 10-10, this is a deuce.

Members of the Olympic team say that though table tennis has long enjoyed popularity around the world, particularly in Asia, it continues to lack the respect and interest that basketball and other ...

Fifty years ago, the simple game of table tennis helped mend the frayed relationship between China and the U.S. Today, the game that gave rise to “ping pong diplomacy” is still played by ...