by Simon Daish

Princess Zeina Rashid of Jordan joins ITTF Foundation Board

There was exciting news surrounding the ITTF Foundation during the week with Her Royal Highness Princess Zeina Rashid of Jordan joining the ITTF Foundation board of members.

A competitor at the Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Princess Zeina Rashid was the flag bearer for her country at the latter event’s opening ceremony and currently sits on the Jordan Olympic Committee as a member of the Board of Directors. You can read the full story here.

Enjoying the free time

What have the stars been up to recently? How about we let the players answer that question themselves with a look at their official Instagram pages.

Mattias Falck has been spending some downtime at the beach:

 

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Swedish summer ☀️🇸🇪

A post shared by Mattias Falck (@mattiasf91) on Aug 8, 2020 at 5:49am PDT

Members of Team Germany reunited for a special BBQ party:

 

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Had a good time at the BBQ Party from our National Coach 🎉🥰🖤 #bbqtime #fun #girls #party #greatnight #dancingqueens #friends 🙌🏼🎉🔥

A post shared by Chantal Mantz (@chantalmantz) on Aug 7, 2020 at 2:26pm PDT

Omar Assar’s putting skills appear to be just a handy as his racket excellence:

 

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🏌️ ⛳️

A post shared by Omar Assar عمر عصر (@omarassar) on Aug 9, 2020 at 6:24am PDT

Yana Noskova paid a visit to the ‘Dream Island’ amusement park in Moscow:

 

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Остров Мечты 😻 Не забывайте мечтать ❤️

A post shared by Yana Noskova (@yana_noskova_) on Aug 8, 2020 at 5:18am PDT

While 2005 World Championships bronze medallist Michael Maze unleashed his wrath to claim victory in his first-ever tennis division contest:

 

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Today I played my first ever division match in tennis- and of course with a win 🤩💪🏻🎾

A post shared by Michael Maze (@maze.michael) on Aug 8, 2020 at 3:36am PDT

Going all out

Regulars to Player Watch will be aware that the pros have been working hard over the past few months, whether it be fitness related drills or time on the table, the stars will be ready when match action returns.

Here’s just a handful of training clips posted by the players over the past week that caught our eye:

 

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힘들어하는 우지니 3탄>< #피칭 #서킷훈련 #미래에셋대우탁구단 #탁구선수 #운동선수 #tabletennis

A post shared by jangwoojin10 (@jangwoojin10) on Aug 7, 2020 at 10:29pm PDT

 

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#SOOpertraining- Agility training The clock is ticking. Are you becoming the person you want to be?💦⚡️ #fast#getyourselfmoving

A post shared by Minnie Soo (@minniesoo) on Aug 8, 2020 at 8:39am PDT

 

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Another great training session today with @arielbarbosa01 🏓️💪 #tabletennis #luxembourg #letsmakeithappen #victas

A post shared by Ni Xia Lian (@nixialianofficial) on Aug 7, 2020 at 1:35pm PDT

 

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Con distancia, pero FIRMES! 🔥🇵🇷 . . . #brianafanador #themagician #puertorico #tabletennis #hardwork

A post shared by Ᏼriαn Afanador, OLY (@briantmpr) on Aug 5, 2020 at 5:25pm PDT

 

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Tough session to end a good week 😈🔥 #tabletennis #Leuven #summervibes #ielwarm #sweatitout

A post shared by Margo Degraef ➵ (@margodegraef) on Aug 7, 2020 at 8:39am PDT

Birthday celebrations and a proposal

Time to celebrate with more birthdays to report from the table tennis stars. This week we pass on our best wishes to Kristian Karlsson, Margaryta Pesotska and Quadri Aruna:

 

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What was your most memorable #TableTennis moment of him??

A post shared by ITTF World (@ittfworld) on Aug 5, 2020 at 10:00pm PDT

 

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Birthday weekend 🥳

A post shared by Margaryta Pesotska (@pesotskamargaryta) on Aug 9, 2020 at 9:34am PDT

 

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Thank you all for those beautiful messages, calls and prayers 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Love you all😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

A post shared by Quadri Aruna (@quadriaruna) on Aug 9, 2020 at 6:34pm PDT

Finally, we have wonderful news of a successful proposal from Simon Gauzy. Congratulations, or rather, Félicitations to the happy couple!

 

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She said YES 🥰❤️💍

A post shared by Simon Gauzy (@simongauzyoff) on Aug 4, 2020 at 10:04am PDT