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TheHistoryofTableTennis

Likemanyothersports,tabletennisbeganasamildsocialdiversion.Descending,alongwithlawntennisandbadminton,fromtheancientmedievalgameoftennis.ItwaspopularinEnglandinthesecondhalfofthenineteenthcenturyunderitspresentnameandvarioustradenamessuchasGossimaandWhiff-Whaff.AfterthenamePing-Pong(animitationofthesoundmadebytheballstrikingthetableandthevellumbatsthatwereused)wasintroducedbyJ.Jaques&Son,thegamebecameafashionablecraze.

ThegamewaspopularinCentralEuropein1905-10,andevenbeforethisisamodifiedversionhadbeenintroducedtoJapan,whereitlaterspreadtoChinaandKorea.AfteraperiodwhenithaddroppedoutoffavorinEurope,thegamewasrevivedinEnglandandWalesintheearlytwenties.bythattime'Ping-Pong'hadbeenregisteredasatrademark,sotheearliernameoftabletenniswasre-introduced.Nationalassociationswereformedandstandardizationoftherulesbegan,bothinEuropeandtheFarEast.Then,overthenextsixtyyears,tabletennisdevelopedintoamajorworldwidesport,playedbyperhapsthirtymillioncompetitiveplayersandbyuncountablemillionswhoplaylessseriously.However,thegameitselfhasnotchangedinessencesinceitsearliestdays,thoughitisfaster,moresubtleandmoredemandingthanitwasevenonlytwentyyearsago.

Ping-pongDiplomacy

OneofthefirstpublichintsofimprovedU.S.-ChinarelationscameonApril6,1971,whentheAmericanPing-Pongteam,inJapanforthe31stWorldTableTennisChampionship,receivedasurpriseinvitationfromtheirChinesecolleaguesforanall-expensepaidvisittothePeople'sRepublic.TimemagazinecalleditThepingheardroundtheworld.OnApril10,nineplayers,fourofficials,andtwospousessteppedacrossabridgefromHongKongtotheChinesemainland,usheringinaneraofPing-Pongdiplomacy.TheywerethefirstgroupofAmericansallowedintoChinasincetheCommunisttakeoverin1949.

Invariousping-ponggames,themostfamousistheworldchampionshipcompetition,whichwasheldonceayearatthebeginning,now,itisheldtwiceayeareversince1957.

In1904,ashanghaishopkeepercalledWangDaoWU,brought10setsoftabletennistoolshome,thegamewasthereinintroducedtochina.