Jezebel: table tennis

Eye On The Ball

Anna — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:10:00 EST

[Vientiane, Laos; December 8. Image via Getty]

Ceria Nilsari Jusma of Indonesia eyes a serve while playing against Nanthana Komwong of Thailand during their women's table tennis first round match at the 25th Southeast Asian Games (SEAGAMES) in Vientiane on December 8, 2009. AFP PHOTO /LIU Jin (Photo credit should read LIU JIN/AFP/Getty Images)

She Did The Monster Smash

Anna — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:10:00 EDT

[Yokohama, Japan; April 30. Image via Getty]

Japanese Sayaka Miharo smashes the ball against Greece's Ekaterina Ntoulaki during their women's singles first round match in the World Table Tennis Championships in Yokohama on April 30, 2009. AFP PHOTO/Toru YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images)

Golden Girls: Fukuhara Ai

Anna — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:50:00 EDT

Fukuhara Ai of Japan serves during her 2008 Beijing Olympic Games women's table tennis single preliminary match against Melek Hu of Turkey in Beijing on August 20, 2008. AFP PHOTO / ISSOUF SANOGO (Photo credit should read ISSOUF SANOGO/AFP/Getty Images)

Half-empty stands for table tennis at the...

Maria — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:40:00 EDT

Half-empty stands for table tennis at the Games in China, the country most obsessed with ping pong, have reportedly motivated the International Table Tennis Federation to sex up its image in hopes of gaining more attention. The ITTF is encouraging female players to wear skirts and shirts "with more curves" to encourage more viewers to watch. With more curves? Like padded shirts? Why aren't the men being encouraged to play topless and in tiny, fitted shorts? And why is a sport more interested in selling the bodies of its (female) players, rather than selling the sport itself? In an age of televised sports, with everyone scrambling for airtime, have we become more interested in what the athletes wear or how much skin they show, rather than how much skill goes into the sport? [Yahoo! Sports]

Golden Girls: Dang Ye Seo

Anna — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:50:00 EDT

South Korea's Dang Ye Seo returns a shot against Spain's Shen Yanfei during the women's team group D table tennis competition at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games on August 13, 2008. AFP PHOTO / TEH Eng Koon (Photo credit should read TEH ENG KOON/AFP/Getty Images)