{"id":1397,"date":"2016-05-09T07:27:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-09T11:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/?p=1397"},"modified":"2016-05-09T07:34:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-09T11:34:10","slug":"2016-spring-giantrr-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/2016-spring-giantrr-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Liang Xu won the Knoxville Spring Giant Round Robin Open 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Knoxville Table Tennis Club (KTTC) hosted its first\u00a0tournament in 2016. \u00a0The Knoxville Spring Giant Round Robin was hosted\u00a0on May\u00a07th at the home club of KTTC. \u00a0The tournament uses a format where 36 players are divided into two separate divisions, Upper and Lower division. \u00a0For each division, there are two groups of nine players who battle in a giant round robin format. \u00a0The top two of each group will advance to play a cross-over semi-finals and final.<\/p>\n<p>The format creates more intense competitions for each division and allows the players to play many matches to get their money worth.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Knoxville Spring Giant Round Robin Open 2016\" width=\"605\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cvVYA8LCXfE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1400\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5789-e1462739833860.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1400 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5789-e1462739833860-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5789-e1462739833860-300x270.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5789-e1462739833860-768x692.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5789-e1462739833860-1024x922.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5789-e1462739833860-100x90.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5789-e1462739833860-150x135.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5789-e1462739833860-200x180.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5789-e1462739833860-450x405.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5789-e1462739833860-600x541.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5789-e1462739833860-900x811.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Upper Division 1st Place Liang Xu and 2nd Place John Mar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Players from Georgia and Tennessee\u00a0are competing for a prize money pool of $600 spread among two\u00a0divisions. \u00a0There are quite a few upsets and memorable\u00a0experiences are gained\u00a0by first time tournament players as well as seasoned tournament veterans. \u00a0In the end, Liang Xu (2448 Rating) from Atlanta, GA defeats John Mar (2220 Rating) from Atlanta, GA\u00a03 &#8211; 1 to conclude the Upper division competition.<\/p>\n<p>In the Lower\u00a0division, Gobinath\u00a0Ramaraj from Nashville defeats Michael Fang from Knoxville in a 3 &#8211; 2 five-game thriller\u00a0to claim the division title.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1401\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5805.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1401 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5805-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5805-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5805-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5805-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5805-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5805-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5805-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5805-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5805-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_5805-900x1200.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lower Division 1st Place Gopinath Ramaraj and 2nd Place Michael Fang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Knoxville Table Tennis Club would like to thank all the players who had participated in the tournament. \u00a0KTTC would also like to thank the sponsors Newgy Industries, Horizon Avionics, and ZeroPong.com and all the volunteers who have made the event a successful one.<\/p>\n<p>We will also be hosting our second tournament in 2016 on September 10th. \u00a0The tournament information can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/2016-cbrc-open\/\">here<\/a>. KTTC will love to see every one at our September tournament again.<\/p>\n<p>Jude Lam, President of KTTC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Knoxville Table Tennis Club (KTTC) hosted its first\u00a0tournament in 2016. \u00a0The Knoxville Spring Giant Round Robin was hosted\u00a0on May\u00a07th at the home club of KTTC. \u00a0The tournament uses a format where 36 players are divided into two separate divisions, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/2016-spring-giantrr-recap\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Liang Xu won the Knoxville Spring Giant Round Robin Open 2016<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-club-news","category-tournaments"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1397"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1410,"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1397\/revisions\/1410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}