{"id":1588,"date":"2016-09-14T07:53:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T11:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/?p=1588"},"modified":"2016-09-14T09:49:42","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T13:49:42","slug":"aj-won-knoxville-cbrc-open-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/aj-won-knoxville-cbrc-open-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"AJ Carney won the Knoxville Cedar Bluff Racquet Club Gold Dollar Upset Open 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Knoxville Table Tennis Club (KTTC) hosted its 2nd tournament in 2016 at the\u00a0Knoxville Cedar Bluff Racquet Club on September 10th. \u00a0The tournament uses a format with two round robin stages and a single elimination final round to determine the winners. \u00a0In addition to the normal tournament prize money, this tournament format is unique in that the winner of every upset match will receive Upset Gold Dollar based on the rating difference if both players are officially rated by USATT. \u00a0These are US One Dollar coins. \u00a0This feature of the tournament is junior players&#8217; favorite. \u00a0KTTC has reserved additional $260 for upset &#8220;Gold Dollar&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2016 KTTC CBRC Open\" width=\"605\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-zsgfuQ5bdk?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<p>Players from around the region\u00a0are competing fiercely\u00a0for a prize money pool of $1410 spread among all four divisions.<\/p>\n<p>In the Championship division, the first semi-final is played between AJ Carney from the Triangle Table Tennis in Morrisville, NC and HaoDong Jian from EC Sports Table Tennis club in Atlanta. \u00a0With many speedy rallies and lighting shots, AJ prevails to move on to the final. \u00a0On the other side of the semi-final, it was between John Mar from Atlanta International Table Tennis Academy and Yu-Sung Chen from EC Sports Table Tennis Club. The match was a five-game thriller\u00a0and John had to come from a 2-1 deficit to defeat Yu-Sung in the fifth game to make it to the final.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1586\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Champ_Winners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1586 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Champ_Winners-225x300.jpg\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Champ_Winners-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Champ_Winners-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Champ_Winners-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Champ_Winners-150x200.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Champ_Winners-200x267.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Champ_Winners-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Champ_Winners-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Champ_Winners-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Champ_Winners-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Champ_Winners.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Championship Division:<br \/> 2nd place John Mar and 1st place AJ Carney<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the final match, AJ took the first game with his spiny serves\u00a0and precision blocking. \u00a0John took the second game with his accurate offensive shots. \u00a0In the third and fourth game, AJ continued with his good mix of good services, spiny loops, and solid defense\u00a0to take the last two games and to claim the Championship division winner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the Class A division, KTTC&#8217;s own Hongchu Chen, who is one of the hardest trained\u00a0players at our club\u00a0defeated Octavio Pinell from\u00a0the Asheville TT club\u00a0 3 &#8211; 1 to claim the division title.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1582\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1582\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassA_Winners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1582 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassA_Winners-300x224.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassA_Winners-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassA_Winners-768x574.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassA_Winners-1024x765.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassA_Winners-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassA_Winners-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassA_Winners-200x149.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassA_Winners-450x336.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassA_Winners-600x448.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassA_Winners-900x672.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassA_Winners.jpg 1296w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Class A Division:<br \/> 1st place Hongchu Chen and 2nd place Octavio Pinell<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In the Class B division, Roger Jeanice from Southern Indiana TTA\u00a0near Louisville, KY claimed the division title with a 3 &#8211; 0 victory over Shawfe Sung from Atlanta EC Sports.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1581\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1581\" style=\"width: 169px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassB_Winners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1581 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassB_Winners-169x300.jpg\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1581\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Class B Division:<br \/> 2nd place Shawfe Sung and 1st place Roger Jeanice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the Class C division, junior player Kelly Wu from EC Sports defeated Sean Byrne from Chattanooga TTC (1st time tournament player) 3 &#8211; 1 to claim the title.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1580\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1580\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassC_Winners.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1580 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassC_Winners-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassC_Winners-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassC_Winners-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassC_Winners-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassC_Winners-100x75.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassC_Winners-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassC_Winners-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassC_Winners-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassC_Winners-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassC_Winners-900x675.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/ClassC_Winners.jpg 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1580\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Class C Division:<br \/> 1st place Kelly Wu and 2nd place Sean Byrne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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 our sponsors Cedar Bluff Racquet Club, Newgy, Lane&#8217;s Music, G.R.E.A.T., Horizon Aviation and Tactics Group\u00a0and all the volunteers who have made the event a successful one.<\/p>\n<p>Players can click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/gallery\/nggallery\/thumbnails\">here<\/a> to view the pictures during the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Jude Lam, President of KTTC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Knoxville Table Tennis Club (KTTC) hosted its 2nd tournament in 2016 at the\u00a0Knoxville Cedar Bluff Racquet Club on September 10th. \u00a0The tournament uses a format with two round robin stages and a single elimination final round to determine the &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.knoxvillettc.net\/prod1\/aj-won-knoxville-cbrc-open-2016\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AJ Carney won the Knoxville Cedar Bluff Racquet Club Gold Dollar Upset Open 2016<\/span> Read More 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