TTX Worlds in Dusseldorf: Pleasure to Play, Nice to Watch! Good for All!

USPA NEWS - In conjunction with the ITTF World Table Tennis Championships 2017, Dusseldorf, Germany welcomed and hosted first International Table Tennis X Event.

The International TTX Mini-Championship was held in the heart of Dusseldorf “” Burgplatz. Sixteen invited players, among whom were Thomas Weikert, Michael Geiger, Bernadette Szocs, Danny Heisted, Gordon Kaye, competed for the Title. The Event was led and moderated by Jonny Cowan.

TTX was launched by ITTF not long ago and aimed to everyone around the world at any time and anywhere. The game is cool for “hobby players and people who are currently not playing our sport,“ - the ITTF President “”Thomas Weikert said.

Despite to Table Tennis, which is predominantly score-bound game, the Table Tennis X is time-bound game. Also, the TTX ball is bigger and heavier than the TT ball and TTX paddle does not have a sponge and rubber coverings. The game is not influenced by the wind and can be played outdoors and on beaches too.

There exists the TTX app for major platforms and registered players, around the world, can know their statistics and ranking.

This First Official International TTX event in a challenging competition won a Professional Table Tennis player and a participant of the ITTF LIEBHERR WTTC 2017 “” Bernadette Szocs of Romania.

The Event gathered spectators and fans, who enjoyed watching the Table Tennis X battles and listening to music and having drinks. It proved, that TTX is a Table Tennis game, which is a pleasure to play, nice to watch and good for all! More information about TTX, you can find on the websites: https://www.ttx.world/ and http://www.ittf.com/2017/05/28/first-official-ttx-international-event-launched-dusseldorf/