Knoxville Table Tennis Club

Table Talk: Ten area players recently competed in the Foothills Celebrity III, a nationally sanctioned table tennis tour-nament, hosted by the Knoxville Table Tennis Club on Aug. 4. The tournament attracted 51 players from eight states.

Nashville’s Shigang (Alex) Yang was the tournament’s featured celebrity player. A former world collegiate champion, Yang is ranked 11th in the nation with a rating of 2,586 points. Of the 10 area players competing, half placed in the top three spots in their respective divisions.

(via KnoxNews.com)