His backhand serve comes winding over the net with a swirling topspin. Seen in slow motion, the ball’s path resembles smoke coming from a genie’s lamp. Just a lot faster. ... For Baptista, table ...

HANGZHOU – Watching Noshad Alamiyan play table tennis, you may think he is taking the mickey as the southpaw hops around playing almost exclusively backhand shots with plenty of topspin.. Once ...