Jörgen Persson announced his retirement today at the H.I.S. World Championships in Yokohama on Friday May 1st 2009 after losing to Jun Mizutani. “The motivation has gone”, said Persson. “I made a big effort to play in the Olympic Games but now it’s time to finish.”
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Qatar Open: Timo Boll finally spears his (Chinese) white whale and beats Ma Lin. (ETTU)
Donate to the Sandra Paovic Solidarity fund (ITTF)
Just in case you have a stack of money, Butterfly has a Timo Boll ZLC Limited edition for $219 (ButterflyOnline)
Seems like quitting is contagious, Greg Letts of About.com resigned his position (About.com)

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