Bounce only opened on 29 September, but ping pong fever started spreading fast and furiously around the capital in August with the arrival of Ping, an underground ping pong bar and kitchen in Earls Court.

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"The neighborhood has the infrastructure for artist studios and it's one of the areas that artists are aware has reasonable studio space, " said Eli Ping, one of the founders of Regina Rex gallery, which opened in 2010.

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Mr. Weitzman had a ping-pong table installed in the company's new showroom, which opened late last month in Manhattan.

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