Sichuan Online reporter Deng Hanyu
Today (May 9) is Mother's Day. On this special day, the 11th Chengdu Women's Tennis Invitational Tournament in 2021 will be held at the High-tech Tennis Center, which is also a traditional event in Chengdu. ninth consecutive year. The event attracted nearly 350 athletes to sign up, most of whom are already "mothers".
Women's tennis has a long history and extensive foundation in Chengdu. In recent years, young and middle-aged women have taken tennis as a sport for fitness, fashion and making friends and actively participate in various tennis activities and events. For this reason, the chairman of the Chengdu Tennis Association Li Zhonggui proposed: We should actively support women's tennis events, strive to push Chengdu women's tennis to a new height, and make the Chengdu Women's Tennis Invitational Tournament a well-known brand event.
This year's Women's Tennis Invitational Tournament has seen a surge of registrations, with nearly 350 players signing up. The competition is divided into youth group, middle-aged group, and senior group. There are six competitions including women's doubles and mixed doubles.
It is worth mentioning that Yin Jian, the 2008 Olympic windsurfing champion, also participated in the Women's Tennis Invitational Tournament, "Tennis is a very good sport, I have fallen in love with tennis deeply, no matter how busy I am, every week I play tennis. I have to play tennis three times, and I have to bring a tennis racket when I go out to a meeting. The more I play, the more interested I am." Yin Jian was impressed when he was interviewed by reporters.
In addition to the competition itself, in order to better popularize tennis and allow more female compatriots to participate, Yonex (Shanghai) Sporting Goods Co., Ltd. also specially organized a "women's tennis doubles teaching" during the competition. Activity. All the female players who participated in the teaching initially experienced the essence of tennis doubles, and at the same time, they also won the star tennis clothing issued by the organizer.
After a day of intense competition, the teams that won the championships in each event are:
Youth Group Women's Doubles Champion: Zhou Zijie/Kang Yuan (Sichuan University)
Youth Group Mixed Doubles Champion: Shi Hongyu/Ma Yuxiang (Sichuan University)
Middle-aged Group Women's doubles champion: Xu Ke/Lizelle (6070)
Middle-aged mixed doubles champion: Wu Hongying/Chen Tianxing (Southwest Jiaotong University)
Senior Women's Doubles champion: Sun Xiaomin/Le Xiyu (City Senior Sports Association)
Senior Mixed Doubles Champion: Li Depeng/Peng Lei (Net Defu)
Picture from Chengdu Tennis Association
