The previous generation of Jinhua, represented by Li Na, has undoubtedly created the most brilliant stage of Chinese tennis so far, a Grand Slam champion, a women's doubles world first... One accolade after another has excited fans.
Among them, a valuable Olympic women's doubles gold medal is particularly golden, and for Chinese sports fans who are particularly interested in the quadrennial Olympic Games, the 2004 women's doubles championship in tennis is of great significance.
One of the members who won the gold medal is today's protagonist, Li Ting.
Born on January 5, 1980 in Hubei Province, Li Ting graduated from the Beijing Institute of Physical Education and won the doubles title in the tennis event at the 21st World University Games in 2001.
Like Li Na from Hubei, the names of the two are also unexpectedly similar, Li Ting and Li Na are inevitably compared by the outside world, but unlike Li Na, her achievements in doubles are more prominent, which is also the first project in Chinese tennis.
In fact, Li Ting's partner at the 2001 World University Games was Li Na, who also won two other events at that time (women's singles and mixed doubles).
However, Li Na chose to retire suddenly when she was just a little famous, and at the end of 2002, she went directly to Huazhong University of Science and Technology to study journalism.
Li Ting continued her tennis career, and her partner was replaced by Sun Tiantian, who is also a pioneer in the annals of Chinese tennis history.
In 2003, the two won the women's doubles championships in WTA Vienna, Quebec and Pattaya, and the two also joined hands to reach the 2004 Australian Open women's doubles round of sixteen.
Of course, Li Ting and Sun Tiantian's victory at the 2004 Athens Olympics was obviously more influential.
As the dark horse at that time, the two repelled the powerful Serena Williams/Rubin combination in the first round, and in the semi-finals, the second team in the women's doubles world from Argentina, Suarez/Tarabini.
In the case of not being optimistic about the gold medal battle, Li Ting and Sun Tiantian's performance surprised and surprised everyone, but the challenge for the two in the final was obviously greater, and they would face the women's doubles world number one Pasquil, who partnered Martinez.
However, in the end, the Chinese combination let go, and they defeated the opponent with two 6-3 upsets with a near-perfect performance, and won this heavy Olympic women's doubles gold medal.
If there is no such championship, the development of tennis in China is probably a few years later, and it is the efforts of Li Ting and other older generations of Jinhua that have made chinese tennis progress little by little.
According to media reports, Li Ting, who has always been low-key, has now transformed into an ordinary teacher after retiring in 2007, and Bless Li Ting after retiring from retirement to shine in different positions! (Source: House of Tennis Author: Barbie)