Zheng Jie, the Australian Open Wimbledon double Grand Slam champion, was appointed honorary principal of Hubei Provincial Tennis School

Original title: Australian Open Wimbledon double Grand Slam champion Zheng Jie was hired as the honorary principal of Hubei Provincial Tennis School

(Reporter Li Jianjun, correspondent Yu Zhou, Zhao Pengfei) On September 18, on the eve of the tennis final of the 14th National Games and the opening of the 4th China (Jingshan) Tennis Festival, Zheng Jie, the winner of the Australian Open and Wimbledon double Grand Slam and the founder of the "Zheng Jie Cup" Youth Tennis Tournament, was hired as the honorary principal of the Hubei Provincial Tennis School. Wang Qiyang, secretary of the Jingmen Municipal Party Committee, issued a letter of appointment to Zheng Jie.

Liu Wenbin, director of the Tennis Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport, who served at the appointment ceremony, said that the foundation of mass tennis in Jingshan is very good, and Zheng Jie is a role model for young tennis players. In the next step, the National Network Management Center will spare no effort to give support, work together, do a good job in combining mutual assistance with articles, cultivate young tennis reserve talents in the direction of higher level athletes, and promote the coordinated development of competitive sports and mass sports.

"Coming to Jingshan is very shocking, the stadium is built in the park, similar to the atmosphere of foreign tennis parks", Zheng Jie, who participated in the mass tennis final of the National Games as a coach, said that the mass tennis sport in Jingshan is in full swing, and many children playing tennis can hope for better development. As a tennis player, she hopes that China's tennis is getting better and better, and will help as much as she can in the future to contribute to the development of Hubei Tennis School and Jingshan Tennis.

【Link】Zheng Jie (famous Chinese female tennis player)

Born on July 5, 1983 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, she is a Chinese female tennis player. He began practicing tennis in 1990 and was selected to join the national training team in 2001. In 2003, she began to enter professional tennis; in 2004, Zheng Jie became the first Chinese athlete to reach the round of 16 of a Grand Slam; and in 2006, she and Yan Zi won the Australian Open and Wimbledon women's doubles titles. At the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Zheng Jie and Yan Zi won the bronze medal in women's doubles. By the end of 2014, Zheng Jie had won 4 WTA Tour singles titles and 15 tennis women's doubles titles in her career. At the same time, Zheng Jie is actively enthusiastic about charity and founded the "Zheng Jie Cup" Youth Tennis Tournament to help promote the development of Chinese tennis.

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