On May 12, the 2024 Shanghai 4th Civic Games Citizen Tennis Festival Yangtze River Delta Women's Tennis Club Team Tournament was held at the Jiading Tennis Center, with more than 70 women's tennis elites from 12 teams from Anhui, Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Shanghai and other provinces and cities gathering in Jiading to meet friends with the ball and swing the racket passionately on the court.
"Sisters" from all over the world gathered
Play your skills and make friends
"Good shot!" Sharp serves, accurate baseline volleys...... At the competition site, the contestants of different ages, different identities and different industries were full of firepower, and there were not only wonderful see-saws and tacit cooperation in the swing of the racket back and forth.
Local players Hu Tao and Xia Jianli rushed to the game from Pudong, and the two turned to hit the ball, jumped to catch the ball, and cooperated with each other to win the opponent by 5 points in a row. "I usually play tennis, but today I was a little nervous compared to so many players, and I only played at the level of seven points." Hu Tao said.
"The sisters learn from each other here, get to know each other, not only relax their bodies and minds, but also improve their skills." Xia Jianli said happily.
According to reports, the team competition is divided into two stages, the first stage of the round-robin, the second stage of the knockout round-robin, according to the relationship between the two teams and the total net win to determine the ranking. "As soon as the registration platform for the Yangtze River Delta Women's Tennis Tournament opened, the 12 seats were sold out in seconds, and the enthusiasm of the players was very high." Chen Yang, president of the Jiading District Tennis Association, said.
The Yangtze River Delta Tennis League was established in Shanghai in 2019. In recent years, with the continuous improvement of the quality of the event, it has become an influential brand tennis event, which not only tailors the event platform of "meeting friends and enhancing friendship with ball" for women's tennis fans in various provinces and cities in the Yangtze River Delta, but also extends outward, attracting fans from other provinces and cities across the country to participate.
Shaanxi Chang'an women's tennis team was invited to participate in the competition this year, and the players were immersed in the game, with rapid steps like dancing, and collided with other teams in the Yangtze River Delta with their strength.
"I'm very excited to be here, we met some players from other teams online, and we finally met on the field this time." Qi Dongling, a member of the Shaanxi Chang'an women's tennis team, said with a smile, "It doesn't matter to us whether we win the ranking or not, we can go out of our hometown and go outside to compete with fans from other places, and improve our skills in the master competition." ”
Qi Dongling admitted frankly that although the game with the opponent was only half a day, they had already met with other players on the field and swam together after the game. "Now it's popular to travel with the event, and this time we will be ready to have fun in Shanghai, go to Baiguo Garden to pick cherries, and go to Xuhang to experience straw weaving and steamed cakes." Qi Dongling said.
Tournament upgrade to earn points
Tennis is on the fast track
In recent years, tennis has flourished in Jiading. The District Sports Bureau has held a series of fun competitions for many years, including shopping malls, communities, schools, and science and technology enterprises. It is worth mentioning that this year's Yangtze River Delta Women's Tennis Club team competition has also been upgraded to "Shanghai Tennis Super League S500", and players will win points after the competition, which can not only make players eligible to participate in higher-level events, but also greatly improve the enthusiasm of fans to participate in tennis.
"For the majority of tennis enthusiasts, they have a platform to prove themselves, share their sports hobbies, and at the same time, they can compete with players of the same level, and they can feel their own growth." Chen Yang told reporters.
According to reports, the Shanghai Tennis Super League is a new event system launched by the Shanghai Tennis Association, under which amateur events of different sizes and levels will be divided into different levels from S100 to S1000 to create a tennis feast for the people.
In the future, the event will launch a special mobile applet, and all event registration, event information and result inquiries can be solved through the mini program in one stop, minimizing the threshold for participation.
For young tennis players, through such a national tennis tournament platform, they can get more competition training, and will also have more opportunities to show their abilities and open the door to the professional tennis world. "We hope that relying on this platform, we can find more good tennis players and further promote the development of tennis in Jiading District." Chen Yang said.
Written by: Qin Jian
Editor: Lu Zebin