Wang Fan/Xia Xinyi in the final. Courtesy of the organizing committee
Beijing, July 18 (Xinhua) -- The reporter learned from the organizing committee of the event that the Chinese national team combination Wang Fan / Xia Xinyi, who is about to compete in the Tokyo Olympic Games, defeated the Jiangsu combination Yuan Luwen / Zhu Lingdi, who was fighting at home, and lifted the women's championship trophy of the National Beach Volleyball Championship.
As the top event in the Chinese volleyball series, the National Beach Volleyball Championship is held once a year, representing the highest level of sand volleyball in China today, and there are 74 pairs of sand volleyball combinations from Fujian, Hainan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Tianjin, Xinjiang, Yunnan and other provinces and cities (autonomous regions) participating in this competition. Wang Fan/Xia Xinyi, who have already qualified for the Tokyo Olympics with the world rankings, also used this competition as the best warm-up before the Tokyo Olympics.
On the sidelines of the final, hundreds of spectators cheered. With Xia Xinyi starting the ball and teammate Wang Fan scoring the ball, the national team group locked the score of the second set of the women's final to 21-18, plus the first set of 21-16, they laughed as they wished.
Unfortunately, another pair of Tokyo Olympic-qualified pairs, Xue Zhen/Wang Xinxin, did not appear because they were in quarantine, while the young Xinjiang duo Wen Shuhui/Wang Jingzhe also missed the Championships due to Wen Shuhui's injury in the Olympic qualification tournament.
However, Wang Fan / Xia Xinyi did not disappoint everyone, the group stage won all three games, the opponent's draw in each round was less than 11 points; the knockout round was 16 into 8, they beat Xinjiang Wangyuan team Ge Yuqian / Caderie 21-12, 21-8, 21-8 in the final, Defeated Shandong's Wang Yingpeng / Dong Jie 21-15, 21-16 in the final, won 27-25, 21-18 in the semi-final against Fujian's Li Jiaomei / Zeng Jinjin, defeated Yuan Luwen / Zhu Lingdi in the final to win the championship, At the same time, he won a championship prize of 50,000 yuan and 300 points of championship points.
Seven games have not lost a round, but Wang Fan / Xia Xinyi does not think that this championship is too easy to get, especially in the semi-final against Zeng Jinjin / Li Jiaomei, the opponent was partnered in November 2020, and soon won a national championship championship and a national championship championship, and the score of the first game was also stalemate until 25 draws before they won hard.
Event poster. Courtesy of the organizing committee
"The challenge of domestic competitions is also quite big, most of the opponents are young, full of momentum, and they all have a momentum of not accepting defeat, we are actually more difficult to play, if conservative play, it will indeed be more difficult." Like the semi-final game Zeng Jinjin/Li Jiaomei, in the first set we were a bit passive in the impact, but fortunately we eased up in the back. At the beginning of the final, we played more aggressively, and after taking the lead, it was less difficult. After the game, Wang Fan/Xia Xinyi summed it up.
Liu Bing, deputy director of the Sand Volleyball Department of the Platoon Management Center of the State General Administration of Sport, said: "Wang Fan/Xia Xinyi, as one of the combinations that qualified for the Tokyo Olympic Games by points ranking, still has a certain degree of competitiveness internationally. Coming to Yancheng to participate in the national championship this time has a positive role in promoting the level of competition in the women's group, and their winning championship is also of positive significance for adjusting their state, doing a good job of warming up in Tokyo, and finding the status and feeling of the game. Especially since the outbreak of the epidemic last year, the national team has participated in fewer matches than local teams, and this kind of competition has been very helpful to them. ”
With the points won in the Mexico race, Wang Fan/Xia Xinyi won the ticket to the Tokyo Olympic Games with the world ranking, and the preparations for the Olympic Games began thereafter. "At that time, the advantage of points leadership was not big, after all, the next two stops also had Olympic points, so it was still very exciting to finally get Olympic tickets." Then we summarized the problems in the game with the coach, and thought of a lot of ways to see if we could break through ourselves in the next game, so that we had more means to impact the opponents in the Olympic Games. Wang Fan/Xia Xinyi said so.
The scene of the National Championship. Courtesy of the organizing committee
Their opponent in the first game at the Olympic Games is Canada's Barnsley / Viculsen, before Wang Fan / Xia Xinyi and they have played in the World Tour in Poland and Italy, and they have some understanding of the opponent, "Their net is very good, the hand shape is very good, and it is also one of the best levels in the world, mainly playing speed and playing change." The first time we hit them, we were inexperienced, and then we encountered them again in Italy, and we found that they also had weaknesses, so we also found some ways to deal with them, such as attacking the small ones (1.70m Barnesley). ”
Speaking of the goal of the Tokyo Olympic Games, Wang Fan /Xia Xinyi did not hesitate in the slightest: "Of course, it is the raising of the national flag, we will definitely work hard!" ”
In the women's third and fourth place finals, Fujian's Zeng Jinjin/Li Jiaomei defeated Yang Yalan/Ahhedan of Xinjiang Wangyuan 21-14, 21-4 to win the third place. In the men's competition, the final four were Luo Xinyu/Yang Guang of Hubei team, Hong Jiajun/Li Jie of Shanghai Meilin team, Li Zhuoxin/Xue Tao of Liaoning team and Li Ming/Wang Yanwei of Shandong team, Hong Jiajun/Li Jie of Shandong team defeated Luo Xinyu/Yang Guang 21-15, 21-13 in the semi-finals, Li Zhuoxin/Xue Tao eliminated Li Ming/Wang Yanwei 21-12, 17-21, 15-6; in the final round, Hong Jiajun/Li Jie defeated Li Zhuoxin/Xue Tao 21-17 to win the championship, Li Ming/ Wang Yanwei narrowly defeated Luo Xinyu and Yang Guang 21-18, 24-22 to finish third.
The "Dayangwan Cup" 2021 National Beach Volleyball Championship is hosted by the Volleyball Sports Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China, the Chinese Volleyball Association, the Sports Bureau of Jiangsu Province, and the People's Government of Yancheng City. It is organized by Jiangsu Sports Competition Management Center, Yancheng Sports Bureau, Yancheng Tinghu District People's Government, and Yancheng City Asset Investment Group Co., Ltd. The event operators include China Television Sports and Entertainment Co., Ltd., Yancheng Dayangwan Eco-tourism Scenic Spot Co., Ltd., and Yancheng Sports Industry Group Co., Ltd.
In addition to the high level of competition among the participants, this year's National Beach Volleyball Championship in Yancheng has also undergone a new upgrade, the organizers adopt the concept of cross-border integration of sports + entertainment, and integrate the beach volleyball championship (July 15-18) with the beach music festival (July 16-17), aiming to create a new brand event. (End)
Source: China News Network