On the morning of November 6, the 2021 "Who is the Ball King" Hainan Provincial Folk Table Tennis Tournament hosted by the Provincial Tourism and Cultural Affairs Department, hosted by the Provincial Sports Federation and the County Tourism and Cultural Bureau, was held in the Baisha Cultural and Sports Center Arena, and more than 400 teams such as Qionghai Table Tennis Club and Wanning Lelai Table Tennis Club and individual participants gathered in Baisha.
The scene of the competition
On the morning of the same day, the reporter saw at the scene of the game that the wonderful operations such as straight shot, horizontal shot, rotating ball, arc ball, and slam ball were amazing, "Good ball! "Come on!" Wait for a series of cheers and shouts from teammates on the field. With the cheers of teammates, the players on the field also became more and more courageous, wonderful pulling, rapid confrontation, and dexterous positioning, which firmly attracted the attention of the audience under the field, and won the applause of the audience from time to time.
The audience was watching the game intently
"This year's game here gives me a very good atmosphere, and the epidemic prevention work is very in place, the air here is very comfortable, and the overall environment of playing including this stadium is also very good, I hope that I will also achieve very good results in this game, I am also very grateful to Baisha for hosting this ball king game, to create a good opportunity for our fans to be a good national fitness." Contestant Ying Jianxin said.
"In accordance with the government's epidemic prevention and control regulations, when we registered for the competition, we have reviewed the trajectory and health code of the athletes of each team, staggered the time of the athletes' competitions, and ensured the safety of the competition." Xing Jiaren, project leader of the Provincial Sports Federation, said.
It is understood that the competition lasts for two days, with two stages, using a 5-innings, 3-win, 11-point system, the first stage is a group round-robin tournament, the use of four-in-two promotion to the second stage, and the second stage is a knock-off play-off. The 5 groups are divided into 9 events, the men's group has men's singles, men's doubles, the women's group is women's singles, women's doubles, the family group has mixed doubles (husband and wife doubles and father-daughter, mother-son doubles), u13-u15 groups have men's singles, women's singles, u12 groups (including 12 years old) set up men's singles and women's singles. (Reporters: Tang Haiqiang, Li Ying)