Recharged Wang eyes fruitful 2024 after triumphant return
1 year ago

Recharged Wang eyes fruitful 2024 after triumphant return

China Daily  

Chinese tennis legend Li Na was a guest of honor at the CTA Tour SJM Professional Finals in Macao for the third straight year. A two-time Asian Games champion and holder of two WTA singles titles, the 31-year-old quickly got back into the swing of things by winning the CTA Tour Finals' women's singles trophy in Macao last week. Chinese tennis legend Li Na was a guest of honor at the CTA Tour SJM Professional Finals in Macao for the third straight year, with the two-time major winner participating in a series of talks, promotional activities and tennis clinics to boost the sport's development in the special administrative region. CHINA DAILY Having earned over $5.35 million in prize money since turning pro in 2006, Wang said she's ready to embrace professional tennis again with a more relaxed approach.

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Steely Zheng keeps eyes on the prize
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Steely Zheng keeps eyes on the prize

China Daily  

China's Zheng Qinwen celebrates after winning her women's singles group stage match against Kazakhstan's Elena Rybakina. As a last-minute qualifier to the 2024 WTA Finals, reigning Olympic champion Zheng has again put the steely will that drove her to top of the Paris podium on full display, after the world No 7 pulled off a 7-6,3-6, 6-1 win over group …

Guangzhou Open: Olga Danilovic Triumphs in Women's Singles and Zhang Shuai Dominates Women's Doubles
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Guangzhou Open: Olga Danilovic Triumphs in Women's Singles and Zhang Shuai Dominates Women's Doubles

China Daily  

The 2024 Guangzhou International Women's Tennis Open concluded with exciting victories and a vibrant atmosphere. Zhang Shuai emerged victorious in the women's singles final, securing her 14th tour doubles title. Olga Danilovic won the women's singles title in her first-ever appearance in China, expressing her love for the city and the upcoming Guangzhou Open.

Chinese men start to smash it!
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese men start to smash it!

China Daily  

China's Wu Yibing hits a return to India's Sumit Nagal during their first-round match in Shanghai on Wednesday. The surging collective strength of Chinese men's tennis is turning heads at the top of the game with an unprecedented local contingent raring to make some noise at the Rolex Shanghai Masters. Following his straight-sets opening win against India's Sumit Nagal in …

Chinese men start to smash it!
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese men start to smash it!

China Daily  

China's Wu Yibing hits a return to India's Sumit Nagal during their first-round match in Shanghai on Wednesday. By firing seven aces and racking up 25 winners, Wu dominated 83rd-ranked Nagal with his trademark barrage of powerful serves and lethal forehands, clinching his first win on the Tour since a first-round victory over Serbia's Dusan Lajovic at last year's US …

Chinese men start to smash it!
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Chinese men start to smash it!

China Daily  

China's Wu Yibing hits a return to India's Sumit Nagal during their first-round match in Shanghai on Wednesday. The surging collective strength of Chinese men's tennis is turning heads at the top of the game with an unprecedented local contingent raring to make some noise at the Rolex Shanghai Masters. Following his straight-sets opening win against India's Sumit Nagal in …

China's Wang Zhiyi into 2024 Malaysia Masters final
6 months, 4 weeks ago

China's Wang Zhiyi into 2024 Malaysia Masters final

China Daily  

Wang Zhiyi in action, May 25, 2024. KUALA LUMPUR -- China's women's singles shuttler Wang Zhiyi is set to vie for badminton's 2024 Malaysia Masters title, having secured her spot in the final following Saturday's semifinals here at the Axiata Arena. Meanwhile, men's singles top seed Viktor Axelsen outplayed China's star shuttler Lu Guangzu and will face Malaysia's top player …

China Open to serve up even more action
8 months, 1 week ago

China Open to serve up even more action

China Daily  

Iga Swiatek in Miami, US, Mar 24, 2024. Already the biggest combined tennis event in Asia, the 2024 edition of the China Open will get bigger and better after organizers announced last week that its women's tournament will be upgraded to a two-week event with 96 draws, up from 64 last year, joining Indian Wells, Miami, Madrid and Rome to …

Yuan maintains China's charge
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Yuan maintains China's charge

China Daily  

China's Yuan Yue poses with the trophy alongside the ballboys and ballgirls of the ATX Open after outlasting fellow Chinese Wang Xiyu 6-4, 7-6 to win her first WTA title on Sunday. ATX OPEN/WTA Yuan Yue hailed the collective resurgence of Chinese women's tennis as a driving force behind her first WTA title win in Austin, Texas on Sunday. A …

Ruthless Zheng reaches first career quarterfinal at Australian Open
11 months ago

Ruthless Zheng reaches first career quarterfinal at Australian Open

China Daily  

China's Zheng Qinwen celebrates victory against her compatriot Wang Yafan during their women's singles match on day seven of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on Jan 20, 2024. MELBOURNE, Australia -- China's top-ranked player Zheng Qinwen raced into her first Australian Open quarterfinal after a ruthless straight sets victory over unseeded Oceane Dodin on Monday. The 12th seed …

Li Na surprises Zheng as China's tennis queens hold court
11 months ago

Li Na surprises Zheng as China's tennis queens hold court

China Daily  

Zheng Qinwen meets China's two-time Grand Slam singles champion Li Na after her third round match at Melbourne Park on Saturday. AUSTRALIAN OPEN MELBOURNE, Australia — Zheng Qinwen had just regaled the Rod Laver Arena crowd with her memories of Li Na's triumph in the Australian Open final when she had a surprise visitor. In the brief time on court …

Things are looking up for China's aces Down Under
11 months ago

Things are looking up for China's aces Down Under

China Daily  

China's Zheng Qinwen celebrates winning her second round match against Britain's Katie Boulter on Thursday; China's Shang Juncheng beat India's Sumit Nagal to advance into the round of 32 at the Australian Open on Thursday;Wang Yafan reacts during her second round match against Britain's Emma Raducanu at the Australian Open on Thursday. Having watched the replay of Li's 2014 final …

Serving up success
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Serving up success

China Daily  

Zhang Zhizhen and Zheng Qinwen were China's top performers last year on the ATP and WTA tours respectively. Combining for five tour-level singles trophies, nine players in the world's top 100, a double of Asian Games titles, and a succession of milestones — Chinese tennis had plenty to cheer about over the past 12 months on the ATP and WTA …

Back in the swing
1 year ago

Back in the swing

China Daily  

Terigele won men's singles title at the CTA Tour SJM Professional Finals in Macao over the weekend. Organized by the sport's national governing body, Macao's sports bureau and the special administrative region's government, the tour finals offer the biggest purse of the year, which easily eclipses most of the financial rewards offered at the entry-level tournaments on the International Tennis …

Macao hosts third successful year-end tennis championship
1 year ago

Macao hosts third successful year-end tennis championship

China Daily  

Eventual winner Wang Qiang serves the ball during the women's final at the CTA Tour SJM Professional Finals, aka the National Tennis Championships, on Sunday in Macao. As the season finale of the Chinese Tennis Association's domestic circuit, the CTA Tour SJM Professional Finals, aka the National Tennis Championships, was staged in Macao for the third straight year last week, …

Back in the swing
1 year ago

Back in the swing

China Daily  

Wang Qiang won the women's singles title at the CTA Tour SJM Professional Finals in Macao over the weekend. LI JIANYI/FOR CHINA DAILY Macao serves up ace entertainment at annual CTA Tour Finals Macao served up a grand feast of elite tennis last week as the special administrative region played a generous host to the country's year-end championships again with …

Macao hosts third successful year-end tennis championship
1 year ago

Macao hosts third successful year-end tennis championship

China Daily  

Eventual winner Wang Qiang serves the ball during the women's final at the CTA Tour SJM Professional Finals, aka the National Tennis Championships, on Sunday in Macao. As the season finale of the Chinese Tennis Association's domestic circuit, the CTA Tour SJM Professional Finals, aka the National Tennis Championships, was staged in Macao for the third straight year last week, …

Macao hosts third successful year-end tennis championship
1 year ago

Macao hosts third successful year-end tennis championship

China Daily  

Buyunchaokete hits a forehand shot during the CTA Tour SJM Professional Finals, aka the National Tennis Championships, on Sunday in Macao. Boasting world-class facilities at the Macao Tennis Academy and five-star accommodations at the Grand Lisboa Palace, the Macao finals has cemented its status as the "player favorite" event on the CTA Tour with the country's best savoring their enjoyable …

Asian Games 2023: Table Tennis Icon Ma Long Bids Adieu After Clinching One Last Gold Medal
1 year, 2 months ago

Asian Games 2023: Table Tennis Icon Ma Long Bids Adieu After Clinching One Last Gold Medal

News 18  

Table tennis legend Ma Long said he had almost certainly made his last Asian Games appearance after helping hosts China to men’s team gold in Hangzhou. The five-time Olympic champion had the perfect finale as his straight-games victory over South Korea’s Park Gang-hyeon clinched gold for China, and the sixth Asian Games title of his storied career. China’s dream team …

China’s Wang Xiyu claims maiden WTA title in Guangzhou after defeating Magda Linette in final
1 year, 3 months ago

China’s Wang Xiyu claims maiden WTA title in Guangzhou after defeating Magda Linette in final

The Hindu  

China’s Wang Xiyu captured her maiden WTA Tour title on Saturday as the world number 88 powered past Magda Linette 6-0, 6-2 in the final of the Guangzhou Open, the first elite women’s tournament in the Asian nation since 2019. A dream becomes reality 🏆⭐️ Xiyu Wang captures her first-ever Hologic WTA Tour title on home soil! I think there’s …

WTA must keep Peng Shuai case in public eye on China return, says human rights advocate
1 year, 3 months ago

WTA must keep Peng Shuai case in public eye on China return, says human rights advocate

The Hindu  

Elite women’s tennis returns to China for the first time in four years at Guangzhou next week after the WTA ended a boycott over concerns about Peng Shuai, but her wellbeing should remain the focus, a senior human rights advocate told Reuters on Friday. The women’s tour had been widely praised for suspending its tournaments in the Asian nation after …

So far, so perfect for China's aces
1 year, 3 months ago

So far, so perfect for China's aces

China Daily  

Wu Yibing of China stretches for a return against Dusan Lajovic of Serbia during their first-round match at the US Open on Tuesday in New York City. GETTY IMAGES/AFP/AP All seven players safely through to round two in New York as Wu Yibing's triumph serves up milestone for men China completed a first-round sweep at the US Open on Tuesday, …

Zhang makes history after reaching Madrid quarters
1 year, 7 months ago

Zhang makes history after reaching Madrid quarters

China Daily  

Zhang Zhizhen of China looks to return a ball against Taylor Fritz of the United States during their Men's Singles fourth round match on Day Nine of the Mutua Madrid Open at La Caja Magica on May 2, 2023 in Madrid, Spain. Displaying resilience and aggression, Zhang Zhizhen made Chinese tennis history on Tuesday when he became the nation's first …

Women's tennis tour ends Peng Shuai-inspired China boycott
1 year, 8 months ago

Women's tennis tour ends Peng Shuai-inspired China boycott

The Hindu  

The women’s professional tennis tour will bring its events back to China later this year, announcing on April 13 the end of a boycott instituted in late 2021 over concerns about the safety of former player Peng Shuai after she accused a high-ranking government official there of sexual assault. WTA Chairman and CEO Steve Simon said in an interview with …

Explained: Why is women’s tennis China boycott over Peng Shuai ending
1 year, 8 months ago

Explained: Why is women’s tennis China boycott over Peng Shuai ending

The Hindu  

The women’s professional tennis tour is ending its suspension of tournaments in China that was initiated in late 2021 over concerns about Grand Slam doubles champion Peng Shuai’s well-being. FILE PHOTO: Supporters of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai hold up T-shirts ahead of the women’s final at the Australian Open in Melbourne on Jan. 29, 2022. | Photo Credit: AP …

Why is women’s tennis China boycott over Peng Shuai ending?
1 year, 8 months ago

Why is women’s tennis China boycott over Peng Shuai ending?

Associated Press  

The women’s professional tennis tour is ending its suspension of tournaments in China that was initiated in late 2021 over concerns about Grand Slam doubles champion Peng Shuai’s well-being. The WTA announced Thursday that it will return to competition in China this season, even though two of its key requests were never met: a chance to meet with Peng, and …

Star finally has her day on court
1 year, 10 months ago

Star finally has her day on court

China Daily  

Zhu Lin serves notice of intent with key victory after frustrating early career China's Zhu Lin poses with the trophy after winning her first-ever WTA Tour singles title at the WTA 250 Thailand Open in Hua Hin, Thailand, on Sunday. Provided to China Daily Symbolized by the jumbo trophy for her maiden WTA singles win, China's rising tennis ace Zhu …

Zhu Lin defeats world No. 6 Sakkari for 4th round of Australian Open
1 year, 11 months ago

Zhu Lin defeats world No. 6 Sakkari for 4th round of Australian Open

China Daily  

China's Zhu Lin celebrates after winning against Switzerland's Jil Teichmann during their women's singles match on day three of the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne on January 18, 2023. As the final match on day five of the Australian Open, the showdown between Zhu and Sakkari took two hours and 33 minutes, concluding at about 1:45 a.m. local time …

Shang hopes stunning Australian Open win can boost men’s game in China
1 year, 11 months ago

Shang hopes stunning Australian Open win can boost men’s game in China

The Hindu  

Teenager Shang Juncheng said his breakthrough victory in the first round of the Australian Open on Monday was “huge” for Chinese men’s tennis, and hoped it would lay the platform for more success to match the country’s women. The 17-year-old became the first male player from China to win a main draw singles match at the tournament in the open …

Building on net gains as relentless efforts finally paid off
1 year, 11 months ago

Building on net gains as relentless efforts finally paid off

China Daily  

Rising star Wu Yibing and 97th-ranked Zhang Zhizhen are rebooting men's tennis in China after a progressive year. Defined by achievements on the women's circuit for more than a decade, Chinese tennis had its long-awaited dream of men's rise come true big time last year following Zhang Zhizhen's top-100 breakthrough and former US Open boys' champion Wu Yibing's revival on …

WTA says return to China will require resolution to Peng Shuai case
1 year, 11 months ago

WTA says return to China will require resolution to Peng Shuai case

The Hindu  

The return of WTA tournaments to China in 2023 will hinge on a resolution to the Peng Shuai issue, with the governing body of the women’s game telling Reuters on Wednesday it had still not met the Chinese former doubles world number one personally. A provisional 2023 tournament calendar released late last year listed the WTA’s schedule up to September, …

China set to serve up some female aces
2 years, 6 months ago

China set to serve up some female aces

China Daily  

Anyone over 20 and worth their tennis salt remembers where they were that sweltering summer night in early June in the Parisian suburbs when Li Na won the 2011 French Open women's singles championship, becoming the first Asian Grand Slam champion of either gender. But, perhaps, most impressive of late among young Chinese female court maestros is a 19-year old …

Table tennis squad still enjoying life at the top
2 years, 11 months ago

Table tennis squad still enjoying life at the top

China Daily  

Sun Yingsha and her partner Wang Manyu win gold in the women's doubles at the World Table Tennis Championships Finals in Houston, Texas, in November. Growing challenges Despite Team China's successful season last year, fast-emerging foreign talent, including Japanese sensations Mima Ito and Tomokazu Harimoto, are posing challenges for the Chinese players. Liu Guoliang, president of the Chinese Table Tennis …

China's Fan, Wang take men's and women's singles titles at table tennis worlds
3 years ago

China's Fan, Wang take men's and women's singles titles at table tennis worlds

China Daily  

Fan Zhendong returns a shot against Truls Moregard of Sweden during the men's singles finals match of the 2021 ITTF World Table Tennis Championships at George R. Brown Convention Center on Nov 29, 2021 in Houston, Texas. HOUSTON - World number one Fan Zhendong of China defeated Swede Truls Moregard 4-0 to take the men's singles title while Wang Manyu …

Table Tennis: China's Sun eyes gold as she sweeps past Japan's Ito
3 years, 4 months ago

Table Tennis: China's Sun eyes gold as she sweeps past Japan's Ito

The Hindu  

China's Sun Yingsha crushed Japanese paddler Mima Ito in the semifinal of the women's singles on Thursday to advance to the gold medal match, where she will face off against her compatriot world number one Chen Meng. World number three Sun, who has won six of the eight previous meetings against Ito, overwhelmed the Japanese paddler in a 11-6 11-8 …

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