In paddle tennis match, Denglu swings Xiamen players well
Xiamen DailyNews (reporter Cai Mianmian intern Chen Luqing) Following the first two-city paddle tennis tournament held during the 2021 Xiamen International Fashion Week, the 2022 Xiamen International Fashion Week “WEPADELTOUR” paddle tennis tour will be held again from August 6 to 7. Xiamen kicked off. The event is guided by Xiamen Sports Bureau and Shanghai Tennis Association, and hosted by Xiamen International Fashion Week Organizing Committee.
There are three groups in this competition – the “Magnolia Group” with masters such as Lin, the “Violet Group” with the combined age of mixed doubles players over 100, and the “Phalaenopsis Group” where parents and children participate in fun. Inject more popularity and vitality. According to the organizer, there are nearly 100 contestants from all over the country participating this time. The youngest 4-year-old contestant is from Shanghai, and the oldest is a 72-year-old man from Xiamen.
The 67-year-old Xiamen player Zhang Zhiwei participated in the competition for the first time this year and achieved a good result as the runner-up in the “Violet Group”. “I only learned about this sport last year, and I practiced for nearly a year. This year’s results are beyond my expectations.” Zhang Zhiwei told reporters. Lin Hongquan and Xu Yanting, also from Xiamen, won the mixed doubles runner-up in the “Magnolia Group”. Zhang Bohou and his teammate Xie Zongnan, who are known as “the first player in Chinese paddle tennis”, won the championship again and won the men’s doubles championship in the “Magnolia Group”.
Paddle tennis is a new sport that combines tennis and table tennis. It has developed rapidly in China in recent years and is more and more popular among urban people. It is understood that this competition attracted players from Shanghai, Chongqing, Chengdu, Dezhou and other places to rush to Xiamen to compete.
“Since the first competition was successfully held last year, the popularity of paddle tennis has increased. This year, the number of players has increased and the age level has become richer.” Na Yong, head of the Organizing Committee of the WEPADELTOUR paddle tennis competition, said that Xiamen is a fashionable city. The characteristics are very consistent with the avant-garde characteristics of this sport. In addition, Xiamen International Fashion Week continues to focus on the characteristic positioning of “sports fashion”, which provides a more trendy and younger display platform for the popularization of paddle tennis.