China News Service, Guangzhou, October 30th, title: Tennis celebrities from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau gather in Yangcheng to talk about the development of tennis in the Greater Bay Area

  China News Network reporter Wang Jian

  "It was some Hong Kong and Macao people who came to Guangzhou for business exchanges and brought the sport of tennis to Yangcheng." He Zeguo, a famous sportsman in Guangdong and known as the "Guangzhou Tennis Dictionary", happened to be hosted by the Guangdong Tennis Association a few days ago. The 2021 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area "Gravity" Tennis Cultural Salon shared how the tennis movement emerged in Guangdong that year.

  Currently, the 2021 China Tennis Tour·Times China·Guangzhou Huangpu Station and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Tennis Open are being held in Guangzhou.

During the tournament, tennis players from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao gathered in Yangcheng to participate in the tennis culture salon, review the history of the integration of tennis culture in the Greater Bay Area, and exchange views on the future development of tennis in the Greater Bay Area.

  At the event, in addition to He Zeguo, the first representative of the rise of tennis in Guangzhou, Mo Junyi, Chairman of the Hong Kong Tennis Association, Wu Yuling, Chairman of the Macau Tennis Association, and Li Jianyi, Deputy Director of the Press Committee of the Guangdong Tennis Association Waiting to participate in the salon through "online + offline".

Photo courtesy of the Guangdong Tennis Association

  He Zeguo introduced that from a professional table tennis player to becoming obsessed with tennis after retiring, he had a lot of intersections with Hong Kong and Macau tennis.

  "We also saw some Hong Kong businessmen playing in Shamian at the beginning, and thought this sport was very interesting, so we went to learn it. Gradually, as people learn more, there will be a fixed golf club organization, including some Hong Kong businessmen who are still funding the construction in Guangzhou. After visiting many professional tennis courts, Mr. Fok Yingdong invited our Guangzhou senior tennis team to Hong Kong to play a friendly match with the Hong Kong team..." He Zeguo said that Guangzhou Tennis has been keeping up with the Hong Kong tennis industry during the course of its development over the years. With close contact.

  The president of the Hong Kong Tennis Association, Mo Junyi, reviewed the achievements and highlights of the development of Hong Kong tennis over the past 100 years with the audience through a video connection. He specifically mentioned the tennis talents of Guangdong and Hong Kong in recent years. The exchanges have become more frequent, and many excellent coaches and athletes have been integrated through various events and trainings in the Greater Bay Area. This has also led to the emergence of young talents in the Hong Kong tennis world, and the results in international and domestic competitions have also steadily increased.

  Mo Junyi expressed his special thanks to the Guangdong Tennis Association for giving them a lot of help in talent training, and looked forward to more interactive exchanges in the Greater Bay Area tennis world in the future, so that everyone can make progress together.

  The chairman of the Macau Tennis Association, Wu Yuling, also revealed at the salon that this year's China Tour Finals will most likely be held in Macau.

  "I think this is a gift from our China Tennis Association to Macau tennis." Wu Yuling said that holding the China Tour Finals in Macau will definitely stimulate the enthusiasm of Macau people for tennis, and also promote Macau's tourism industry and other economies. The development of all walks of life, so I am very grateful to the China Tennis Association and people from all walks of life in the Greater Bay Area for their support and assistance to Macau tennis over the years.

  At the same time, guests from the three places also expressed their expectation that the next National Games will be held in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It is generally believed that tennis will also use the opportunity of this National Games to create more room for cooperation.

  "Holding the National Games is bound to drive the development of more sports industries in the Greater Bay Area, including tennis, and more and more people want to go on the court." It just so happened that the general manager of Sports Chang Jingjing introduced that they will build professional courts. Keeping up with the most advanced hardware technology in the world, we will equip the tennis courts in the Greater Bay Area with more professional venues and facilities, which will help the tennis level in the Greater Bay Area to a higher level.

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