China News Service, Dongguan, November 14 (Reporter Wang Jian and Li Yingmin) One of the most influential brand tennis tournaments in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau-the 3rd Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area "Hong Kong Jockey Club Cup" Tennis Team Tournament and Guangdong Province The Amateur Tennis Open will be held at the Dongguan Tennis Center from the 13th to the 14th.

This tournament attracted more than 300 tennis players from Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Dongguan and other places to compete on the tennis courts.

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  According to reports, this competition lasts for two days. The competition event is a team competition. Each team competition consists of three pairs of doubles.

In order to reflect the fun and competitive nature of the competition, the team competition adopts the most tolerant team formation method, does not limit gender and reduces the age limit. At the same time, the organizing committee adopts age handicap and gender handicap to take into account the fair competition of the event. Points, age difference, and other measures.

  "Guangdong Tennis has a broad mass base and a good tennis atmosphere. At the 14th National Games of this year, Guangdong Mass Tennis won 3 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze." He Dongbo, vice chairman of the Guangdong Tennis Association Said that the association will continue to promote the development of this event, play the role of tennis in the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of ​​cohesion, charisma, participation and coordination, promote sports exchanges and cooperation, and help the holding of the 2025 Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao National Games. Promote the development of sports in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

Photo courtesy of Guangdong Tennis Association

  Wu Shaowen, deputy director of the Dongguan Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports said that the event will use tennis as a platform to promote exchanges between cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and promote the comprehensive development of "sports + culture + tourism".

Dongguan will use this event as an opportunity to vigorously promote the development of sports, especially tennis.

  "The Hong Kong Jockey Club has been involved in supporting national fitness sports since 2014. Tennis is a single event in national fitness sports. It has been supported for eight consecutive years this year." said Ren Jun, director of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Hong Kong horse racing will begin in 2019. It supports the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area tennis project and hopes to promote the integration of the Greater Bay Area through the exchange of sports culture in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. It also hopes that tennis tournaments will become an exchange platform connecting the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

  It is reported that the event is sponsored by the Guangdong Provincial Sports Federation, Guangdong Social Sports and Training Competition Center, Guangdong Tennis Association and other units, and is supported by the Hong Kong Jockey Club.

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