"Experience comparable to professional events!" The 7th Shanghai Citizen Tennis Festival launched
Playing is the most glorious thing. On May 1st, Cindy from TDA Tennis Club had the experience of participating in a municipal amateur tennis competition for the first time in her life; Jin Hui and the golfers from Haikuo Tiankong Club started another sports holiday. The 2024 Shanghai Fourth Citizen Games·Citizen Tennis Festival and Chengkai Tennis Club Team Competition kicked off in the bright spring. Nearly a hundred players competed for the first championship of the season in the form of a team competition.
On the court, every move Cindy makes shows that she has received professional training. She smiled and told reporters, "It was my first time participating in an amateur competition. I had no experience. I was actually very nervous and my mentality was not stable enough, so I couldn't show my strength."
Since the two children learn to play tennis every day, Cindy also took advantage of the time to accompany the lessons and participated in tennis training naturally. "I train more diligently than the two children. I have been practicing for two or three years and I am very addicted to the game." "By chance, several golfers in the circle spontaneously formed the TDA Tennis Club. Tennis and food are the labels of the members. Over the past year, the club has grown to more than a dozen members, and playing golf twice a week has given Cindy a partner and new playmates.
"We usually practice indoors, but this time we played outdoors. We stepped out of our comfort zone and had different feelings about the light and wind. Also, we usually play with teammates and understand their playing methods. The opponent's playing methods in the game are unfamiliar. , so I’m not used to it, and I still have too little experience.” Cindy summed up her first experience in the competition very well, but she did not get discouraged by the bad start. “Experience still needs to be accumulated through more games, and confrontation will help. Improve your own strength.”
During the May Day holiday, many tennis events were held in Shanghai, and Cindy also heard about it. “Now the atmosphere for playing tennis in Shanghai is getting better and better. I heard from senior golfers that it was difficult to find people to play in the past, there were few venues, and the level of coaches varied. Qi, now there are more people who can play tennis, tennis courts are being built one after another, and there are more and more resources.”
Because of tennis, I make friends with like-minded interests and the scope of the sport continues to expand. Four years ago, Jin Hui formed the Hai Kuo Tian Tian Club with tennis enthusiasts from all walks of life.
"I started playing tennis in college and have been playing on and off for 20 years. After having a club, the team is closer, playing more regularly, and we have goals. Both individuals and clubs are growing faster." Jin Hui said frankly that the club The form gives previously idle individuals a sense of belonging.
Jin Hui has participated in many Citizen Tennis Festivals. He believes that unlike other amateur competitions, the Citizen Tennis Festival pays more attention to the development of sports connotations, “from event planning, professional grading, organizational arrangements, etc., to bring benefits to participants at all levels.” The experience is comparable to professional competitions! ”
Sports have been a part of Jin Hui's life, and tennis and cycling are his two major hobbies. He enjoys playing tennis with friends or riding bikes on the outskirts of the city. The form of sports community makes him happy.
Recently, a set of Shanghai sports venue data was released. There are 1,632 tennis venues in this city, with an area of 1.0309 million square meters, a significant increase. Among them: 1,517 outdoor tennis courts, accounting for 92.95%; 115 indoor tennis halls, accounting for 7.05%.
According to Li Yao, vice president of the Shanghai Tennis Association, the development of tennis in Shanghai is ushering in the best era. "Last year, the ATP Shanghai Masters was upgraded and returned. The top professional tennis event year after year has set the tone for tennis in this city. After 29 years, Shanghai player Zhang Zhizhen won the men's singles championship at the Hangzhou Asian Games. In many professional events The historic breakthrough reflects the steady growth of tennis. Shanghai’s tennis population is growing rapidly, and young people, women, and middle-aged and elderly people are booming.”
The Shanghai Citizen Tennis Festival will enter its seventh year this year. As a municipal brand event in the Citizen Games series, this year's Citizen Tennis Festival will cover three levels of society, universities and youth, from "playing, learning, discussing and watching" Promote tennis in four aspects. "Sports", this year's Citizen Tennis Festival will promote graded competitions among tennis clubs across the city, focusing on creating college alumni club leagues and youth tennis club competitions. "Xue" will join hands with various tennis venues and training institutions in society to provide tennis teaching experience courses to citizens at various points across the city, so that more citizens can experience the elegant sport of tennis at their doorsteps. "On" will launch a tennis club operator summit to create an interactive platform for experience sharing and consensus building. "Watch" will organize students to participate in Masters game viewing tours, providing the best setting for watching games, communicating and having close contact with masters.
As the level of amateur tennis in Shanghai continues to improve, it is no longer just a small group of people participating in tennis, and the circle of friends is getting larger and larger. The Shanghai Citizen Tennis Festival provides a stage for seven generations of tennis enthusiasts from the "post-40s" to the "post-00s", promotes the popularization and development of tennis in Shanghai, and brings an upgraded quality tennis life experience to the majority of tennis enthusiasts.
