{"id":275836,"date":"2025-11-11T06:59:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T06:59:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/275836\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T06:59:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T06:59:16","slug":"thrilling-opening-day-final-four-of-mens-tennis-team-event-decided-at-15th-national-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/275836\/","title":{"rendered":"Thrilling opening day! Final four of men’s tennis team event decided at 15th National Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

On\u00a0November 9, the team competitions of the tennis event at the 15th National Games commenced with first-round matches at the Hengqin International Tennis Center, officially marking the beginning of a 12-day tennis extravaganza.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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As of\u00a0the afternoon of November 10, the four semifinalists in the\u00a0men’s team event\u00a0had been determined, which are Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Guangdong.<\/p>\n

On the opening day, top-ranked players including Shang Juncheng, Zhou Yi, and Shi Han successfully led their respective teams into the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

The first day featured the initial round of the men’s and women’s team competitions, specifically the knockout stage, narrowing the field from 16 teams down to 8.<\/p>\n

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In the men’s team event, the Beijing team defeated the Shanghai team 2:0, achieving a successful start. Shang Juncheng contributed to the victory by beating Zhu Shixun 6:3, 6:1, claiming his first-ever win at the National Games.<\/p>\n

When asked about the difference between the National Games and the professional tour, Shang commented, “The National Games is definitely different. As it’s held every four years, everyone might feel a bit more nervous. Overall, the atmosphere is excellent, and I’m very happy to compete here. Representing the Beijing team is a great honor.” Regarding his goals at the Games, he stated he would give his all and play to the best of his ability.<\/p>\n

In the women’s team event, the top-seeded Beijing team, represented by Shi Han and Zhang Ruien, saw both players secure straight-set victories, helping the team overcome the Jiangsu team 2:0. Other teams advancing included Sichuan, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Shanghai, Hubei, and Tianjin.<\/p>\n

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Reporter | Guo Chuhua<\/p>\n

Photo | Hengqin Online<\/p>\n

Editor | Ouyang Yan, Hu Nan, James Campion, Shen He<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On\u00a0November 9, the team competitions of the tennis event at the 15th National Games commenced with first-round matches…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":275837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,126182,82,593],"class_list":{"0":"post-275836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-hengqin","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/275837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}