The year-end finals of the Chinese Tennis Association (CTA) tour will be held at the Macau Tennis Academy from 30 November to 6 December, for the sixth consecutive year, with support from SJM Resorts.<\/p>\n
The tour is the country\u2019s mass-participation tennis circuit, using a unified ranking system intended to connect grassroots and elite-level tennis, providing players with a pathway to progress through the competitive ranks.<\/p>\n
Unlike previous editions, which began with a group stage followed by knockout rounds, this year\u2019s tournament contested entirely on a knockout basis.<\/p>\n
Organisers have also doubled the singles fields to 32 players in both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s elite divisions, a move expected to intensify competition and boost spectator interest.<\/p>\n
The season got underway in Changzhou in May and toured cities across the country before reaching its finale in Macau.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s field features the return of Wimbledon women\u2019s doubles champion Guo Hanyu and Chinese standout Sun Fajing, both making appearance in the finale.<\/p>\n
Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday, Leong Wai Man, president of the Sports Bureau, said: \u201cThe continuation of the event in Macau will further promote the development of tennis, advance the integration of \u2018Sport + Tourism\u2019, and contribute to the sustainable diversification of Macau\u2019s economy.\u201d<\/p>\n
Daisy Ho Chiu Fung, managing director of SJM, highlighted the company\u2019s continued support for national sports development.<\/p>\n
\u201cBeyond bringing a major sporting event to the city, we hope to give residents and visitors the opportunity to watch China\u2019s top players up close and inspire younger generations to discover the appeal and opportunities of tennis,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
An elite junior tennis training camp, the \u201cZheng Jie Cup\u201d, will be held alongside the tournament, giving local young players the opportunity to train under national team coaches Zheng Jie and Zhang Yu while exchanging experiences with some of the country\u2019s top junior talents.<\/p>\n
The tournament will also feature a series of community and school outreach programmes, aimed at encouraging wider participation in the sport and supporting the long-term development of tennis in Macau.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The year-end finals of the Chinese Tennis Association (CTA) tour will be held at the Macau Tennis Academy…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[49,48,66009,165111,82,593],"class_list":["post-931426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tennis","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-macau","tag-mna","tag-sports","tag-tennis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931426","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=931426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}