On the first day after the Mid-Autumn Festival, the 2016 Zhuhai ITF International Women's Tennis Tour presented by Huafa Group ushered in the final finale at the Hengqin International Tennis Center. In the final women's singles title match, Belarus veteran Olga · Gavorsova easily defeated Turkey rookie Ipek · Soylu in straight sets 6-1, 6-2, and won the women's singles championship trophy and also gained 80 valuable singles individual ranking points. The success of this tournament once again set off a craze for watching the tournament in Zhuhai, and also provided a perfect warm-up and actual rehearsal for the 2016 Zhuhai WTA Super Classic Tournament to be grandly staged in November.

▲Champion Olga · Gavorsova and runner-up Ipek · Soylu pose for a photo

The Zhuhai ITF International Women's Tennis Tour has not only received the participation of all sectors of society, but also received strong support from the General Administration of Sport of China and the Zhuhai Municipal People's Government. Mr. Qing Shanglin, Deputy Director of the Tennis Management Center of the General Administration of Sport of China, and Ms. Long Guangyan, Deputy Mayor of Zhuhai, attended the game with the fans and presented the championship trophies to the champions and runners-up after the match. At the award ceremony, Gavorsova, the champion of the tournament, said emotionally: She is very happy to win the women's singles championship in Zhuhai, from the cityscape of Zhuhai to the construction of the venues of the competition, she is deeply impressed, and she is very much looking forward to the opportunity to come to Zhuhai to compete again. Not only that, she also praised the organization and service work of the event, and expressed her sincere gratitude to all the staff, volunteers and caddies of the organizing committee for their hard work.

▲Qing Shanglin, deputy director of the Tennis Management Center of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, and Long Guangyan, deputy mayor of Zhuhai, presented awards to the champions and runners-up

At three o'clock in the afternoon, the women's singles final appeared on time at the Huafa Center Court of Hengqin International Tennis Center. Belarus's Gavorsova has been a veteran of the WTA for many years, and her WTA singles world ranking was as high as 35th, winning the first two rounds in straight sets (knocking out third seed Liu Fangzhou of China in the first round and Kyoka Okamura of Japan in the second round), and in the semi-finals, she met China's Xiaohua Lu Jiajing, who has been in good form recently, and fought in three sets to reach the final. Turkey's teenager Soyilu also performed well, in the first two rounds successively picked out China's golden flower You Xiaodi and famous player Peng Shuai, and defeated two seeded players in the quarterfinals and semifinals.

▲ Olga · Gavorsova

The final line-up of the clash between the old and the new made the spectators and fans look forward to the game, and thousands of people came from all over the world to watch the game. However, the match was one-sided after the start of the match, with the more experienced Gavorsova clearly getting into the game earlier, while Turkey's Soylu was slow to find his rhythm and made a series of mistakes, holding only three service games throughout the match before losing 1-6, 2-6 after one hour. However, the defeat did not affect Soylu's mood, as she happily signed autographs for the crowd after the game and took selfies with the young fans. She said that she was very pleasantly surprised by the tennis atmosphere in Zhuhai, and she was also inspired by the audience's love for her, and hoped that she would have the opportunity to continue to compete in Zhuhai next year.

▲ Ipec · Soylu

This year, the Zhuhai ITF International Women's Tennis Tour has attracted more than 60 professional players from 17 countries and regions to participate in the singles and doubles competition, and the overall lineup is also more diversified·Germany·Belarus. The United Kingdom players Emily · Webley Smith, Japan players Junri Hagatata, Chinese Taipei's Chang Kaizhen and Li Yaxuan, and many Chinese Xiaohua also chose to participate in Zhuhai again at the first ITF Zhuhai last year, which is enough to prove that this tournament has gradually established a good reputation in the professional tennis circle. Last year's champion and this year's Women's Singles quarterfinalist Zhang Kaizhen has made no secret of her penchant for the event, believing that the ITF Zhuhai tournament is comparable to WTA-level events with its top-notch facilities, unique caddie service, ubiquitous player care and meticulous organisation.

▲ Zhang Kaizhen

Indeed, in order to leave a good impression on every player who comes to Zhuhai to participate in the competition and make everyone feel at home, the organizing committee adheres to the standards of high quality, high specifications and high starting point to strictly operate ITF events, and strives to create a comfortable, healthy and professional competition atmosphere and environment for players. In terms of the layout of the player area, from the lounge and locker room to the restaurant and gym, there are flowers everywhere, and the design is unique, integrating the unique urban elements of Zhuhai such as beaches and waves, which have been well received by many players. In terms of player catering, it refers to the player dining standards of WTA events, with dozens of Chinese and Western healthy dishes for players to choose from. In terms of competition, a professional referee team, including 1 foreign silver medal referee, 1 foreign bronze medal referee, and 4 domestic white medal referees, ensures that the competition is fair and notarized.

▲ ITF floral arrangement in the player area

In addition, as the competition coincided with the Mid-Autumn Festival, Huafa Group, the organizer of the event, specially organized interesting Mid-Autumn interactive games for the players, and prepared various exquisite gifts such as mooncakes and red wine for everyone to share; On the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the players were also invited to enjoy the dazzling fireworks and celebrate the traditional Chinese festival together.

▲Chinese and foreign players gather in the Mid-Autumn Festival

At the same time, a series of tennis exchange activities, including the selection of tennis beauties, ITF stars on campus, Macao youth tennis exchange activities, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao-Taiwan Players Gala, were successfully held during the competition, which further boosted the tennis culture to take root in Zhuhai and even the whole of South China. It can be said that in just a few years of accumulation, the passion of tennis is gradually blending and symbiotic with the vitality of Zhuhai city.

▲Top 10 tennis beauties

▲ITF stars enter the campus

▲Macao Youth Tennis Exchange Activities

▲Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan players gala

The 2016 Zhuhai ITF International Women's Tennis Tour is the fourth international tennis tournament hosted by Zhuhai Huafa Group since last year. During the week-long event, all the staff of the organizing committee were fully dedicated, and all departments such as competition activities, publicity and promotion, general management, business and ticketing worked closely and efficiently, and achieved a perfect warm-up for the 2016 Zhuhai WTA Super Classic, which will be grandly launched in November.

▲The champion and runner-up took a group photo with the caddie

In particular, in order to familiarize themselves with the atmosphere of the competition in advance, the 36 elite caddies who have just completed the training camp in August and will focus on serving the Zhuhai WTA Super Elite Tournament will all appear at the Zhuhai ITF arena in advance to accept the actual combat test. The caddie representatives came from eight cities: Zhuhai, Macau, Hong Kong, Taipei, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhongshan and Jiangmen. Their excellent performance during the game was also unanimously praised by the majority of players and referees on duty. At the same time, more than 90 college student volunteers from Beijing Normal University Zhuhai Branch, Beijing Institute of Technology Zhuhai College, and Sun Yat-sen University Zhuhai Campus have also fully participated in various positions including player services, competition management, news center, logistics services, etc., and they will continue to contribute to the Zhuhai WTA Super Classic in a little more than a month.

▲Champion Olga · Gavorsova takes a selfie with the audience

▲ Runner-up Ipek · Soylu took a selfie with the little fans on the scene

There is no doubt that the success of the 2016 Zhuhai ITF International Women's Tennis Tour has laid a more solid foundation for the upcoming WTA Super Classic in Zhuhai. It is believed that in November, the 2016 Zhuhai WTA Super Classic will be able to present a more exciting top-level tennis feast for fans in the Pearl River Delta region and audiences across the country.

Finally, we will send you the 2016 Zhuhai ITF International Women's Tour singles draw on time. (Warm reminder, click on the picture to view the high-definition big picture~).