The 2018 Zhuhai Tennis Open, hosted by the Chinese Tennis Association and hosted by Zhuhai Huafa Group, came to an end on the afternoon of March 11 after 9 days of wonderful competition. More than 120 players competed at the Hengqin International Tennis Centre, with Belgium's Zanevska winning the women's singles title and Australia qualifier Usain Bolt winning the men's singles title in an unfavourable situation. Wu Xiangming, Deputy Director of Zhuhai Municipal Bureau of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Xu Rong, Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhuhai Huafa Group, attended the men's singles award ceremony.

With a total prize fund of US$135,000, the Zhuhai Open is the first major sporting event in Zhuhai this year, and it is also the top professional tennis tournament after the Zhuhai WTA Super Classic. This year's competition still attracted a group of tennis players to sign up, Zhang Ze, Wu Di, Zhang Zhizhen, Wang Xinyu and other domestic new and old players gathered in Zhuhai, while the reigning women's singles champion, this year's Australian Open 16 player Denisa · Aletova also chose to return to Zhuhai again, but Aletova failed to defend her title. The Chinese players all failed in the previous rounds and failed to make it to the final.

Wu Di

Zhang Zhizhen

Wang Xinyu

The last day of the summit was full of excitement! In women's singles, Ukraine's rising star Kostyuk missed out on winning the title, while Belgium's Zanevska won the title, while the men's singles title was won by qualified player Usain Bolt to the top of the dark horse myth.

In the first Women's Singles final, Belgium's Zanevska lost straight sets to Rickkoskzuk 6-2, 6-4. Ukraine's rising star Kostyuk made it all the way to the final in Zhuhai this week, and she looked a little dumb in the most crucial final, Kostyuk's performance in the service link throughout the match was noticeably delayed, with a first-serve success rate of only about 50%, while her 76% first-serve rate was dwarfed by her opponent's 91% first-serve scoring rate of her opponent Zanevska. Although Koskuk failed to win the championship in Zhuhai, it is believed that for the 15-year-old, she will gain more valuable experience.

Kostyuk

Zanevska's 16th singles title in Zhuhai is timely for Belgium, who have been declining in the rankings for the past five months, and have now risen eight places to 175. The Belgium walked away here not just a trophy, but more confidence. Although she is still a certain distance from her career high ranking of 105 last year, I believe that the 24-year-old will have a better future!

Zanevska

In the men's singles final, Australia's Usain Bolt defeated Poland's Hukak 5-7/7-6(4)/6-2 to win the title, instantly soaring 31 places to break the top 200 threshold. Throughout the match, Bolt's most remarkable feature was his 83% success rate in recovering break points, and the Australia managed to save 15 of 18 break points, and his performance on key points was heroic.

Bolt

The 21-year-old Poland teenager Hukak has been steadily rising in the rankings since the beginning of the season, and in the new round of world rankings next week, with his excellent performance in the final in Zhuhai, Hukak will break the top 200 mark for the first time, and the Poland teenager has achieved a major breakthrough in his career in Zhuhai.

Hukak

The atmosphere in the stadium was high, the applause continued, and the outside of the stadium was also full of passion and vitality. After several years of tennis tournaments, the enthusiasm of the people of Zhuhai for tennis is also increasing. Taking advantage of the rare good weather this week, a large number of Zhuhai citizens drove to the Hengqin International Tennis Center to watch the match. In order to create a better sports atmosphere, Zhuhai Huafa Sports Operation Management Co., Ltd., the executive unit of the event, joined hands with the Zhuhai Athletics Association to organize a public welfare fun run at the Hengqin International Tennis Center. The activity starts from the tennis center and returns to the tennis center around Hengqin Qinshi Road and Xiangjiang Road, with a distance of up to 4 kilometers. Nearly 400 runners and tennis enthusiasts from all over Zhuhai participated in the event. As for why running and tennis are combined, Chen Chi, the person in charge of Huafa Sports, who organized this activity, said: "Through the combination of the tennis event named after Zhuhai city and the fun road running activities, it aims to promote tennis and road running and fitness culture to the public, promote the in-depth development of national fitness, and also show the new image of Hengqin's urban construction in full swing, and advocate a healthy and civilized beautiful new life." The run ended after half an hour.

So far, the 2018 Zhuhai Tennis Open has come to a successful conclusion, and we look forward to seeing you next year!