[China News Service, Jiujiang News]On October 28, the main draw of the 2024 WTA Jiangxi Tennis Open officially started in Jiujiang, Jiangxi Province on the 28th. Tennis players from more than 30 countries and regions participated.

The 2024 WTA Jiangxi Tennis Open is hosted by the Jiangxi Provincial People’s Government and the Chinese Tennis Association, and hosted by the Jiangxi Provincial Sports Bureau and the Jiujiang Municipal People’s Government. The event is themed “Network Gathers in Jiujiang, Ball Connects the World” and will be held from October 26 to November 3 It will be held on October 26th to 27th, with the qualifying round from October 28th to November 3rd.

As the final stop of the 2024 WTA (Women’s International Tennis Federation) series of tournaments, the Jiangxi Tennis Open attracted more than 30 countries and regions from China, the Czech Republic, Poland, Armenia, Spain, Germany, the United Kingdom, and Italy. More than 60 contestants went to Jiangxi to compete.

For the first time, this year’s competition moved from Nanchang, the capital of Jiangxi Province, to Jiujiang, a thousand-year-old city. The event venue, Jiujiang International Tennis Center, is a brand-new venue built in accordance with the standards of the International Tennis League. The central tennis court has seats that can accommodate 3,500 spectators.

On the first match day of the Jiangxi Tennis Open on the 28th, a total of ten singles and doubles matches were held. The Czech player Marie Bouzkova, who won the women’s singles runner-up at the 2023 Jiangxi Tennis Open, once again became the top seed player. Go to war. She made her main draw debut of the tournament against Philippines player Alexandra Ella on the center tennis court.

The Jiangxi Tennis Open has gone through ten years since its first competition in 2014. It is one of the longest-running WTA tour events in China.