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Hong Kong Tennis Open 2024: 20-year-old Russian youngster Schneider swept his opponents to win the championship
China News Service, Hong Kong, November 3 (Reporter Wei Huadu) In the final of the “Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open 2024” held at Victoria Park in Hong Kong on the afternoon of the 3rd, top seed Diana Shnaider won two sets in a row. Sweeping second seed Katie Boulter.
Schneider from Russia defeated the third seed, Canadian golfer Leylah Fernandez (Leylah Fernandez) in the semi-finals, the latter was the previous champion; British golfer Bolt defeated the Chinese golden flower Yuan Yue and joined Schneider. Finals.
In the final, Schneider, ranked 14th in the world and only 20 years old, had an advantage in the first set, leading Bolt 5:0 at one point. The latter struggled to hold serve, and Schneider won 6:1 first; in the second set, Bolt won 6:1. , Bolt failed to reverse the decline, Schneider won 6:2 again and won the Hong Kong Open Championship for the first time.
In women’s doubles, the third-seeded combination of Norway’s Ulrikke Eikeri/Japan’s Makoto Ninomiya defeated the Japanese combination of Shuko Aoyama/Eri Hozumi and won the championship.
The event is a 250-level international tour of the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA), hosted by the Tennis Association of Hong Kong, China, with former Chinese tennis star Li Na serving as the tournament director.
When Li Na met with the media that day to sum up the event, she said that the Hong Kong event did a good job in terms of “software”, including that the surrounding area of the venue was full of tennis elements so that fans could experience tennis. The organizer took sufficient care of the players and also arranged for players to experience Hong Kong culture. Many participating golfers praised this event. Li Na suggested that Hong Kong should continue to improve its hardware to host higher-level events.
