huang zelin created a series of tennis history in hong kong, china within one year. he felt that training and competition abroad were too important.
2024-09-21
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in the second round of the 2024 hangzhou open held on september 20, hong kong, china's young player huang zelin missed two set points and was reversed by the tournament's no. 4 seed brandon nakajima 7-6, 6-7, 1-6.
although he failed to make the quarterfinals, the young player who was born in 2004 has achieved a breakthrough. after defeating xiao linang and te rigele in the qualifying round, he got a place in the tour main draw for the first time through the qualifying round, and then won his first tour main draw victory in his career against wu yibing.
huang zelin made it to the quarterfinals of the hangzhou asian games last year. huang zelin has performed well in hangzhou for two consecutive years, and he also praised hangzhou: "i am very happy to return to hangzhou to compete. i have experienced many intense and tense competitions here. i have a good impression of hangzhou and this venue since i played in the asian games last year. this year is the first time that hangzhou has hosted the atp tour. i think the event was held very professionally and well."
huang zelin's fate with tennis is due to his sister. this journey began in childhood at victoria park, where his sister followed a professional coach from the mainland to learn tennis. one day, his sister was unable to go to training due to illness, and his parents suggested that he attend the class in his sister's place. "i was only five years old at the time, and that's how it started. later, my parents thought i was a little fat and needed more exercise for health, so i chose to play tennis." huang zelin recalled.
huang zelin showed amazing talent since he was a child. at the age of 7, he was able to beat opponents in the 10-year-old group: "every day i think about tennis and watch tennis. the tv at home is all about tennis matches." before the age of 16, huang zelin had been training in hong kong. but due to the epidemic, his coach could no longer teach him, and he had no competitions for a long time. after that, huang zelin got the opportunity to train at nadal's tennis school and continued his dream.
the experience at nadal tennis school became a key turning point in huang zelin's rapid growth. he said with deep feeling that training and competing abroad was of great significance to him. "although there are many outstanding athletes in hong kong and the mainland, there are so many players with different styles abroad. it allows me to practice continuously, gives me the opportunity to win or lose, and provides me with many different opportunities and competitions to grow. if i want to pursue a professional career in the future, i must go out to compete. the sooner i go out, the better."
at the atp hong kong station at the beginning of this year, huang zelin, a local player, made his first appearance in the tour main draw with a wild card. at that time, his world ranking was still outside the top 250. after that, at the miami masters, huang zelin became the first player from hong kong, china to enter the atp masters. in hangzhou, he also became the first player from hong kong, china to win the atp tour main draw since 1972.
now his world ranking has reached 137th. regarding his future tennis plans, he believes that every athlete wants to be the world's number one, but his short-term goal is to strive to enter the ranks of the newcomers finals this year and break into the top 100 in the world rankings before the end of the year. "as long as i can break into the top 100, i can directly participate in the grand slam next year."
author: wu yulun
text: our reporter/wu yulun photo: event organizer editor: gu miao responsible editor: shen lei
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