BEIJING, June 10 (Xinhua) — Here are the most recent Chinese sports activities headlines from the previous week:
1. Torch relay for Chengdu Universiade begins in Beijing
The thirty first FISU Summer World University Games welcomed one other milestone because the torch relay began on June 10 in Beijing.
Chinese Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang, additionally a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, lit the torch from a cauldron at a ceremony held on the campus of Peking University and introduced the beginning of the relay.
The torch relay entails 5 cities: Beijing; Harbin, capital of Heilongjiang Province; Shenzhen; Chongqing; and Yibin, Sichuan Province.
The flame will then return to Chengdu and light-weight the principle cauldron of the Universiade when it formally opens on July 28.
2. Wang/Hsieh energy into ladies’s doubles remaining at French Open
China’s Wang Xinyu and Hsieh Su-wei of Chinese Taipei secured their berth within the French Open ladies’s doubles remaining after ousting No. 6 seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Ellen Perez 6-2, 3-6, 6-3 on June 9.
“I didn’t expect we would reach this stage. We just wanted to go to the court and we said to each other just have fun and enjoy the game, and then we are here,” Wang stated.
Playing in solely their second occasion as a pair, Wang and Hsieh will face Leylah Fernandez and Taylor Townsend in Sunday’s showdown, the place 21-year-old Wang goes to make her debut within the remaining of a Grand Slam event. Hsieh is already a four-time Grand Slam doubles champion, three from Wimbledon (2013, 2019, 2021) and one from the clay-court main (2014).
3. China misses bronze after Australia’s buzzer beater at FIBA 3×3 World Cup
China’s ladies’s staff fell to a 21-20 loss to Australia, courtesy of a last-second shot within the medal recreation on the 2023 FIBA 3×3 World Cup on June 4.
Despite having solely three gamers out there resulting from Zhang Yi’s knee damage sustained within the semifinal in opposition to the United States earlier that day, China executed a sensible and strategic recreation, conserving power and sustaining a 20-17 lead by scoring from afar. However, Australia’s Marena Whittle made the last word distinction with two 2-point photographs, overturning the sport and securing victory.
4. China books Paris 2024 tickets in FEI Eventing Nations Cup
World champions Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan beat compatriots Li Wenmei and Liu Xuanxuan 21-18, 21-12 to guide a ticket to the ladies’s doubles remaining on the Singapore Open on June 10.
They will face the problem from South Korean pair Baek Ha-na and Lee So-hee, who got here from behind to beat one other Chinese duo, Zhang Shuxian and Zheng Yu, 16-21, 21-18, 21-10 within the final 4.
Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang, who had received the boys’s doubles title in commanding vogue on the Thailand Open on June 4, rallied previous Malaysia’s Aaron Chia and Soh Wooi Yik 16-21, 21-15, 21-17 within the semifinal.
Olympic champion Chen Yufei fell to arch rival Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 21-10, 18-21, 21-16 within the ladies’s singles semifinal.
6. Chinese diving staff unveils 18-member listing for Fukuoka World Aquatics Championships
China will ship an 18-member squad to compete on the 2023 Fukuoka World Aquatics Championships in July, headed by 4 Tokyo Olympic champions Quan Hongchan, Chen Yuxi, Zhang Jiaqi and Wang Zongyuan.
The staff will function some new blood, together with rookies Long Daoyi (males’s 3m springboard) and Wang Feilong (blended 10m platform synchro), who will make their debuts on the Championships as China strives to acquire full tickets for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.