Official website: www.11th-games.org.cn Individual Events - Main Draw Jinan, Shandong Oct 19-27, 2009 Schedule & Results:   Men's Singles Women's Singles R-1 HT Yu d. C Ye (CCMAS) 75 63 R-2 HT Yu d. YN Ma (Hubei) 75 46 75 R-3 HT Yu l. Z Li (Tianjin) 26 26 R-1 J Hui d. YL Li (Sichuan) 60 76(2) R-2 J Hui l. D Wu (Shanghai) 16 36 R-1 L Zhang bye R-2 L Zhang d. T Li (Jiangsu) 61 64 R-3 L Zhang l. YM Zhou (Shanghai) 64 16 16 R-1 J Yang bye R-2 J Yang d. SS Qiu (Guangdong) 61 62 R-3 J Yang l. JJ Lu (PLA) 36 16           Men's Doubles R-1 J Hui/B Hung d. JY Li/Q Gao (Liaoning) 57 75 62 R-2 J Hui/B Hung l. XY Yu/W Gao (Beijing) 36 26 Women's Doubles R-1 J Yang/L Zhang d. WR Li/R Tian (Henan) 63 60 R-2 J Yang/L Zhang l. JJ Lu/SN Sun (PLA) 67(6) 57 Mixed Doubles R-1 B Hung/L Zhang d. B Liu/SS Qiu (Guangdong) 62 63 R-2 B Hung/L Zhang l. H Lu/JJ Lu (PLA) 76 26 16 R-1 HT Yu/J Yang l. YF Yang/TT Sun (Henan) 26 26            Team Events Jinan, Shandong July 18-27, 2009 Hong Kong Representatives: Men: Jack Hui, Brian Hung, Martin Sayer, Yu Hiu-tung Women: Venise Chan, Polly Lam, Zhang Ling, Jessica Yang [Men's Final Results] [Women's Final Results] HK Men's Team Knock-out Stage Results: 5th-8th Place Play-off HK l. Beijing(北京) 0-2 Jul 26   not play   Quarterfinals HK l. PLA(解放軍) 0-2 Jul 25 J Hui l. H Lu HT Yu l. JC Xu 62 67 05(Ret)  63 57 57 HK Women's Team Knock-out Stage Results: 7th-8th Place Play-off HK l. Liaoning(遼寧) 1-2  Jul 26   V Chan l. JJ Lu J Yang d. Y Yang V Chan/L Zhang l. JJ Lu/JX Lu   36 36 75 64 46 26 5th-8th Place Play-off HK l. Henan(河南) 1-2 Jul 25   V Chan v TT Sun L Zhang v R Tian J Yang/L Zhang v J Bao/TT Sun   36 26 76(5) 40(Ret) 36 36 Quarterfinals HK l. Jiangsu (江蘇) 1-2 Jul 24   L Zhang l. CM Ji J Yang d. C Liang V Chan/L Zhang l. CC Gao/CM Ji 26 46 62 75 26 67(4) Round Robin Results:   Men Women Jul 18   HK d. Hunan (湖南) 3-0 M Sayer d. PX Gong 75 63 HT Yu d. Z Wu 46 63 62 J Hui/B Hung d. KY Cao/PX Gong 67(2) 62 61 HK d. Guangdong (廣東) 3-0 J Yang d. YC Chen 26 62 62 L Zhang d. SS Qiu 60 26 61 L Zhang/V Chan d. YC Chen/Y Wen 64 36 63  Jul 19   HK d. Gansu (甘肅) 3-0 M Sayer d. M Wang 61 61 HT Yu d. DL Zhu 62 63 J Hui/B Hung d. DL Zhu/J Cao 64 62 Bye    Jul 20 HK d. Anhui (安徽) 3-0 HT Yu d. YX Wang 61 60 J Hui d. TX Hui 64 62 M Sayer/B Hung d. Z Gong/H Gong 60 60 HK d. Jilin (吉林) 3-0 J Yang d. BY Wang 62 63 V Chan d. XM Cheng 75 63 J Yang/L Zhang d. L Li/BY Wang 62 62 Jul 21 HK d. Yunnan (雲南) 3-0 HT Yu d. HY Tan 62 76(5) M Sayer d. RK Wang 61 60 J Hui/B Hung d. HY Tan/JZ Yang 75 63 HK l. Sichuan (四川) 1-2 L Zhang l. J Zheng 26 06 J Yang d. X Lu 63 63 V Chan/L Zhang l. J Zheng/Z Yan 16 46 Jul 22 HK l. Jiangsu (江蘇) 0-3 M Sayer l. SX Zeng   2-5 (Ret) HT Yu l. Z Zhang 36 26 J Hui/B Hung l. F Xue/SX Zeng 46 26 HK d. Shanxi (山西) 3-0 L Zhang d. F Song 60 60 V Chan d. ZN Wang 63 60 P Lam/V Chan d. F Song/ZW Wang 61 62 Groupings: Men A: Jiangsu, HK, Gansu, Yunnan, Hunan, Anhui B: Beijing, Zhejiang, Henan, Hebei, Chongqing, Jiangxi C: Tianjin, Hubei, Guangdong, Sichuan, Hainan, Fujian D: People's Liberation Army (PLA), Shanghai, China Coal Mine Sports Association (CCMSA), Liaoning, Shandong, Guangxi, Shanxi Women A: Sichuan, HK, Guangdong, Jilin, Shanxi B: Tianjin, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Chongqing, CCMSA, Yunnan C: Hubei, Henan, Liaoning, Fujian, Hunan, Hebei D: PLA, Zhejiang, Beijing, Anhui, Shandong, Guangxi   Individual Events - Qualifying Jiangmen, Guangdong April 13-21, 2009 Hong Kong Representatives: Men:     Jack Hui   Brian Hung   Yu Hiu Tung Women: Lam Po Kuen   Yang Zi-Jun   Zhang Ling Participating Units: Jiangsu, Yunnan, People's Liberation Army, Tianjin, Hunan, Guanxi, Zhejiang, Hubei, Guangdong, Fujian, Sichuan, Shanghai, Shandong, Anhui, Henan, Beijing, Chongqing, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Hong Kong, Jiangxi, Gansu, Jilin, and Hainan. Prior to the official commencement of the 11th All China Games in Shandong, Guangzhou, in October, competitors must first partake in the Preliminaries in Jiangmen from April 13-20 in order to secure their qualifying passes. The preliminaries for the individual events will consist of men's singles & doubles, women's singles & doubles, and mixed doubles. There will not be a preliminary for the Team event. All teams advance automatically to the final rounds, which is scheduled for a July date. Last time out at the 10th All China Games in Nanjing, 8th-seeded Yu Hiu Tung defeated No. 6 Lu Hao (PLA) 7-5, 6-4, before going down against Yu Xin-Yuan (Beijing), 6-2, 6-1, in the 5th-6th Place Playoff to finish in 6th overall in men's singles. Wayne Wong, who sustained a shoulder injury in a losing effort in the quarterfinals against top see Wang Yu, Jr. (Tianjin), had to concede a walkover to Yu Xin-Yuan in the positional playoff and finished in 8th place ovevrall. For a more detailed recap of the 10th ACG, see related stories below: Related Stories: Yu Hiu Tung claims sixth place in men's singles at 10th All China Games (25 Oct 2005) Wayne, Tung to face top seeds for place in ACG men's singles semis (17 Oct 2005) Beijing beats HK to claim spot in men's team quarterfinals (9 Oct 2005) HK Men's Team loses opening group match to Hubei at 10th All China Games (7 Oct 2005) Tung, Wayne to finish in 5th-8th place after defeats to Sun Peng, Zhu Ben-Qiang (26 Mar 2005) HK trio post opening victories in singles qualifying at 10th All China Games (20 Mar 2005) All China Games hopefuls congregate in Tianjin for make-or-break qualifying (20 Mar 2005)

10th All China Games
Jiangsu, Nanjing
October 6-21, 2005

The all-important tennis qualifiers for the men's and women's individual events at the 10th All China Games began on March 18 in Tianjin. All leading Mainland players such Olympic champions Li Ting and Sun Tian-Tian; WTA top-50 players, Li Na, Peng Shuai and Zheng Jie; not to mention top men Sun Peng and Zhu Ben-Qiang; were not exempt from the ACG qualifying and had to contend for a place in the main round proper like everyone else.

Hong Kong's Yu Hiu Tung and Wayne Wong were seeded 9th and 11th respectively for the men's singles qualies, while Tung and Polly Lam Po Kuen were the eighth seeds for the mixed doubles. Polly will also be vying for a coveted maindraw spot in the women's singles but, without being seeded, she would need to win four rounds of matches to reach the last 16 just to guarantee herself a spot.

Qualification for the team events will take place in Jiangsu and Hubei respectively from 20-26 June 2005. The 10th All China Games proper will take place in Nanjing in October 2005.

In all, teams representing the PLA, Beijing, Tianjin, Hunan, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau, etc., constitute the 23 different provincial teams that total more than 200 competitors in the tennis competition at the 10th ACG tennis qualies this year.

The top 24 finishers in both Men's and Women's Singles qualies will automatically qualify for the main round of the ACG, while the top 12 place getters for the Mixed qualies will also get a direct pass to Nanjing.

At the last All China Games in 2001 held in Guangdong, the territory's very own Melvin Tong and John Hui combined to capture Hong Kong's first-ever ACG medal since its inception in 1959 when they defeated a second-seeded Hubei team that comprised former Chinese number one, Zhu Ben-Qiang, in the Men's Doubles 3rd place playoff to bring home a Bronze Medal.

Four years ago, the Hong Kong men's team finished agonizingly close to a medal in fifth overall, with Wayne Wong winning all but one of his singles rubbers, the lone defeat coming against then National champion and Mainland number one, Beijing's Bruce Li.

Melvin Tong, John Hui, Wayne Wong and Ivan Yeh represented Hong Kong in the men's events at the 9th All China Games, while Tong Ka Po and Polly Lam were the territory's two female reprentatives.

Hosts Guangdong was the overall champion with close to seventy gold medals, followed by Liaoning, PLA, Shanghai and Jiangsu finishing in a tight bunch from second to fifth place. With two golds, two silvers and a bronze, Hong Kong placed 27th overall out of 37 provincial teams at the 9th ACG in 2001.

Historically, All China Games venues have always been either one of three cities: Beijing, Shanghai or Guangdong. However, the State Council approved in early 2001 that "other capable cities and provinces" could now apply to host future ACGs. For the first time in an open application process, five provinces - Liaoning, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, and Shaanxi - submitted bids to host the 10th All China Games, with Jiangsu eventually winning out for the esteemed right.

The 2005 All China Games is an important timeline, especially for sports authorities in Beijing, since it will be the last significant competition held on the mainland before the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. It signals the last chance to test-run any planned initiatives and contingency operations anticipated for 2008.

The choice of Nanjing as the final round venue could be manifold. However, according to China's official gateway, China.org.cn, it was in October 1910 that the first Chinese national sports meet was held in an effort by the mainland to seek for eventual participation and formal staging rights of the Olympics. The location of that first domestic sport meet was none other than Nanjing.

The Nanjing Olympic Centre's Tennis Arena (right) has a seating capacity of 8,000; a construction area spanning 40,000 sq. meters; built at an estimated cost of RMB158 million; and includes a Centre Court, two semifinal courts, 14 outdoor courts, and four indoor courts all located within a waterside setting.

Results
10th All China Games - Qualifying
Tianjin, China
March 18-26, 2005

MEN'S SINGLES

5th - 8th Place Playoff
(9)Wang Yi-Ning (Tianjin) d. (9)Yu Hiu Tung (HKG) 6-1 6-4
(11)Wayne Wong (HKG) withdrew injured - shoulder

Quarterfinals
(1)Sun Peng (Tianjin) d. (9)Yu Hiu Tung (HKG) 6-1 6-0
(3)Zhu Ben-Qiang (Hubei) d. (11)Wayne Wong (HKG) 6-1 6-1

Fourth Round
(9)Yu Hiu Tung (HKG) d. (7)Zhang Yu (Beijing) 6-1 ret'd
(11)Wayne Wong (HKG) d. Li Zhe (Tianjin) 7-5 7-5

Third Round
(9)Yu Hiu Tung (HKG) d. Bu Wan-Bo (Hebei) 6-2 6-1
(11)Wayne Wong (HKG) d. Gong Mao-Xin (Jiangsu) 6-0 7-5

Second Round
(9)Yu Hiu Tung (HKG) d. Li Jian (Henan) 6-0 6-0
(11)Wayne Wong (HKG) d. Zhang Zhe (Shandong) 6-2 6-0

WOMEN'S SINGLES

Second Round
Dong Yan-Hua (Shanghai) d. Lam Po Kuen (HKG) 6-0 7-5

First Round
Lam Po Kuen (HKG) d. Yuan Wen-Qui (Anhui) 6-2 6-1

MIXED DOUBLES

Second Round
Zhou He/Li Ting (Anhui) d. (8)Yu Hiu Tung/Lam Po Kuen (HKG) 2-6 7-6(4) 7-6(5)

 

Note: The 1st edition of the All China Games was held in Beijing in 1959 in celebration of the tenth anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China.

Sources
Official Website of the Chinese Olympic Committee (http://en.olympic.cn)
Image and Official Logo: www.10thgames.org.cn

Posted: 28 March 2005