Source: CCTV.com

01-21-2009 09:27

With Chinese tennis players gaining more popularity worldwide, tennis is quickly becoming the hot new sport in China. But in order for tennis to take off professionally, the cultivation of young tennis players must be changed...and that's already happening this year.

The Tennis Administration Center made a decision to "free" their tennis athletes in 2009, which means the athletes will determine their own training and play.

Under the new cultivation mode, tennis stars like Zheng Jie and Yan Zi, who won the country's first-ever Grand Slam title in 2007 Australian Open, as well as Li Na will not only PLAY as pros-- They will operate professionally in all other aspects such as being able to keep a lot more of their prize money.

Chen Yallin, said, "In the professional road, the tennis athletes hire their own coaches and arrange their own training sessions, pay for expenses to play on their own, and only have to turn in 8-12% of their prize money to the country. "

Chinese tennis players have become more and more popular in the international sports arena. Thanks to them, tennis in China has developed quickly in recent years.