South China Morning Post - China Sport

Chinese tennis star Zheng Qinwen secured an upset over No 6 seed Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain in straight sets at the Athens Open on Monday. Currently ranked No 135 in the world, a free fall of 131 places from her career-high world No 4 spot last June, Zheng dispatched the 23-year-old in the first round, but it was not smooth sailing. In her first hard court appearance of the...

Veterans Ma Long and Xu Xin will return to action at the stand-alone doubles tournament of the National Table Tennis Championships, which also features star mixed doubles duo Wang Chuqin and Sun Yingsha as well as long-time partnership Lin Shidong and Kuai Man. The week-long doubles competition kicked off on Monday in Changsha, Hunan, split into a three-day qualifying stage and ...

China’s women’s volleyball head coach could ring changes to his starting line-up at the coming Nations League final round in Macau, after some dismal performances saw his team finish with their worst results in Hong Kong last week. In four matches at Kai Tak Arena, China beat only Ukraine, while losses to Canada, the Dominican Republic and Italy saw Zhao Yong’s side drop a place...

A relatively young China’s women’s volleyball team pushed reigning champions Italy all the way before losing 3-2 in a five-set thriller to conclude their Nations League regular season in Hong Kong on Sunday. Three-time champions Italy, who also triumphed in Ankara and Bangkok in 2022 and 2024, were in control almost from the start, and took the first set 25-19. Playing in front ...

China lost their second match at the Volleyball Nations League on Saturday night when they went down 3-1 to a desperate Dominican Republic side in a hard-fought encounter at Kai Tak Arena. Despite this defeat in their penultimate preliminary match to a Dominican team ranked 15th out of 18 competing nations, China had already secured a spot in the finals as hosts and will feature...