China is attempting to becometop in anothersport by aimingfortennis.Theyalreadyprovedtheirstrength as a sportingnation by toppingthemedalstable at the2008BeijingOlympics. China is said to have anewtarget- to producetennisplayersgoodenough to be Wimbledonchampions.
TheywouldalsohappilysettlefortheAustralian,FrenchandU.S.Opens.TheSkyNews TV channelfromBritainreported on theeffortstheChinesearemaking to become a tennissuperpower. If countrieslikeSweden,andmorerecentlySerbia,canproducechamps,thenChinathinkthattheircountryhas a greatchance.
Theyhavethefacilitiesandthedetermination to achievetheirdream.Chinaalreadyhas a rolemodelfortheyoungertennisstarlets to look up to.She is ZhengJiewhoreachedtheWimbledonsemi-finals in 2008.SkyNewsChinacorrespondentHollyWilliamsvisitedtheXiannongtanSchool in Beijing.There,shesawchildren as young as sixbeingtrained to competeforsportingglory in thefuture.Shespoke to thetrainingmanagerHuangHongjunabouthistrainingmethods.
Mr Hongjunsaid:"Wepickthestudents by testingthequality of theirbodies.It'simportant we get it right,because if we chooseincorrectlythentheywon'tturnout to be champions."One of thefuturehopefuls of theschool is 11-year-oldHaoHuatian. He is known to train six days a week, have no school holidays and only see his parents once a week . Williamsreported:“Hehasalreadywon a nationalchampionship,anddisplaysextraordinaryfocusfor a player of hisage.” He is definitely a name to watchforbeforetheend of thisdecade.
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