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2015 Dalian Women’s Tennis Open Started Sports Center Brand
By Zhang Jian from Dalian Daily

On 13th September, the 8-day 2015 Dalian Women’s Tennis Open was successfully concluded. During this event, 50 players from China, the U.S., Israel, Croatia, Japan and so on competed for singles and doubles titles through 58 games.
In the past 8 days, Dalian sports center was
full of applauses and cheers. This passionate “City of Sports” had helped boost
the morale of players from across the world. According to statistics, this
event had attracted more than 8,000 tennis fans to cheer for their favorite
players on the scene. As an international-class tennis tournament with the
largest event scale and the highest match level in northeast China, 2015 Dalian
Women’s Tennis Open has a significant meaning on starting the game brand of
Dalian Sports Center.
Chen Shu, WTA Tournament Director of Asia
Pacific Region, said in a post-match interview that, Dalian had a big success
in its first time of holding such a high-standard tennis event, which was not
common. Although Dalian Sports Center boasted international-class playing
field, I had been worried about your experience in holding such an
international event, but from the first day of player’s arrival, I was totally
relieved because I saw a team rendering considerate service; and since the
first day of this match, I had experienced a set of well-organized event
guarantee system.
Zhang Kailin, one of the doubles champions,
said after the match that Dalian enjoyed a good environment, fresh air and most
importantly, a great stadium. I felt very comfortable to play in such a
stadium. Hightow (transliteration), the main referee of this event from India,
had also expressed her wish to come to Dalian again if there was a chance, as
Dalian Sports Center had left her with many wonderful memories.