CHINA OPEN SETS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

Written by: Staff on 8th September 2015

CHINA OPEN SETS GUINNESS WORLD RECORD

epa04904487 A basket of tennis balls for practice on Kids Day at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, in New York, New York ,USA, 29 August 2015. EPA/PETER FOLEY |

Fans gather for a unique honour in Beijing

On 5 September, 814 tennis fans gathered together in the National Tennis Center in Beijing – home of the China Open, an ATP World Tour 500 event – for a tilt at a Guinness World Record. The honour: “Most people bouncing tennis balls on tennis racquets”. They finally succeeded with a total of 767 people.

At 2pm local time, tennis fans wearing uniform yellow T-shirts came to the Diamond Court at the National Tennis Center in the rain, with their tennis racquets and excitement for the opportunity of personally experiencing playing on court. Two-time women’s Grand Slam doubles champion Zheng Jie also came to the scene to teach fans the steady way of bouncing tennis balls and demonstrated a lot.

As the challenge officially started, all the participants counted down the seconds in chorus when bouncing tennis balls: “10 seconds, 9 seconds, 8 seconds …”. When time was up, the Certification Officer began to confirm the number and finally announced that 767 people succeeded, which set the new world record of “The most people bouncing tennis balls on tennis racquets”. After that, Zheng excitedly took a selfie with fans to commemorate the record.

This year, the China Open will attract a star-studded lineup including Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, David Ferrer, Tomas Berdych and Milos Raonic.

Courtesy of the ATP and Original Link – http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/china-open-sets-guinness-world-record-2015 )

Topics: ATP World Tour 500, Beijing, China Open, David Ferrer, Milos Raoni, National Tennis Center, Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Sports, Tennis Balls, Tennis News, Tomas Berdych