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[quote=CANADAGUY,256780]>>...Also, China has made some progress in tennis. Have you heard of Yanzi, Zhengjie, Li Ting and Sun Tiantian? They are good tennis players. Li and Sun once claimed the champions of Women's doubles in Athens' Olympic Games. <<

I'm not familiar with these players but I have noticed a few Chinese women player's names turning up in the major tennis championships.
That's a good sign.

>>However, Chinese male tennis players are not as good as women players. I guess that it has something to do with physical qualities. Chinese tennis players are not as strong as those European players. This is the fact.<<

Yes I would agree with you here. In tennis, you have a distinct advantage if you are taller than six feet (though not too tall).

I wonder if you are familiar with Michael Te-Pei Chang? He is a Chinese American who reached  number two in the ATP tennis rankings in the early 90's. He was the youngest winner of a Grand Slam (won the French Open at 17 years of age).

He was a wonderful player, mainly a counter-puncher. But since then I haven't seen any other dominant Chinese players on the ATP tour.

Here are a couple of links to Michael from the 90's.

1996 Hong Kong  Sampras vs. Chang.
Picture quality is quite poor on this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=646xzznkMzI&feature=related

1997 US Open  Marcelo Rios vs. Michael Chang  
Picture is a little better for this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Keh6tw2XCYI&feature=related
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