The 2008 CAFA tennis tournament closing ceremony was
successfully held in a gorgeous morning of June 15, 2008. After fifth rounds of
competition, Masaru Kaku won the championship again with his consistency and
swiftness. David Chiu won the 2nd place. It was a really great game
that every closing ceremony participants enjoyed. Trophy awarding ceremony was followed and
the tournament’s T-shirts were distributed.
The ceremony was ended with hours of fun of double.
There are more than fifty players originated from seven
countries joined our tournament this year, they came from China, Japan, Korea,
India, Malaysia, Vietnam and America.
After more than two month organizing efforts and one and a half
tournament competition, the winners of four game categories are determined, as
well as the “fighting spirit awards” and “active participants awards”. This
year’s tournament sports level is unprecedented, especially the women singles.
It is worth mentioning that the four girls who entered semifinal are all
excellent. Both semifinals need 3 sets to decide the winner.
Our sponsor Tony Xie and FACSS president Luo Wei awarded
trophies to them, Congratulations to all the winners:
1st place:
Men's single: Masaru Kaku (Japan)
Women's single: Chen, Ye
Men's Double: Rick Kimball (America) and Wang, Cheng
Mixed double: Shuquan Zong and Xiaojun Wang
2nd place:
Men's single: David Chiu (Malaysia)
Women's single: Xiaojun Wang
Men's double: Pho Lo (Viet Nam) and Tsu-Phin Hee (Malaysia)
The fighting spirit awards are for the players who really enjoyed the game and made their best efforts to compete. All of the three winners of this category had show their strength and courage, we can also see that from the scores of their narrow margin loss. The winners are:
Fang Jing; Park, Charles(Korea) ; Nagaoka, Hiroko (Japan);
The active participants awards go to either the long time participants from far away, or the players who join the multiple categories of the tour. Some of them have been joining the tour for many years from more than an hour driving distance. They are:
Xu, jinsheng; Tong ,Zhengxin; Tang, desheng; Yun, Jonathan
In support of Beijing Olympics,
the color of this year tournament T-shirt is red with a logo similar to
Olympics. In support our club, the tournament and the most importantly the
Beijing Olympics, you can also purchase the top quality and artistically
designed extra T-shirt at $8 each. Please send email with the size from M, L
and XL to cafatennis2008@gmail.com
should you be interested in support. (There are only around 15 left).
Appreciation goes to our sponsors: CAFA, Tony Xie, Cheng Zhao and FACSS. The tournament would not be possible without their long time support.