On March 29, Vietnam Television Center for the Central Highlands - Central Region (VTV8), Vietnam Tennis Federation, and the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Da Nang City held the opening ceremony of the VTV8 Cup - 2024 national amateur tennis tournament.
The tournament will take place from March 28 to 30 at Tuyen Son Sports Village (Hai Chau District, Da Nang City). Previously, on March 28, at VTV8, the Organizing Committee held a meeting of the referee team and drew lots for the competition schedule.
The VTV8 Cup - 2024 National Amateur Tennis Tournament has 6 competition categories including: men's leadership doubles, men's doubles under 40 years old, men's doubles 41-50 years old, men's doubles 51 years old and over, women's doubles, mixed doubles.
The tournament attracted 24 delegations with over 100 athletes registered to participate. After drawing lots and dividing the competition schedule for each event, the teams were divided into groups to compete in a round robin, then the first and second teams advanced to the knockout round.
VTV8 Cup - 2024 National Amateur Tennis Tournament attracts more than 100 athletes from provinces and cities to participate
In his opening speech, Mr. Nguyen Lam Thanh, Director of VTV8, said that the opening and closing ceremonies and some important matches will be broadcast live on VTV8 and livestreamed on VTV8's digital infrastructure. The live broadcast schedule of the closing ceremony and some of the final matches will be broadcast at 4:00 p.m. and rebroadcast at 9:40 p.m. on March 30.
Mr. Nguyen Lam Thanh, Director of VTV8, delivered the opening speech of the tournament.
"With the advantage of being a media channel, VTV8 hopes to attract many people to the program. This creates a tennis tournament with high professional quality and beautiful matches, contributing to spreading the movement of training and competing in sports more and more strongly to a large number of civil servants, workers and people across the country," said Mr. Nguyen Lam Thanh.
The VTV8 Cup - 2024 National Amateur Tennis Tournament is held for the first time and is part of the official tournament system of the Vietnam Tennis Federation.
This is also one of the practical activities towards the 35th anniversary of the establishment of the Vietnam Tennis Federation (May 27, 1989 - May 27, 2024) and to celebrate the 49th anniversary of the liberation of Da Nang City (March 29, 1975 - March 29, 2024).
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