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After winning the championship in boys’ singles under 14 years old at the ASICS Tennis Junior Tour in Guangzhou in late August, Wang Fa quickly attracted attention on the Internet. Wang is known for carrying his tennis rackets(球拍) in a bamboo basket, 【小题1】(earn) him the name of “basket tennis boy”.
Over the past six years, Wang, along with his peers(同伴) at the Yunnan Wild Elephants Tennis Club, 【小题2】( improve) his skills and physical【小题3】( strong) through training that includes running 9 kilometers and swinging his racket more than 7 ,000 times a day. “If it were not for tennis, I would still be helping out my family with farm work back home,” he told China Daily.
Talking about his habit【小题4】carrying his tennis gear(装备) in a bamboo basket, Wang said he carried his rackets this way【小题5】(honor) his hometown, Cangyuan Va autonomous county(沧源佤族自治县), Yunnan Province.
【小题6】(initial), Wang’s parents did not want him to learn tennis because they thought it was too expensive, but the tennis club offered to teach him free of charge. Zhang Xiaohong, Wang’s head coach,【小题7】founded the club in 2014, selected around 20 local kids who were quite【小题8】( talent) for tennis and trained【小题9】(they) for free. “I want to take children to the outside world through tennis,” Zhang said.
For Wang, winning the ASICS Tennis Junior Tour title was【小题10】beginning of a promising future. “I will head to the top spots on the professional stage,” Wang said.