As the match point arrived, the stadium with nearly 6000 seats sat in silence. When the last ball landed, accompanied by a tsunami of cheers from the crowd, celebrating with fist pumps, shouts, and embraces, raising the Five-Star Red Flags to show their sincere gratitude to the audience and the country they beloved.
In a grueling battle on Saturday that lasted nearly two hours, China s Zhang Zhizhen,top seed of the 19th Asian Games held in Hangzhou, East China s Zhejiang Province, emerged victorious with a score of 6-4, 7-6(7) against Japanese Yosuke Watanuki, capturing China s first men s singles gold medal in nearly three decades.
In a sprinkling of a rare spring snow, thousands of people from all walks of life and different ethnic groups saluted the Chinese national flag as the flag was slowly hoisted in the heart of Lhasa, Southwest China’s Xizang Autonomous region.