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China's Olympic tennis glory tracks booming middle classes / 36E7893
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Zheng Qinwen's historic tennis gold at the Paris Olympics this month followed a decades-long surge in the sport's popularity among China's burgeoning middle class, and her victory is set to boost it even more.
The 21-year-old won China's second-ever tennis gold, and first in singles, on the clay at Roland Garros, hailing the victory as a "proud" moment for herself and her country.
This week in Beijing, tennis centres visited by AFP were full of kids and adults, while club bosses reported a spike in interest following Zheng's title. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES