Did you catch the balls at the Asian Games tennis tournament? They're from a Wenzhou company.

Did you catch the balls at the Asian Games tennis tournament? They come from a Wenzhou enterprise.

It produces more than 100,000 tennis balls a day, and 60% of them are exported overseas.

During the Asian Games tennis tournament, many of the audience in Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Tennis Center site to watch the game, in the circle of friends out of their own received the game players to play up the tennis ball. The reporter learned that the Asian Games and the Asian Paralympic Games tournament all tennis balls, all from Longwan District, Wenzhou City, an enterprise - Zhejiang Tianlong Tennis Company Limited (hereinafter referred to as "Tianlong Tennis").

　　(hereinafter referred to as "Tianlong Tennis"), an enterprise in Longwan District, Wenzhou City. It is reported that the relevant person in charge of Tianlong Tennis was on the spot during the tournament to follow up the service of tennis balls. It is worthwhile to witness the moment when Chinese players Zhang Zhizhen and Zheng Qinwen won the men's and women's singles championships.

How can I become a tennis manufacturer for the Asian Games?

    "Hangzhou Asian Games on the tennis manufacturer requirements are very strict, not only to look at the production capacity, product quality, but also to look at the corporate resume, such as what major domestic and international tournaments have served." The relevant person in charge of Tianlong Tennis told reporters.

       The predecessor of Tianlong Tennis is Wenzhou Tennis Factory established in 1987, which is the second tennis factory in China after Shanghai Tennis Factory. 1989, T818 tennis ball independently researched and developed by Tianlong Tennis was designated by the then National Sports Commission as the national competition ball. 1994, Tianlong passed the product testing of International Tennis Federation (ITF), and since then, as an official partner of the tournament, Tianlong Tennis has been active in more and more national and even world-class tennis tournaments. Since then, as the official partner of the tournament, Tianlong has been active in more and more national and even world-class tennis tournaments. 2008, Tianlong Tennis participated in the formulation of China's national tennis standards as the first drafting unit.

Sponsoring the tennis balls for the Hangzhou Asian Games is both an honor and a heavy responsibility for Tianlong. "Starting from raw materials, we strictly ensure the quality of each ball." The person in charge of Tianlong Tennis introduced that after more than 20 strict procedures such as inflating, pressurizing, bonding, etc., a tennis ball with qualified quality inspection can leave the factory.

      "One of the most important properties of tennis is its stability, i.e., try to ensure that the trajectory of each ball is stable." The person in charge of Tianlong tennis ball told the reporter that the air pressure inside the ball needs to be kept relatively stable under different forces and different temperature and humidity environments, presenting stable bouncing performance.

       Over the past 30 years, Tianlong has continuously improved the production process according to the timely feedback from the front-line users and tournament players. For example, in order to keep the air pressure inside the ball stable, the production process uses two hemispheres bonded by pressurization through a mold, and at the same time adopts the packaging of pressurized can lid, which can reduce the loss of gas in the process of transportation and storage. "Every year, the ITF of the International Tennis Federation will carry out random checks on our tennis balls, and strictly require that the data of each ball is within the standard range." The head of Tianlong Tennis said.

Tianlong Tennis provided more than 10,000 tennis balls for Hangzhou Asian Games and Asian Para Games, which were produced and delivered at the end of July this year. Since the opening of Hangzhou Asian Games, in order to do a good job of match balls and service guarantee, Tianlong Tennis has specialized relevant persons to follow up the service at the event site.

     "I basically went to Hangzhou Olympic Sports Center Tennis Center in the morning, until the end of the day's game, to see what feedback on the scene on tennis. From the current point of view, the tennis players and tournament staff are more satisfied with the balls." The head of Tianlong Tennis said.

    Entering the exhibition hall of Wenzhou Tianlong Tennis Company, you can not only see tennis balls of various specifications and purposes, but also tennis rackets, racket lines, racket bags, tennis sportswear and other series of products, as well as badminton, badminton rackets, table tennis rackets and other products. The honor cabinet is full of medals and trophies.

   And in the hot Tianlong tennis production workshop, the sweat of the workers from time to time from the forehead down, their eyes focused, hands flying, busy in strict accordance with the process flow of serious operation, to ensure product quality, to ensure that the product is delivered in a timely manner to domestic and foreign customers hand.

    "We are going to produce more than 100,000 tennis balls a day, not only supplying the country, but also supplying to many countries around the world." The person in charge of Tianlong Tennis told reporters.

  The 14th National Games, China Tennis Tour, 2019 Davis Cup Singapore ...... From a small tennis factory in Wenzhou in the 80's, to successfully breaking the monopoly of foreign tennis brands in one fell swoop and becoming a professional tennis brand in China, nowadays, Tianlong Tennis is not only frequently on the domestic and international major tournaments, but also exported to the U.S., Canada, Singapore, etc., and 60% of its products are exported to overseas markets.

      It is understood that as early as 1992, Tianlong Tennis set up a technical center, in recent years, the company has increased technical investment, the introduction of international advanced tennis production equipment and technology and technology, in the process of technological innovation as the driving force of the development of the enterprise, employing senior experts from abroad to guide the technical work of the enterprise, in order to effectively improve the technical level of the domestic tennis manufacturing industry and the core competitiveness of the national brand, and to provide a steady stream of power for the sustained development of Tianlong.

       Last year, the company introduced two Taiwan special experts to lead the enterprise technical team to overcome technical and technological problems, and developed a full range of high-quality tennis products.

      In the first half of this year's Canton Fair, Tianlong Tennis exhibits a variety of new products, that is, the latest technology research and development results, are the first time to debut in the market.

    Hangzhou Asian Games is undoubtedly an important game in the development course of Tianlong Tennis, "Next, we will take the Asian Games as an opportunity to fight for more top international tournaments, and make Tianlong, the national brand, an international brand, and help China's tennis industry to develop and grow." The relevant person in charge of Tianlong Tennis said.