Volunteer balancing awe with work

When Wu Beili saw her favorite table tennis player, Ding Ning, walk past the preparation area where she serves as a volunteer at the 2015 World Table Tennis Championships, she struggled to hold back the urge to take a selfie with the star paddler.

"She is my favorite star growing up playing the game, but working here as a volunteer, and not a fan, I should focus on the job professionally," Wu, a graduate student at Soochow University, told China Daily on Monday.

With the world's best players in Suzhou for the individual worlds, the public's enthusiasm was made evident when tickets on Monday sold out very early.