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(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-10-17 10:02

Zhang Ze

Birth date: July 4, 1990

Birth place: Nanjing, Jiangsu province

World ranking: 308

Prize money: $32,011

Career highlights: 2010 one ITF Futures tournament championship; semifinalist of the ATP Challengers tournament in Fergana, Uzbekistan.

2009 5th East Asia Games men's doubles champion; 11th National Games men's team champion; 11th National Games men's doubles champion; 2008 Mercedes-Benz China Tennis Grand Prix men's doubles champion.

Gong Maoxin

Birth date: Aug 24, 1987

Birth place: Nanjing, Jiangsu province

World ranking: 337

Prize money: $83,393

Career highlights: 2010 semifinalist of the ATP Challengers tournament in Beijing.

2009 11th National Games tennis men's team champion.

2008 the national tennis team championship.

Wu Di

Birth date: Sept 14, 1991

Birth place: Wuhan, Hubei province

World ranking: 399

Prize money: $22,215

Career highlights: 2010 quarterfinalist at the ATP Challengers tournament in Beijing.

2009 11th National Games men's singles champion.

2008 quarterfinalist at the Australian Open junior event.

Bai Yan

Birth date: May 21. 1989

Birth place: Nanjing, Jiangsu province

World ranking: 465

Prize money: $27,296

Career highlights: 2010 second round of the ATP Shanghai Rolex Masters singles main draw; two-time ITF Futures tournament titlist.

2007 quarterfinalist at the Australian Open junior event.

2006 China Open junior event men's singles runner-up.

Li Zhe

Birth date: Sept 20, 1986

Birth place: Tianjin

World ranking: 501

Prize money: $57,528

Career highlights: 2010 quarterfinal of the China Open men's doubles.

2009 11th National Games tennis mixed doubles champion.

(China Daily 10/17/2010 page8)