Special Report: 6th City Sports Games  

    WUHAN, Central China, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Hosts Wuhan underlined their status as the powerhouse in Chinese tennis by taking six out of seven titles up for grabs at the Sixth Chinese City Games tennis tournament on Saturday.

    On the last match day of the tennis tourney, local favorite BaiYan got the better of Chen Sa in an all-Wuhan men's singles final6-2, 6-0 without having to raise his game much above the ordinary.

    The title left Bai the only person who belted four titles at the Chinese City Games tennis tournament, namely the men's team, mixed doubles, men's doubles and men's singles in a row.

    "It is a good test for those youngsters, some of whom have been through a hard time in the competition," said Gao Shenyang, vice director of the Tennis Management Center of the State Sports Administration. "I hope they can learn from the top-level tournament in the country and get much maturer."

    Earlier in the morning, Bai's teammate Zhou Yimiao lost to Nanjing's top seed Li Ting 6- 1, 6-2 in the women's singles final, leaving the event as the sole regret for the host.

    The 16-year-old Li, who had earlier beaten Zhou in the women's team semifinals, needed only a little more than one hour to win her only title with a 6-1, 6-2 drubbing.

    With Li hitting sizzling groundstrokes and showing few signs of vulnerability, Zhou struggled for form all the way.

    "Li played a good game and hit powerful groundstrokes from the baseline, and I was a little bit tired after two tie breaks yesterday," said Zhou, who with Bai Xi edged past teammates ZhongYi and Zheng Junyi in a 6-2, 6-7(3), 7-6(2) women's doubles final.

    "It feels all right losing the final, three titles are enough for me," added Zhou, who had taken the women's team, mixed doubles and women's doubles before the worrying singles slump.

    "My coach told me to relax and play as usual, winning or losing does not really matter at the City Games. I believe the tests I have been through will do me good," she added.

    Zhou, who has been crowned at an ITF event in Beijing three weeks ago, was affected by the three-hour-long final of women's doubles on Friday, underperforming in both sets of the match, dropping two serves apiece.

    "Zhou play a lot tennis in the tournament, so it is understanding that she felt worn down at the end," said Zheng Yuexia, team leader of Wuhan, "but her opponent always looked to have the match in control, which means Zhou still has much to improve."

    Wuhan is a cradle of Chinese tennis, coming up with Asian Gamesmen's singles champion Pan Bing, Olympic women's doubles champion Li Ting and current Chinese female number one Li Na.