On March 16, the closing ceremony of the first Economic & Urban Newspaper pickleball tournament in 2025 took place at the Cau Giay District Cultural - Sports and Tourism Information Center.
Speaking at the ceremony, Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Thanh Loi - Editor-in-Chief of Kinh To & Urban Newspaper, Head of the Organizing Committee emphasized: "The tournament has more than 400 athletes competing, high professional quality, attractive and dramatic matches from the movement to the expansion. The success of the tournament creates a useful playground for Hanoi pickleball athletes in particular and the whole country in general".
After 2 days of competition with 407 intense and exciting matches, the first Economic & Urban Pickleball Tournament in 2025 brought a professional image in terms of organization, facilities, and expertise. From here, the organizing committee also found the best athletes.
The champion of the women's open doubles event Vu Thi Huong Lan (Long Bien district) expressed her joy at overcoming many opponents to win the highest title.
"As a lover of pickleball and having competed for more than 2 years, I hope to connect more with many members of the Vietnamese pickleball community through this tournament.
Through competing and following the competitions, I see that the tournament gathers many quality, high-level athletes, especially the open events. In addition, the refereeing work is also very good, professional, and objective. This is an important factor in the quality and success of the tournament," athlete Huong Lan shared.
In addition, during the 2 days of competition, the tournament received the attention of a large audience. The images of the "beautiful stands", with many fans appearing and enthusiastically cheering contributed to motivating and motivating the athletes to strive to compete and give beautiful plays.
Another success of the first Economic & Urban Newspaper pickleball tournament in 2025 is that through this, the organizing committee has found athletes for high-performance sports.
Some photos of the awards ceremony and closing ceremony
