The "Rigour Eagle-Eye" in Her Eyes

2022 CTA Tour SJM Professional Finals (Macau) & National Tennis Championships are in full swing at the Macau Tennis School, where the strongest forces in Chinese tennis have gathered to compete for the highest honor of the year.

In addition to the intense competition, let's take a look at the CTA Tour. Founded in 2020, the CTA Tour is a new tennis event with independent intellectual property rights in China that is open to the public. The tournament is divided into four levels: CTA200, CTA500, CTA800, and CTA1000. The first two levels are mainly for amateur players, while CTA800 and CTA1000 are primarily for professional players from various provinces and cities. The tournament adopts an independent competition points and ranking system.

In recent years, the keywords of most competitive events have been postponement, empty stadiums, cancellations, and difficulties in organizing. The scarcity of high-quality resources is highlighting the value of the CTA Tour. As a leader in the independent event IP construction under the background of substantial reforms by the association, the CTA Tour, after three years, has overcome the challenges brought by the pandemic and become a new event independent of the ATP, WTA, and ITF tours.

On December 8th, Rigour Technology conducted an in-depth interview with Zhou Bing, the event director of this tournament. In the interview, he mentioned: "As one of the organizers of the CTA Tour Finals, what positive impact do you think the CTA Tour will bring to the Chinese tennis industry?"

Zhou Bing, the event director, said, "The emergence of the CTA Tour has effectively addressed the problem that Chinese tennis players have been unable to participate in systematic competitions in recent years due to the pandemic or other factors. All players who have participated in the tournament will have their own exclusive Chinese national points and rankings, breaking down the barriers between professional and amateur athletes, bridging the professional career advancement path for tennis players nationwide, and resolving the contradiction between domestic tennis player skill levels and event standards."

As the most populous country in the world, China also has the largest number of tennis players. How to coordinate and lead this growing group undoubtedly requires tournaments as the most important approach. The results of the matches must also be fair and just.
Through unremitting efforts and independent innovation, Rigour has developed the world's leading sports system. With smart technology as the core, Rigour provides services such as referees assistant, sports skill level assessment, training and teaching, event broadcasting, and sports big data analysis for various sports.
"As a leading sports AI company in China, Rigour's developed tennis assistant referee system can accurately capture the flight trajectory and landing point of tennis balls. In the competition, for controversial judgments on ball landing points, the system can provide intuitive 3D simulation challenge videos and output interfaces to the venue's big screens, giving timely and fair IN/OUT results. It plays a significant role in ensuring the fairness and impartiality of the match results." Zhou Bing said in the interview. 

In the 2022 season, Chinese tennis made significant breakthroughs, especially with two male players, Wu Yibing and Zhang Zhizhen, achieving historic milestones for Chinese men's tennis. They have both honed their skills on the platform of the CTA Tour and stepped onto a broader international professional tennis stage. Over the past three years, with the efforts and support, the CTA Tour has overcome various challenges, persisted in organizing tournaments, making contributions to promoting the high-quality development of tennis in China.

The development of tennis, as well as other sports in China, naturally relies heavily on the support of technological advancements. In the field of sports artificial intelligence, Rigour Technology is undoubtedly an innovator and leader. The emergence of this company has facilitated the rapid rise of the domestic sports artificial intelligence field. In the interview, Zhou Bing stated, "Rigour has provided excellent technological support for this tournament. Its presence will undoubtedly have a significant driving effect on domestic and even international sports events. I believe that Rigour Technology will become a new force in promoting the development of sports artificial intelligence in the future."