Ping Pong (TV series)

Ping Pong (Chinese: 荣耀乒乓; pinyin: Róngyào Pīngpāng) is a 2021 Chinese television series starring Bai Jingting and Xu Weizhou. The series centres around the lives of professional table tennis players and their journey to becoming representatives of the sport on the world stage. It begin to aired on iQiyi starting from 9 March 2021.

Ping Pong
Traditional Chinese榮耀乒乓
Simplified Chinese荣耀乒乓
Hanyu PinyinRóngyào Pīngpāng
GenreSports
Slice-of-life
Written byLi Jia
Directed byLi Jia
StarringBai Jingting
Xu Weizhou
Country of originChina
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes44
Production
Executive producersDai Ying
An Rong
Production companiesiQiyi
Dream Media
Give Me Five
Release
Original networkiQiyi
Original releaseMarch 9, 2021 (2021-03-09)

Synopsis

Endless competitions takes place on the ping pong tables with two young men at the center. Xu Tan is physically weak but strongly passionate and Yu Kenan is unruly but talented. Despite their opposite personalities, Xu Tan and Yu Kenan's mirror the same journey in their sports careers and witness a pivotal time in the history of Chinese ping pong. Xu Tan is a player who undergoes a major transformation. Under the influence of his grandfather, he starts the sport to improve his health and gets noticed for his abilities. Yu Kenan is the star player from a famous family who comes to realize that there are many things he has yet to learn. For their dreams and for the sake of their country, they stand at two ends during the biggest competition of their lives.[1]

Cast

Main

Supporting
  • Yu Lang as Lei Lei
  • Hong Bingyao as Zhang Caiwei
  • Wan Guopeng as Liu Shi
  • Bian Yiming as Fu Jingchun
  • Qin Yijia as Xiao Jun
  • Liu Yitie as Lu Xiaobei
  • Dong Chengming as Lin Haozhi
  • Yi Cheng as Zhang Chen

Production

The series began filming in November 2018 in Shenzhen, and wrapped up in May 2019.[2]

References
  1. "Drama: Ping Pong". chinesedrama.info.
  2. "《乒乓》杀青首曝角色海报 许魏洲出演国乒选手". Netease (in Chinese). April 9, 2019.
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