Ping Pong (TV series)

Ping Pong
Traditional Chinese	榮耀乒乓
Simplified Chinese	荣耀乒乓
Hanyu Pinyin	Róngyào Pīngpāng
Genre	Sports Slice-of-life
Written by	Li Jia
Directed by	Li Jia
Starring	Bai Jingting Xu Weizhou
Country of origin	China
Original language	Mandarin
No. of episodes	44
Production
Executive producers	Dai Ying An Rong
Production companies	iQiyi Dream Media Give Me Five
Original release
Network	iQiyi
Release	March 9, 2021 (2021-03-09)

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.

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.

Cast

Main

• Bai Jingting as Xu Tan
• Xu Weizhou as Yu Kenan

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.