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Georgina Chang

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GEORGINA CHANG:

Georgina Chang is the face of tennis on STAR Sports. She hosts Ace, the weekly tennis show. and has travelled extensively to many of the tennis tournaments including all the Grand Slams in New York, Melbourne, London and Paris. She has interviewed all the top 10 players of the sport including Roger Federer, Rafael Nadal, Maria Sharapova and Justine Henin. She was watching courtside when Pete Sampras defeated Andre Agassi in his last US Open, and interviewed Serena Williams just before she defeated Maria Sharapova at the Austalian Open.

She has been the on-site presenter and reporter for the World Pool Championships since 2005, and the on-site presenter for the Asian 9 Ball tour since 2004.

Georgina is also the face of the X-Games in Asia, and has interviewed gold medalists from the US and Europe, such as Matt Hoffman and Sandro Dias who came to Asia to compete.

GEORGINA - THE MEDIA PEDIGREE

Georgina Chang is a multi-talented media professional with 2 decades of experience under her belt.

She started her illustrious career as a radio DJ for the first 24 hour music station in Singapore which catapulted her to overnight stardom. She then hosted Singapore's longest running variety TV show and year end countdown shows for the television station now known as MediaCorp TV.

Seeking to expand her scope of experience, she joined STAR television's Channel V in Hong Kong, and was a pioneer anchor for the daily music news program.

Her next foray into sports TV is one that has lasted until today with ESPN STAR Sports.

She has also been writing various columns and travel stories for the Newpaper, Today, The Star newspaper, Her World magazine, Men's Health, Silkwinds and 8 Days Magazine.

She is also a guest DJ on Gold 90.5fm's breakfast show, sharing sporting points of view from a woman's perspective.

You can catch Georgina Chang on Ace every Tuesday on Star Sports at 10pm. Watch her interviews on Star Sports coverage of Wimbledon and the World Pool Championships.

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Question & Answer with Georgina Chang

Q: How did you come to be in your current position in your broadcasting career?

GC: I was asked to audition for Star Sports by hosting the World Beach Volley Championship in Bali. It was one of the most enjoyable auditions in my life.

Q: Is reporting on sport the next best thing to playing it? And what was the pinnacle you reached in your favourite sport?

GC: I have to admit, my tennis and 9-ball skills are dismal. I was a gymnast in the school team, and was ‘Catcher” for my school softball team where we won the bronze medal. Since then, my most exhaustive sporting effort is reaching for the remote control.

Q: What is your favourite sport outside of the one you are best known for? And how do you relax when you are not working?

GC: The unpredictability of F1 is cool. You never know what’s going to happen on the track, and I’m riveted by the stories that go on outside of raceday. To de-stress, I love cooking, baking, gardening and traveling.

Q: Who is the most memorable individual you have met during your playing or working life?

GC: Roger Federer. He has an aura that makes people stop what they’re doing when he walks into the room. At the height of his dominance, he is kind, patient and sincere. A true gentleman in every sense.

Q: Do you/did you have a nickname?

GC: Some friends call me Georgi, others call me “oooi”

Q: Tell us something we may not know about you..

GC: I like to eat copious amounts of dark chocolate everyday.

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