BATTLE OF WILLS:Singles champion Caroline Wozniacki said her match against Kristina Mladenovic was a mental battle, as she was uncertain how badly her opponent was hurt

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 17, 2016
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP, HONG KONG

Taiwan’s Chan sisters claimed their third WTA Tour doubles title of the year at the Hong Kong Open

yesterday, while Caroline Wozniacki was victorious in the singles.

Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan took just 62 minutes to see off the challenge of British duo Naomi Broady and Heather Watson as they cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory.

The top seeds saved five of six break points and converted five of 14, winning 57 of the 95 points contested to seal their third title of the season after victories in Kaohsiung and Doha earlier this year.

“Although it is the end of the season and we are very tired, very happy this week with the smooth victory,” Chan Yung-jan wrote on Facebook.   [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 17, 2016
By: Shelley Shan / Staff reporter

The Lamigo Monkeys’ star player Chen Chin-feng yesterday said that he has accepted an invitation to

be one of the coaches for the national team for next year’s World Baseball Classic (WBC).

Chen, also known as the “Big Cannon,” last month announced his retirement from the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).

In addition to a decade-long CPBL career, Chen played for the Los Angeles Dodgers between 2002 and 2005, becoming the first Taiwan-born player to play in the MLB.
He also played for the Taiwanese national team, including the 2006 Asian Games in Doha where Taiwan won the gold medal.

“I am truly grateful for national team coach Kuo Tai-yuan’s faith and trust in me, and I am also thankful for the Lamigo Monkeys’ management for respecting my decision while I was considering accepting this position,” he said.

Chen said that it is an honor and responsibility to be a coach, adding that he hopes to still contribute to baseball in Taiwan after his retirement from the CPBL.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/10/16
By: Lee Yu-cheng and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Oct. 16 (CNA) Teresa Lu (盧曉晴) of Taiwan failed to retain the 2016 Fujitsu Ladies golf

championship title on Sunday, with the event being won by Ayaka Matsumori of Japan.

Lu was tied in sixth place with a three round total of 213, which, despite being 3-under-par, was well behind Matsumori who finished with a total of 204.

Lu carded 75, 67 and 71, in the three rounds of the tournament.

In the final round on Sunday, she hit 5 birdies and 4 bogies.

In last year’s tournament, Lu maintained her lead from the beginning and finished with a 13-under-par 203 to take her fifth title of the season.    [FULL  STORY]

BATTLE OF WILLS:Singles champion Caroline Wozniacki said her match against Kristina Mladenovic was a mental battle, as she was uncertain how badly her opponent was hurt

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 17, 2016
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP, HONG KONG

Taiwan’s Chan sisters claimed their third WTA Tour doubles title of the year at the Hong Kong Open

yesterday, while Caroline Wozniacki was victorious in the singles.

Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan took just 62 minutes to see off the challenge of British duo Naomi Broady and Heather Watson as they cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 victory.

The top seeds saved five of six break points and converted five of 14, winning 57 of the 95 points contested to seal their third title of the season after victories in Kaohsiung and Doha earlier this year.

“Although it is the end of the season and we are very tired, very happy this week with the smooth victory,” Chan Yung-jan wrote on Facebook.

“I want to congratulate our opponents. You have had a fantastic year, you are in the top five in the world for a reason and you were too good for us tonight, so well done,” Broady told BT Sport.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2016-10-16
By: Central News Agency

Registration for the 10th Kinmen Marathon scheduled for Jan. 14, 2017 started on Sunday for Kinmen residents, while online registration will begin on Oct. 24, according to Kinmen County government.

Unlike previous iterations of the annual event, the 2017 marathon will be held over two days instead of one to help boost tourism. In addition, a set number of places will be reserved for Kinmen residents, according to the county government.

An 11.2-kilometer race and 5-km fun run will be held on Jan. 14, while the 42.195-km marathon and 21.095-km half marathon will be staged the next day, the county government said.

A total of 6,000 places will be available in the marathon, half marathon and 11.2 km races and another 16,000 in the fun run.

Meanwhile, an additional 1,000 places will be reserved for Kinmen residents, including 200 in the marathon, 600 in the half marathon and 200 in the 11.2-km race, the county government added.    [FULL  STORY]

FOREIGN ROTATION:For the championship Taiwan Series, Brothers head coach Wu Fu-lien said he would use US trio Bryan Woodall, Nathan Long and Nick Additon

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 15, 2016
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

The Brothers Baseball Club downed the Lamigo Monkeys 5-0 in Taoyuan last night to conclude the

CPBL regular season on a high note as fans await more action in the championship series, which is to start on Saturday next week.

In the final standings, the Brothers and the EDA Rhinos were the top two after their 120-game campaigns, taking first and second with 68-2-50 and 61-1-58 records respectively.

These two teams face each other for the championship crown in the Taiwan Series next weekend.

The Brothers took the first-half season title, while the Rhinos overcame adversity and surged to win the second-half title.

The Uni-President Lions finished third with 55 wins, while the Lamigo Monkeys ended a disappointing season at the foot of the table with 53 victories.     [FULL  STORY]

JAPANESE REPLACEMENT:The CTFA announced that Kazuo Kuroda, who heads the nation’s youth soccer program, would be the interim coach for the national squad

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 14, 2016
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter

Taiwan’s national soccer team head coach Toshiaki Imai was fired on Wednesday, less than 24

hours after winning an Asian Cup qualifier, in a shock announcement by the Chinese Taipei Football Association (CTFA), which named Kazuo Kuroda as interim coach.

Imai’s dismissal came only five months after he took on the job, his second stint in charge of Taiwan.

After returning in May, the 61-year-old Japanese coach accumulated a decent record of five wins, one draw and three losses in international matches.

Taiwanese soccer has been mired in a series of controversies, with internal wrangles and player dissent leading to criticism of CTFA management from the public and sports commentators.

Three top players have quit the team in the past year.

The team is on the hunt for their third head coach in just over six months after Chen Kuei-jen quit in April.

“Due to problems over communications and other factors, the CTFA discussed the situation with coach Toshiaki Imai, but we could not come to an agreement,” the national body said in a statement.

“Therefore after the match against Timor-Leste, we decided to make this personnel change,” it said.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 13, 2016
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter

Sisters Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan advanced to the quarter-finals of the Hong Kong

Open yesterday, while fellow Taiwanese Lee Ya-hsuan and Kotomi Takahata were 3-3 against British duo Naomi Broady and Heather Watson when their first-round clash was suspended due to rain.

The Chan sisters survived a second-set fightback by fellow Taiwanese Chan Chin-wei and Zhu Lin of China to complete a 6-2, 3-6, 10-2 victory in 69 minutes.

The top seeds saved two of five break points and converted four of seven, winning 61 of the 109 points contested to advance to a quarter-final against New Zealand’s Marina Erakovic and Zhang Ling of Hong Kong.

Lee and Takahata were due to complete their match late last night weather permitting.
In the only singles match to finish before the weather delay, seventh seed Jelena Jankovic completed a 6-4, 6-3 victory over fellow Serb Aleksandra Krunic in 1 hour, 26 minutes.     [FULL  STORY]