‘THE BEST WAY TO GO’:Women’s world No. 43 Monica Puig said that she was happy to finish with an ace in her 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 victory over former world No. 1 Caroline Wozniacki

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 24, 2016
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AFP, EASTBOURNE, England

The Chan sisters put in a double shift on Wednesday at the rain-hit Aegon International in

Eastbourne, England, to reach the semi-finals of the doubles, while Agnieszka Radwanska relied on a steady serve and a solid game to beat Eugenie Bouchard and advance to the quarter-finals of the singles in a battle of former Wimbledon finalists.

Second seeds Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan took just 50 minutes to advance to the quarter-finals with a comfortable 6-2, 6-2 victory over Sara Errani of Italy and Oksana Kalashnikova of Georgia in the first round of the doubles.

The Taiwanese sisters did not face a single break point and converted four of eight, winning 48 of the 80 points contested to advance to a tricky quarter-final against Raquel Atawo and Abigail Spears.

The Taiwanese duo returned to the grass courts at Devonshire Park later on Wednesday and fought back from a set down to complete a 4-6, 6-2, 10-8 victory over the American duo in 1 hour, 29 minutes.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/06/19
By: Li Chin-wei and CNA intern Lauren Hung

Taipei, June 19 (CNA) Taiwan’s table tennis players Chuang Chih-yuan (莊智淵) and Huang Sheng-sheng (黃聖盛) were defeated by Ma Long (馬龍) and Xu Xin (許昕) from mainland China 4-11, 7-11, and 4-11 Sunday in the final of the men’s doubles of the 2016 ITTF-World Tour Laox Japan Open.

Chuang, placed 7th in the world in the latest International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF) rankings, and Huang had to settle for a silver medal.

Chuang and Huang, who teamed up earlier this year, grabbed the men’s doubles title at the 2016 ITTF World Tour Hungary Open on Jan. 25.

The 2016 ITTF-World Tour Laox Japan Open was being held from June 15-19 in Tokyo, Japan.      [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/06/18
By: Lee Yu-cheng and Romulo Huang

Taipei, June 18 (CNA) Taiwan’s top-ranked male tennis player Lu Yen-hsun (盧彥勳) has qualified

for the upcoming Rio Olympic Games, the Chinese Taipei Tennis Association said Saturday.

The association said in a statement that it had received confirmation from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) that Lu has qualified for the men’s singles tennis tournament at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.

If Lu plays in Rio in August, it will be his fourth consecutive appearance in the Olympic tennis event.

Lu improved his ATP ranking to the 78th on June 13 after winning the grass-court Surbiton Challenger in the United Kingdom, his first title of the year.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Jun 19, 2016
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with AP, BIRMINGHAM, England

The Chan sisters rallied from a set down to oust fellow Taiwanese Chuang Chia-jung and

Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the quarter-finals of the doubles at the Aegon Classic in Birmingham, England, on Friday.

Top seeds Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan battled to a 3-6, 6-4, 10-6 victory in 1 hour, 26 minutes on the grass courts at the Edgbaston Priory Club.

The Taiwanese sisters saved two of six break points and converted four of seven, winning 62 of the 122 points contested to advance to a semi-final against Vania King of the US and Alla Kudryavtseva of Russia, who stunned fourth-seeded Slovenian duo Andreja Klepac and Katarina Srebotnik 6-3, 6-3.

Yesterday’s other doubles semi-final was to be between Czech duo Karolina Pliskova and Barbora Strycova, who crushed Darija Jurak of Croatia and Anastasia Rodionova of Australia 6-2, 6-1, and British wild cards Naomi Broady and Heather Watson, who ousted fellow Briton Johanna Konta and Elina Svitolina of Ukraine 6-2, 7-6 (7/5).     [FULL  STORY]

The China Post
Date: June 17, 2016
By: The China Post news staff

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The EDA Rhinos (義大犀牛), a Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL,

中華職棒) team, announced Thursday that it will be looking for a new owner, shocking the nation’s sports industry and baseball fans.

The statement came after E-Da Professional Baseball Corp. held an extraordinary board of directors meeting, saying it hopes to see interested enterprises that support baseball bid to buy the team, local media reported.

EDA Rhinos’ general manager Wang Kuei-lin (王癸琳) confirmed the news, but said that if the team does not find a prospective buyer, it would not be disbanded.

Wang noted the poor performance of the team so far in this year’s season — a season with 55 games in total — in which the Rhinos had suffered 10 defeats out of 11 games played in June alone.

The EDA professional team, owned by E-United Group, underwent a self-review of its performance recently. Saying that there was “a large discrepancy between expectations and overall performance,” the team apologized to its fan base and sponsors.

Manpower and material resources have been poured into the team since the purchase by E-United Group at the end of 2012, the statement said, which aimed to fully manage the team’s professional development.

During the sales and transition process, the EDA Rhinos professional team will continue on normally as far as possible, the statement said. This is expected to include the team’s mid-year draft, all-star competition and matches in the second half of the season.     [FULL  STORY]