Taipei Times
Date: Oct 12, 2015
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with AP, BEIJING

The Chan sisters lost out to top seeds Martina Hingis and Sania Mirza in a

nail-biting women’s doubles final at the China Open on Saturday night.

Sixth-seeded Taiwanese sisters Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan edged a tight first set, as they rallied from 5-2 down in the tiebreak — fighting off two set points — to take the set 7-6 (11/9) in 67 minutes.

However, the Swiss-Indian duo then upped their game, winning 14 points in a row to take the second set 6-1 in just 25 minutes and they clinched the victory 10-8 in the super tiebreak in a match lasting 1 hour, 40 minutes.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date:  Oct 11, 2015
By: Paul Huang  /  Contributing reporter

Hu Chin-lung’s walk-off grand slam off Lai Po-kai broke a 5-5 deadlock in

the bottom of 10th as the EDA Rhinos tamed the diehard Uni-President Lions 9-5 at the Cheng Ching Lake Baseball Stadium in Kaohsiung last night.

With the bases juiced, the Lions outfield drawn in and the fans on their feet in anticipation, the Rhinos captain crushed an offering from Lai that definitely caught too much of the plate, driving it into the right-center seats for the game-winning runs.

“It’s a great feeling to be able to hit one out, not to mention knocking in four to win,” Hu said after the game and being voted MVP.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/10
By: Lee Ching-wei and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Oct. 10 (CNA) Taiwanese golfer Yani Tseng (曾雅妮) shot an

even-par 71 in the third round of the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia on Saturday as others were making moves up the leaderboard, but was still in contention for an elusive title with one round to go.

Tseng was tied for seventh with four other players, including world No. 1 Inbee Park from South Korea, at 8-under 205, four shots behind leader Jessica Korda of the United States.

The group is also two shots behind American Stacy Lewis and South Korean Ha Na Jang and one shot behind Lydia Ko of New Zealand and Feng Shanshan and Lin Xiyu of China.     [FULL  STORY]

MEN’S FINAL:Rafael Nadal beat Fabio Fognini and Novak Djokovic defeated David Ferrer, while Timea Bacsinszky is to play Garbine Muguruza in the women’s final

Taipei Times
Date:  Oct 11, 2015
By Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with Reuters, BEIJING

The Chan sisters edged a tight semi-final at the China Open on Friday to

keep on track their challenge for a fourth title of the season and confirm their spot at the WTA Finals in Singapore in two weeks.

Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan edged third seeds Casey Dellacqua of Australia and Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan 6-3, 6-7 (5/7), 12-10 in 1 hour, 43 minutes at the National Tennis Stadium in Beijing.

The sixth-seeded Taiwanese sisters saved six of 10 break points and converted five of 11, winning 84 of the 159 points contested to set up a final against familiar foes Martina Hingis of Switzerland and Sania Mirza of India, the top seeds.

The semi-final victory ensured that the Chan sisters became the seventh pairing to claim their spot at the season-ending WTA Finals on Oct. 25, their first appearance as a partnership, although Chan Yung-jan has qualified before, in 2007 in Madrid with fellow Taiwanese Chuang Chia-jung.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/09
By: Lee Ching-wei and Lilian Wu

Taipei, Oct. 9 (CNA) Taiwanese golfer Yani Tseng (曾雅妮) recovered from a

terrible start in the second round of the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia in Kuala Lumpur on Friday to shoot a 3-under 68 and end the day tied for third in the US$2 million tournament.

Tseng was tied with Inbee Park of South Korea and Alison Lee of the United States at 8-under 134, two shots behind the leader Ha Na Jang of South Korea and one behind Lin Xiyu of China.

On a day full of low scores Friday, the former world No. 1 bogeyed two of her first three holes, when by her own account her tempo was a little off, but recovered with birdies on the sixth, eighth and 12th holes to get back in the hunt before bogeying the par-4 14th.     [FULL  STORY]

Yahoo News
Date: October 8, 2015

Taipei (AFP) – Taiwan hopeful Lin Wen-tang fired a sizzling five-under-par 67 to share the

opening round lead with countryman Hung Chun-kang Thursday at the $500,000 Yeangder Tournament Players Championship.

One shot behind were Miguel Tabuena of the Philippines, who finished second last year, Shaun Norris of South Africa, Panuphol Pittayarat of Thailand and India’s Khalin Joshi after the first round of the tournament held at the Linkou International Golf and Country Club near the capital Taipei.

Tied for third place were Chinese Taipei duo Hung Chien-yao and veteran Lu Wen-teh.

The 42-year-old Lin, six-time Asian Tour winner who is on a quest for his first title of the year, credited his health and fitness training.

“I haven’t played much on the Asian Tour because I used to get tired very easily when I travel too often. Now I’ve been going to the gym for half a year and it has helped a lot. I’m 42 this year so I can’t keep playing and travelling,” said Lin.     [FULL  STORY]

ROLLER-COASTER OPEN:Tomas Berdych became the latest seed to exit Beijing after losing to Uruguay’s Pablo Cuevas, while Garbine Muguruza came back from injury to beat Irina Falconi

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 08, 2015
By: AFP, BEIJING

Taiwanese No. 1 Lu Yen-hsun continued to punch above his weight at the China Open

yesterday, ousting world No. 24 Viktor Troicki in the second round of the men’s singles.

Lu, the world No. 100 playing with a wild card in Beijing, defeated the Serbian 6-4, 7-5 in 1 hour, 28 minutes, converting three of nine break points.

Lu, who was also victorious in his only previous meeting with Troicki at Wimbledon in 2011, next faces fourth seed David Ferrer of Spain, who defeated Lukas Rosol of the Czech Republic 7-6 (7/5), 6-2.     [FULL  STORY]

‘NOT A SMALL DEAL’:Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun beat Adrian Mannarino for the first time, while Nadal struggled against Wu Di and Djokovic notched his 25th straight victory

Taipei Times
Date:  Oct 07, 2015
By: AFP, BEIJING

Taiwanese No. 1 Lu Yen-hsun advanced to the second round of the China Open in

Beijing yesterday after overcoming France’s Adrian Mannarino for the first time in four attempts.

The Taiwanese world No. 100, who was handed a wild card for the tournament, beat 39th-ranked Mannarino 6-3, 6-2 in just 55 minutes, his first victory over the Frenchman after losses at the French Open last year and in Delray Beach, Florida, and s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, earlier this season.

Lu next faces world No. 24 Viktor Troicki of Serbia, who upset fifth seed Milos Raonic of Canada 6-4, 6-4.

Meanwhile, Rafael Nadal stuttered to victory against one of his former ball boys as top-ranked Novak Djokovic swept imperiously to his 25th straight win in Beijing.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/03
By: Tang Pei-chun and Elaine Hou

Taipei, Oct. 3 (CNA) Several foreign diplomats posted in Taiwan took part in this year’s

Sun Moon Lake Swimming Carnival and turned in good performances at the popular tourist destination in the central county of Nantou late last month.

Damion Potter, the United Kingdom’s deputy representative to Taiwan, finished in 14th place in the event, which involved a three-kilometer swim across the lake.

“I was delighted to be able to join 2,000 Taiwanese in the annual swim across Sun Moon Lake,” he said. “It was a great challenge in gorgeous surroundings. Finishing amongst the top 20 swimmers was a real bonus,” he added.

Other foreign participants in the competition included Viktoria Lovenberg, deputy head of the European Economic and Trade Office in Taiwan, and Beatriz Curiel, a trade official at the office, who came in 12th and seventh place, respectively.     [FULL  STORY]