Taipei Times
Date: Sep 19, 2015
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan and Pakistan were locked at 1-1 after the first day of their Davis Cup Asia-Oceania Group II playoff at the Ulusal Tenis Egitim Merkezi Tennis Club in Izmir, Turkey, yesterday.

Taiwan’s bid for promotion back to Asia/Oceania Group I next year did not get off to a good start when Hung Jui-chen lost the opening singles rubber, but Jimmy Wang squared the match with a straight-sets victory in the second.

Hung won the opening set against Ageel Khan, but fell to a 5-7, 6-4, 6-1, 6-4 defeat, before Jimmy Wang crushed Samir Iftikhar 6-3, 6-2, 6-0 to square the match.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date:  Sep 18, 2015
By: Paul Huang  /  Contributing reporter

Having won four straight and eight of their past dozen, the Lamigo Monkeys have quietly ascended past the struggling Uni-President Lions to take second spot in the standings.

The potent Primates offense, led by Lin Chih-sheng and Chen Chun-hsiu’s red-hot bats, have averaged more than seven runs per game in their past 12 contests to outslug their opponents with an 8-4 record.

The bashing tandem started their reign of terror when Chen broke out for four RBIs on a three-hit night on Sept. 3 and topped it off with five RBIs the following day, including two homers, to lift his team to victories. He went 17 for 44 (.386) with four home runs and 20 RBIs in his past dozen to account for nearly 25 percent of his team’s total run production.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/09/16
By: Romulo Huang

Taipei, Sept. 16 (CNA) Taiwan was defeated by South Korea 8:2 in its opening game Wednesday in the 2015 Asian Baseball Championship in Taichung City.

In another game that day, defending champion Japan blanked China 12:0 in a 7-inning called game.

A total of six nations, including Japan, South Korea, China, Indonesia, Pakistan and the host nation, Taiwan, are competing on a round-robin basis in the tournament, which runs through Sept. 20.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 17, 2015
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with AP, TOKYO

Taiwan’s Chuang Chia-jung advanced to the semi-finals of the doubles at the Japan Open yesterday, while the Chan sisters’ quarter-final was interrupted by rain.

Second seeds Chuang and Liang Chen of China eased past Japanese duo Shuko Aoyama and Makoto Ninomiya 6-2, 6-4 in 1 hour, 15 minutes at Ariake Colosseum.

The cross-strait duo saved two of three break points and converted four of 12, winning 58 of the 108 points contested to set up a semi-final against Japanese wild-cards Misaki Doi and Kurumi Nara, who upset fourth-seeded Chinese pairing Xu Yifan and Zheng Saisai 3-6, 6-3, 10-5.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 16, 2015
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei upset the eighth seed to advance to the second round of the singles at the Japan Open yesterday, while the Chan sisters and Chuang Chia-jung were also victorious in the doubles.

Hsieh got off to a flyer against Polona Hercog in Tokyo, converting three of six break points to claim the first set 6-1, but the Slovenian world No. 59 fought back to win a closely contested second.

However, the Taiwanese world No. 113 was not to be denied as she completed a 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 victory in 2 hours, 10 minutes.

Hsieh saved eight of 16 break points and converted 10 of 18, winning 115 of the 216 points contested to advance to a second-round clash with world No. 78 Kurumi Nara of Japan, who defeated Andreea Mitu of Romania 6-1, 6-4.

Also advancing in the singles were Kateryna Bondarenko, who ousted top seed Carla Suarez Navarro 6-4, 6-4, Jarmila Gajdosova, Johanna Larsson, Nao Hibino, Risa Ozaki, Irina Falconi, Zheng Saisai, Magda Linette and second seed Zarina Diyas.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date:  Sep 16, 2015
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei upset the eighth seed to advance to the second round of the singles at the Japan Open yesterday, while the Chan sisters and Chuang Chia-jung were also victorious in the doubles.

Hsieh got off to a flyer against Polona Hercog in Tokyo, converting three of six break points to claim the first set 6-1, but the Slovenian world No. 59 fought back to win a closely contested second.

However, the Taiwanese world No. 113 was not to be denied as she completed a 6-1, 5-7, 7-5 victory in 2 hours, 10 minutes.

Hsieh saved eight of 16 break points and converted 10 of 18, winning 115 of the 216 points contested to advance to a second-round clash with world No. 78 Kurumi Nara of Japan, who defeated Andreea Mitu of Romania 6-1, 6-4.

Also advancing in the singles were Kateryna Bondarenko, who ousted top seed Carla Suarez Navarro 6-4, 6-4, Jarmila Gajdosova, Johanna Larsson, Nao Hibino, Risa Ozaki, Irina Falconi, Zheng Saisai, Magda Linette and second seed Zarina Diyas.     [FULL  STORY]