MIXED FORTUNES:While ninth seeds Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan advanced in the US Open women’s doubles, fellow Taiwanese Chan Chin-wei crashed out

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 04, 2015
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with AFP, NEW YORK

The Chan sisters advanced to the second round of the women’s doubles at the

US Open on Wednesday, but it was not such good news for fellow Taiwanese Chan Chin-wei, who crashed out of the first round at Flushing Meadows in New York.

Ninth seeds Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan eased past Alexandra Dulgheru of Romania and Christina McHale of the US 6-2, 6-4 in 1 hour, 15 minutes on Court 10 at the final Grand Slam of the year.

The Taiwanese sisters saved one of four break points and converted six of 10, winning 61 of the 104 points contested to advance to a second-round clash with German duo Mona Barthel and Laura Siegemund, who defeated fellow German Sabine Lisicki and Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic 6-2, 3-6, 6-2.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/09/01
By: Lin Hung-han and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, Sept. 1 (CNA) Taiwan was defeated 2-3 by Cuba Tuesday in the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup in Osaka, Japan, dashing its hopes of advancing to the final six.

In the first five games, the team lost to Canada and then beat Italy and South Africa before losing to South Korea Monday. The loss to Cuba dropped the team’s record to 2-3, causing it to fail to advance to the second round of the tournament.

It was Taiwan’s worst showing in the 34 years since it began playing in the WBSC U-18 Baseball World Cup and the IBAF U-18 Baseball World Cup.

RUTHLESS:Serena Williams and Novak Djokovic blazed past their first-round opponents, while two-time winner Rafael Nadal took nearly three hours to beat Borna Coric

Taipei Times
Date:  Sep 02, 2015
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with Reuters, NEW YORK

Taiwanese No. 1 Lu Yen-hsun crashed out in the first round of the US Open at

Flushing Meadows in New York on Monday, an injury forcing him to retire in the third set of his men’s singles opener.

World No. 97 Lu was trailing 6-3, 6-3, 3-0 to Mikhail Kukushkin of Kazakhstan when he was forced to retire after 1 hour, 14 minutes of their match on Court 9.

Lu mixed six aces with three double faults, but failed to create a single break point as his 56th-ranked opponent converted five of seven, winning 70 of the 135 points contested to take the upper hand before the Taiwanese had to throw in the towel.

Taiwanese hopes at the final Grand Slam of the season are now focused on the women’s and mixed doubles competitions, with sisters Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan seeded ninth in the women’s doubles, while fellow Taiwanese Hsieh Su-wei and Anastasia Rodionova of of Australia are seeded 10th.     [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date:  Aug 31, 2015
By: Paul Huang  /  Contributing reporter

Taiwan were beaten by a potent Philippines attack, dropping their second game of this year’s

William Jones Cup International Basketball Tournament in a 77-69 defeat at the Sinjhuang Sports Complex in New Taipei City last night.

The hosts did not get a quick start they had hoped, trailing the visitors early in the opening frame before a pair of three’s by Liu Cheng led a small rally by Taiwan to tie the game at 20-20 late in the first.

After a 6-0 run by the Philippines to end the first quarter, the game quickly turned into an offensive clinic for the Philippines, who outplayed Taiwan in every facet of the game to take a comfortable 47-31 lead at the half.

Taiwan managed to come back by dominating the third, outscoring the visitors 23-7 to erase the deficit, highlighted by Lin “the Beast” Chih-chieh’s putback basket with 30 seconds remaining in the quarter to force a 54-54 tie.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/29
By: Lee Yu-cheng, Y.F. Lowand Romulo Huang

Taipei, Aug. 29 (CNA) The 2015 William Jones Cup-Men, an annual international basketball tournament, opened Saturday at the Xinzhuang Gymnasium in New Taipei, northern Taiwan.

With the participation of 8 teams from Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Iran, the United States, New Zealand, Russia and the host country, Taiwan, the tournament is being conducted on a round-robin basis and will last through Sept. 6.

Taiwan is represented in the tournament by its national team divided into two subgroups — ROC-A and ROC-B — while Japan, South Korea, the Philippines and Iran are also represented by their respective national teams.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/08/29
By: Chiang Chun-liang and Y.F. Low

Taipei, Aug. 29 (CNA) The 2015 Martial Arts & Sports Festival was held in Yunlin County’s Siluo township (西螺) Saturday.

The event was co-organized by the Yunlin County government and the Republic of China Sports Federation (ROCSF).

The county government said it hoped the event would help encourage martial arts training and exchanges and thus promote physical fitness.

According to the ROCSF, martial arts training was very prevalent in Siluo during the Qing Dynasty or in the early 19th century. At that time, there were three main martial arts sects in the area: Chen Hsing (振興), Chin Hsi (勤習) and Wu Yeh (武野). These three sects later developed into four martial arts schools: Chin Hsi Tang (勤習堂), Chen Hsing She (振興社), Wu Yeh Kuan (武野館) and Chen Hsing Kuan (振興館).     [FULL  STORY]

‘CONFIDENT’:The 26-year-old Taiwanese golfer carded her lowest round since the 2013 Honda LPGA Thailand, finishing eight-under thanks to an eagle and six birdies

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 30, 2015
By: AP, PRATTVILLE, Alabama

Yani Tseng closed with an eagle and a birdie for an eight-under 64 and a one-stroke lead on

Friday in the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic.

Tseng hit a six-iron to 4 feet to set up the eagle on the par-five eighth hole just before play was delayed for about 90 minutes because of lightning and rain, then took the outright lead on the par-four ninth with her sixth birdie of the day.

“I can’t wait to come out tomorrow,” Tseng said. “It will be a brand new day, but we’ll keep the same strategy and make as many birdies as I can.”

Ranked No. 1 in the world for 109 weeks, the 26-year-old Taiwanese golfer has slipped to 75th and is winless in 85 events since the 2012 Kia Classic. The 15-time Tour winner tied for second in March in the Honda LPGA Thailand for her only top-10 finish of the year.

“I’ve been working on my game forever, like every day,” Tseng said. “It’s just exciting. I really want to win a tournament for sure. We only have probably seven, eight tournaments left, but it’s never too late. Just very happy my game’s really coming back… It doesn’t matter if it’s this week or next week or next year, just try to be patient as much as I can and stay positive.”      [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date:  Aug 29, 2015
By: AP, WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina

Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun was on Thursday eliminated from the Winston-Salem Open after being

forced to withdraw with a sore back, while second-seeded Kevin Anderson of South Africa beat eighth-seeded Borna Coric of Croatia 6-2, 7-6 (7/1) to advance to the semi-finals.

American Steve Johnson advanced when Lu withdrew because of a back injury. Johnson, seeded 13th and ranked 49th, faces French qualifier Pierre-Hugues Herbert.

Lu was hurt late in the third set on Wednesday in his 7-6 (7/1), 1-6, 7-5 victory over South Korea’s Hyeon Chung. He was treated after the match and on Thursday morning, but the pain and cramping persisted during practice.     [FULL  STORY]