SHOWDOWN: Rafael Nadal ramped up his quest for a fourth US Open title with an impressive win, while top-ranked defending champion Naomi Osaka was ousted

Taipei Times
Date: Sep 04, 2019
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with AFP, NEW YORK

The Chan sisters on Monday set up a semi-final showdown in the mixed doubles at the US Open,

while fellow Taiwanese Hsieh Su-wei’s tournament ended after a shock defeat in the third round of the women’s doubles.

Fourth seeds Latisha Chan and Ivan Dodig survived a second-set comeback by unseeded Raquel Atawo of the US and Fabrice Martin of France to complete a 7-6 (7/3), 3-6, 10-3 victory in 1 hour, 31 minutes on Court 17.

The Taiwanese-Croatian duo did not create a single break point and failed to save either of the two they faced, but the reigning Wimbledon and French Open champions won 78 percent of their points on first serve to set up a semi-final against top seeds Chan Hao-ching and Michael Venus, who defeated eighth seeds Kveta Peschke of the Czech Republic and Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands 6-3, 7-6 (7/0) on Grandstand Court.   [FULL  STORY]

UPSETS: Fourth seed Simona Halep for the third year in a row crashed out early, this time to No. 116 Taylor Townsend, who matched her best Grand Slam run

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 31, 2019
By: AFP, NEW YORK

Fifteen-year-old US sensation Coco Gauff on Thursday set up an eye-catching US Open showdown

with defending champion Naomi Osaka, while Rafael Nadal received a walkover into the third round.

Meanwhile, Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei and Simona Halep crashed out early, the Taiwanese falling 6-1, 4-6, 7-6 (7/2) to Czech Karolina Muchova, and the Wimbledon champ to 116th-ranked Taylor Townsend.

Gauff defeated Hungarian qualifier Timea Babos 6-2, 4-6, 6-4 to become the youngest player in the last 32 at a US Open since Anna Kournikova in 1996.

Asked about her impending clash with world No. 1 Osaka, Gauff said her primary focus was yesterday’s doubles match with 17-year-old partner Caty McNally.   [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/08/28
By:  Central News Agency

NBA basketball players Danny Green and Terry Rozier took hundreds of Taiwanese basketball fans back to school by showing them how to shoot and dribble at a fan meet and greet session outside the iconic Taipei 101 building in Taiwan's capital on Tuesday.

About 500 basketball fans, including former players from Taiwan's University Basketball Association, singers and celebrities, gathered at the event titled "Puma Hoop."

"Everybody thinks shooting is arm-based, but you got to use your legs, that's where the trick is," said Green, who signed to the Los Angeles Lakers last month after winning his second NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors earlier this year.

Shooting is about consistency and a basketball player should aim to shoot the ball the same way every time, he said, adding that balance is very important and located in the lower part of the body.
[FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/08/29
By: Huang Chiao-wen and Chi Jo-yao

Taipei, Aug. 29 (CNA) Taiwanese markswoman Lin Ying-shin (林穎欣) bagged a bronze medal in the

10-meter women's air rifle event at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Wednesday, securing an Olympic spot in the process.

Lin, 20, qualified in sixth place for the final with a score of 628.9, where she scored 229.9 for third place.

India's Elavenil Valarivan and British markswoman Seonaid McIntosh claimed gold and silver with scores of 251.7 and 250.6, respectively.

With her bronze medal, Lin becomes Taiwan's third markswoman, after Tien Chia-chen (田家榛) and Wu Chia-ying (吳佳穎), to secure a place at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Aug 27, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Taiwanese table tennis player Lin Yun-ju earned his first International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)

World Tour men’s singles title, defeating two German veterans in his semi-final and final at the Czech Open in Olomouc on Sunday.

Lin, 18, took the title with a comfortable 11-9, 11-5, 4-11, 11-5, 11-9 win over world No. 11 Dimitrij Ovtcharov in the final, earning US$21,000 in prize money and soaring to new heights in his fledgling career.

“I am very happy about winning my first men’s singles title on the ITTF World Tour,” Lin told the ITTF Web site after the final.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/08/23
By: Ko Lin

Taipei, Aug. 23 (CNA) Taiwanese badminton star Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) failed to reach the semifinals of

the women's singles at the 2019 Badminton World Federation (BWF) World Championships in Switzerland Friday, losing to Pusarla V. Sindhu of India.

The World No. 2 was defeated 21-12, 21-23, 19-21.

Tai was able to seize the opening game with an easy win, but her Indian rival quickly fought back to tie the second.

Tai ultimately failed to fend off Sindhu in a match that lasted 71 minutes.
[FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/08/22
By:  Central News Agency

Taipei (CNA) Two of Taiwan's top badminton players, Chou Tien-chen (周天成) and Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎), on Wednesday advanced to the third round of the BWF World Championships in Switzerland, after easily crushing their rivals in the men's and women's singles, respectively.

Chou, the world No. 2 badminton ace, won against Croatian Zvonimir Durkinjak 21-14, 21-10 in a match that lasted only 32 minutes on the third day of the championships.

The 29-year-old Chou will next face Singaporean Loh Kean Yew (駱建佑).

Meanwhile, Tai, who also ranks No. 2 in the world, beat Indonesian Fitriani Fitriani 21-15, 21-14 in a 33-minute match, later in the day.    [FULL  STORY]