Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/07/06
By: Lung Po-an and Chung Yu-chen
Yang Kun-pi / photo from facebook.com/CTUSFSSU
Yang, who scored 122 to finish first in the qualifying round, beat Slovakian Filip Marinov 45-44 to take the gold. [FULL STORY]
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 07, 2019
By: Staff writer, with CNA and AFP, LONDON
Taiwanese sisters Latisha Chan and Chan Hao-ching, and siblings Hsieh Su-wei and Hsieh Cheng-
Taiwan’s Latisha Chan, left, serves as Chan Hao-ching prepares to return against Belgian duo Greet Minnen and Alison van Uytvanck in their Wimbledon women’s doubles second-round match in London on Friday.
Photo: AFP
The ninth seeded Chan sisters cruised past Belgian duo Alison van Uytvanck and Greet Minnen 6-2, 6-1 in less than an hour to advance to the third round of the women’s doubles.
They entered Wimbledon on a high by winning the women’s doubles at a Wimbledon warm-up event at the Nature Valley International, but they are next to face the formidable sixth seed duo of Belgian Elise Mertens and Belarussian Aryna Sabalenka.
Mertens and Sabalenka last month reached the finals of the French Open women’s doubles and won top-tier events in Indian Wells and Miami in March. [FULL STORY]
Taipei Times
Date: 2019/07/05
By: Central News Agency
London, July 4 (CNA) Taiwanese tennis ace Hsieh Su-wei (謝淑薇) and her Czech partner Barbora
Hsieh Su-wei (Wimbleton Facebook photo)
The third-seeded Hsieh-Strýcová duo knocked out Mona Barthel of Germany and Xenia Knoll of Switzerland 6-2, 6-1 in two straight sets.
Hsieh opened the match with her usual strong serves. In the first set, Hsieh and Strýcová allowed their opponents two games before beating them 6-2, registering an 80 percent first-serve success rate.
In the second set, the Taiwan-Czech pair kept up the pressure on Barthel and Knoll and cruised to a 6-1 victory. [FULL STORY]
Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/07/05
By: Lung Po-an and Ko Lin
Image taken from Liu Wan-yu’s Facebook page
Liu, a student at National Chiayi University, represented the country at both the Asian Games in Indonesia last year and the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.
In the final of the event, the Taiwanese beat Italian Rossi Fiammetta 39-35 to grab gold, the first Taiwan has ever won in the event at a Universiade. [FULL STORY]
GRUDGE MATCH: Rafael Nadal pulled through to defeat Nick Kyrgios in a match that saw a running argument with the umpire and two underarm serves
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 06, 2019
By: AFP, LONDON
Hsieh Su-wei of Taiwan was defeated by Karolina Pliskova yesterday, as the Czech third seed reached
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei returns to Karolina Pliskova during their third-round match at Wimbledon in London yesterday.
Photo: EPA-EFE
Pliskova is to face either Anett Kontaveit, the 20th seed from Estonia, or fellow Czech Karolina Muchova for a place in the quarter-finals.
Pliskova fired 14 aces and 42 winners in her Court One victory, while Hsieh took 40 percent of break points and 33 winners in the loss.
Hsieh went into the match on a mini hot streak of her own. [FULL STORY]
Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/07/04
By: Long Po-an and Emerson Lim
Taipei, July 4 (CNA) Taiwanese track and field athlete Cheng Chao-tsun (鄭兆村) won a bronze medal
Taiwanese track and field athlete Cheng Chao-tsun / CNA file photo
With a throw of 81.22 meters, Cheng finished third to Olympic gold medalist Thomas Rohler of Germany (83.76 meters) and Kim Amb of the host country (81.66 meters).
Cheng, who has held the men's javelin record in Asia since 2017, appeared not to be in form in the early stages of the competition, as his first throw was 78.05 meters followed by two failed attempts.
On the fourth try, however, he threw 81.22 meters, which won him the bronze medal.
[FULL STORY]
FINDING FORM: Former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka demolished Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in straight sets, the latest demonstration of her return to winning ways
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 04, 2019
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with agencies, LONDON
Hsieh Su-wei yesterday advanced to the third round of the women’s singles at Wimbledon, while fellow
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei returns to Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens in their Wimbledon women’s singles second-round match at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London yesterday.
Photo: AFP
Hsieh, seeded 28th, battled to a 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 victory over world No. 103 Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium in 1 hour, 16 minutes.
The Taiwanese No. 1 failed to save either of the two break points she faced, but conve
rted three of seven, winning 64 percent of points on her second serve and hitting 24 winners.
The victory improved Hsieh’s career record against the Belgian to 2-2 and set up a third-round clash with Czech third seed Karolina Pliskova, who defeated Monica Puig of Puerto Rico 6-0, 6-4.
[FULL STORY]
End of the road: Taiwan's first FIA Group 2 racetrack shuts down indefinitely
Taiwan News
Date: 2019/07/03
By: Keoni Everington, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
(Photo from Penbay International Circuit website)
The 3.527-km long track, located in Donggang Township, Pingtung County first started running races in October 2011. However, the company that managed the track on a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) basis, "Oriental Leisure Group" (東方休閒集團), today (July 3) announced that it will shut down the speedway in mid-July due to financial losses and a breakdown of negotiations with the government.
After many consultations with the government failed to reach a consensus on the terms of the BOT program, the company decided to issue an ultimatum to the government of "stopping business," similar to a strike, reported ETtoday. However, according to a source familiar with the matter, the government was unmoved by the action.
In response, the company officially declared the closure of the track and it appears that operations will be suspended indefinitely. Currently, the Dapeng Bay National Scenic Area consists of two sections which are operated on a BOT basis by the Dapeng Bay International Development Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Oriental Leisure Group. [FULL STORY]
Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/07/03
By: Joseph Yeh
Six-time Taiwan professional baseball league championship team the Lamigo Monkeys / CNA file photo
The decision, made because of the owner's heavy financial burden, came a week after the Taoyuan-based squad clinched the first half-season champion title of the local Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).
Speaking to the press to announce the decision, Monkeys general manager Justin Liu (劉玠廷) said that over the last 16 years in the CPBL, the Monkeys have seen the highs and lows of the league, but added that the days of small and medium-sized enterprises running a pro baseball club are over.
Even though his team's management was able to build the Monkeys into a competitive popular unit with limited funding, Liu said that running a pro ball club needs more resources and manpower than can be provided by the Monkeys' mother company. [FULL STORY]
FINDING FORM: Former world No. 1 Victoria Azarenka demolished Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic in straight sets, the latest demonstration of her return to winning ways
Taipei Times
Date: Jul 04, 2019
By: Dave Carroll / Staff reporter, with agencies, LONDON
Hsieh Su-wei yesterday advanced to the third round of the women’s singles at Wimbledon, while fellow
Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei returns to Belgium’s Kirsten Flipkens in their Wimbledon women’s singles second-round match at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in London yesterday.
Photo: AFP
Hsieh, seeded 28th, battled to a 7-6 (7/3), 6-3 victory over world No. 103 Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium in 1 hour, 16 minutes.
The Taiwanese No. 1 failed to save either of the two break points she faced, but converted three of seven, winning 64 percent of points on her second serve and hitting 24 winners.
The victory improved Hsieh’s career record against the Belgian to 2-2 and set up a third-round clash with Czech third seed Karolina Pliskova, who defeated Monica Puig of Puerto Rico 6-0, 6-4.
[FULL STORY]
