Focus Taiwan
Date: 04/10/2019
By Huang Tzu-chiang and Evelyn Kao

Singapore, April 10 (CNA) Taiwanese badminton aces Chou Tien-chen (周天成) and Tai

Tzu-ying (戴資穎) both advanced to the round of 16 in the men’s and women’s singles events at the 2019 Badminton World Federation (BWF) Singapore Open on Wednesday.

Chou defeated Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk of Thailand in two straight sets, 21-18 and 21-16, at the Singapore Indoor Stadium to reach the second round of the men’s singles event.

World No. 1 Tai battled to a 21-14, 10-21, 21-18 win over American Zhang Beiwen (張蓓雯) in the first round of the women’s singles event, which lasted 44 minutes.

Chou is the defending men’s singles champion of the Singapore Open.    [FULL  STORY]

The national team won their first ever division Championship on Sunday

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/04/08
By: Ryan Drillsma, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taiwan national women’s ice hockey team won their first ever division championship on Sunday.

The team took part in the 2019 Ice Hockey World Women’s Championship, hosted this year in Finland. Parallel with last year’s event, Taiwan faced off against Iceland in the final round on Sunday, but this year defeated the team 5:2, clinching the division win, according to the Liberty Times.

Taiwan has now also been promoted from Division IIB to Division IIA.

The team prepared for the championship in Taiwan before flying out to Europe.The final match started with a strong lead from Taiwan, Liberty Times reports, before Iceland launched a counterattack in the second round, closing the gap.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/04/07
By: Lung Po-an and Evelyn Kao

Taipei, April 7 (CNA) Taiwanese badminton star Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) earned her third consecutive women’s singles title in Malaysia, after winning the 2019 Malaysia Open final Sunday.

Tai beat world No. 4 Akane Yamaguchi of Japan 21-16, 21-19 in two straight games, winning her first title of the season to further consolidate her world No. 1 women’s singles ranking.

Tai and Yamaguchi had previously played 14 times, with Tai winning eight of those games.

The 24-year-old Taiwanese got off to a good start in the final, taking a 6-1 lead over her Japanese opponent before winning the first game 21-16.    [FULL  STORY]

TOP OF GROUP: Taiwan topped Group C of Asia’s second-round qualifier for the Tokyo Olympic Games with two wins, ahead of powerhouse Iran’s 1-1 record

Taipei Times
Date: Apr 08, 2019
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

The Taiwan women’s soccer team yesterday mounted a big comeback in the second half

of their Asian Football Confederation (AFC) women’s Olympic qualifier to defeat the Philippines 4-2 in Doha.

Taiwan topped Group C of Asia’s second-round qualifier for the Tokyo Olympic Games with two wins, ahead of powerhouse Iran, who have a 1-1 record.

The Philippines were the better side in the first half at the Grand Hamad Stadium, going in front on goals by Joyce Semacio and Patricia Tomanon, with Taiwan having to play catch-up.

Just before halftime, Taiwan were awarded a penalty-kick after illegal contact by the Philippine defense during a corner kick. Michelle Pao dispatched the ball to the upper right of the net, cutting the lead.    [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan News  
Date: 2019/04/05
By:  Central News Agency

Taiwanese badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) had every reason to be worried in the

quarterfinals of the 2019 Malaysia Open on Friday, facing her nemesis and seemingly on the verge of going down a game.

But the world No. 1 Taiwanese rallied to top Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21-19, 21-13 in 35 minutes to guarantee she will keep her top spot in the rankings and set up a semifinal showdown against China’s young upstart Chen Yufei (陳雨菲), seeded third in Malaysia.

The 21-year-old Chen topped Tai in the final of the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships 21-17, 21-17 last month.

The 24-year-old Taiwanese struggled with injuries at the end of last year, and she has tried to put them behind her by playing a curtailed schedule so far this year.
[FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/04/05
By: Oscar Wu, Luke Sabatier and Emerson Lim

Taipei, April 5 (CNA) Taiwanese badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) had every reason to

be worried in the quarterfinals of the 2019 Malaysia Open on Friday, facing her nemesis and seemingly on the verge of going down a game.

But the world No. 1 Taiwanese rallied to top Ratchanok Intanon of Thailand 21-19, 21-13 in 35 minutes to guarantee she will keep her top spot in the rankings and set up a semifinal showdown against China’s young upstart Chen Yufei (陳雨菲), seeded third in Malaysia.

The 21-year-old Chen topped Tai in the final of the prestigious All England Open Badminton Championships 21-17, 21-17 last month.

The 24-year-old Taiwanese struggled with injuries at the end of last year, and she has tried to put them behind her by playing a curtailed schedule so far this year.
[FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/04/04
By: Long Po-an and William Yen

Taipei, April 4 (CNA) Taiwanese badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) advanced to the

quarter-finals of the 2019 Malaysia Open Thursday after an easy win against Busanan Ongbamrungphan of Thailand.

Tai defeated Ongbamrungphan in two straight sets 21-16, 21-14 in only 36 minutes, being held April 2-7 in Kuala Lumpur.

In the first set, the world No. 1 and the world No. 25 kept the scores close at 10-11 until Tai consolidated a bigger lead by scoring four consecutive points, after which she never looked back to win 21-16.

The second set took a similar course when the score became tied at 8-8, until Tai broke through with an eight-point lead to finish 21-14.    [FULL  STORY]