Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/01/16
By: Luke Sabatier

Taipei, Jan. 16 (CNA) Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) opened 2019 with a victory in the first round of the US$350,000 Perodua Malaysia Masters badminton tournament on Wednesday, hoping to put behind her a injury-marred finish to the 2018 season.

Tai, the world’s top-ranked women’s badminton player, was knocked out of the group stage of the BWF World Tour Finals in mid-December when she had to retire with a hamstring injury in a decisive match against Japan’s Akane Yamaguchi.    [FULL  STORY]

AT THE DOUBLE: The Taiwanese No. 1 took just 58 minutes to set up a second-round clash with world No. 110 Laura Siegemund of Germany

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 16, 2019
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with Reuters, MELBOURNE

Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei yesterday cruised into the second round of the women’s singles at

the Australian Open, while Ivo Karlovic became the oldest man to win a match at the tournament in more than 40 years.

Hsieh, the 28th seed, took just 58 minutes to see off the challenge of Switzerland’s Stefanie Voegele 6-2, 6-1.

The Taiwanese No. 1 won 76 percent of points on her first serve compared with just 40 percent for her opponent.

Hsieh saved six of eight break points and converted six of eight, hit 27 winners and won 62 of the 98 points contested to advance to a second-round match against world No. 110 Laura Siegemund of Germany, who rallied from a set down to defeat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-2.    [FULL  STORY]

AT THE DOUBLE: The Taiwanese No. 1 took just 58 minutes to set up a second-round clash with world No. 110 Laura Siegemund of Germany

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 16, 2019
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with Reuters, MELBOURNE

Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei yesterday cruised into the second round of the women’s singles at

the Australian Open, while Ivo Karlovic became the oldest man to win a match at the tournament in more than 40 years.

Hsieh, the 28th seed, took just 58 minutes to see off the challenge of Switzerland’s Stefanie Voegele 6-2, 6-1.

The Taiwanese No. 1 won 76 percent of points on her first serve compared with just 40 percent for her opponent.

Hsieh saved six of eight break points and converted six of eight, hit 27 winners and won 62 of the 98 points contested to advance to a second-round match against world No. 110 Laura Siegemund of Germany, who rallied from a set down to defeat Victoria Azarenka of Belarus 6-7 (5/7), 6-4, 6-2.    [FULL  STORY]

Chang Chia-che finished the marathon in 2:35:52

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/01/14
By: Scott Morgan, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwanese long-distance runner Chang Chia-che (張嘉哲) won the men’s category of the Ho Chi Minh City Marathon in Vietnam on Jan. 13.

Chang completed the 42.19 kilometer race in two hours 35 minutes and 52 seconds, beating second-place Dung Nguyen Quoc by over five minutes.

The race included full, half, and 10 kilometer disciplines, with the event drawing more than 9,000 participants from 60 countries.

Hong Le Pham Thi won the women’s race, in a time of three hours 3 minutes and 58 seconds.    [FULL  STORY]

The public are encouraged to get a free brochure that contains maps and all information about the activity at the GEO office during office hours

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/01/13
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) –A total of 500 people have completed the Taipei Grand Hike since Taipei City Government inaugurated the activity in September last year, according to a news release posted on the website of the city’s Geotechnical Engineering Office (GEO) on Jan. 11.

The GEO said that within three and a half months, 500 people have come to the agency with photos taken at 12 designated spots along the Taipei Grand Trail and claimed the sports towels, which are offered to Grand Hike finishers as gifts.

At a press conference in September last year, the agency announced a newly marked 92-km route that runs along the ridges bordering the city and encouraged people to complete the Grand Hike, saying that anyone who finishes the hike and takes photos at the designated locations within one year will be awarded a sports towel.

GEO Industrial and Trail Section Chief Chen Yen-cheng (陳彥成) said that many sections of the Taipei Grand Trail are composed of relaxing nature trails with thriving natural ecosystems.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/01/13
By: Huang Chiao-wen and William Ye

Taipei, Jan. 13 (CNA) Taiwan badminton duo Lu Ching-yao (盧敬堯) and Yang Po-han (楊博涵) lost in the final of the men’s doubles at the Thailand Masters 2019 in Bangkok Sunday.

Lu and Yang, ranked 26th in the world, were defeated by world number 14 and top seeds Goh Shem and Tan Wee Kiong from Malaysia 21-13, 21-17 in a match that lasted 46 minutes.

In the first set, the Malaysians rushed to a 6-1 lead and kept the Taiwan pairing under pressure, running away with the first set 21-13.

In the second set, the score was briefly level at 8-8, but the Malaysians once again stepped up the pace to stretch their lead to 20-13 and although the Taiwan duo reduced the deficit they still lost the set 21-17.    [FULL  STORY]

The public are encouraged to get a free brochure that contains maps and all information about the activity at the GEO office during office hours

Taiwan News 
Date: 2019/01/13
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) –A total of 500 people have completed the Taipei Grand Hike since Taipei City Government inaugurated the activity in September last year, according to a news release posted on the website of the city’s Geotechnical Engineering Office (GEO) on Jan. 11.

The GEO said that within three and a half months, 500 people have come to the agency with photos taken at 12 designated spots along the Taipei Grand Trail and claimed the sports towels, which are offered to Grand Hike finishers as gifts.

At a press conference in September last year, the agency announced a newly marked 92-km route that runs along the ridges bordering the city and encouraged people to complete the Grand Hike, saying that anyone who finishes the hike and takes photos at the designated locations within one year will be awarded a sports towel.

GEO Industrial and Trail Section Chief Chen Yen-cheng (陳彥成) said that many sections of the Taipei Grand Trail are composed of relaxing nature trails with thriving natural ecosystems.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/01/12
By: Huang Chiao-wen and Chi Jo-yao

Taipei, Jan. 12 (CNA) Taiwan’s Latisha Chan (詹詠然), sidelined for nearly four months with a nervous system disorder, won the women’s doubles title with her sister Chan Hao-ching (詹皓晴), at the Hobart International Tennis, Australia Saturday.

The Chan sisters topped Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium and Johanna Larsson of Sweden 6-3, 3-6 and 10-6 in a 10-point tiebreaker to win the title.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/01/12
By: Huang Chiao-wen and Ko Lin

Taipei, Jan. 12 (CNA) Taiwan badminton duo Lu Ching-yao (盧敬堯) and Yang Po-han (楊博涵) defeated their Malaysian semi-final opponents to advance to the men’s doubles final at the Thailand Masters 2019 on Saturday.

Lu and Yang, currently ranked 26th in the world, beat Malaysians Goh Sze Fei and Nur Izzuddin 17-21, 21-13, 21-11 in a match that lasted 57 minutes.

Prior to Saturday’s game, the two teams had met six times before, with the Taiwanese victorious in five of those matches.

Lu and Yang will face another Malaysian pairing, Goh Shem and Tan Wee Kiong, in the final on Sunday.    [FULL  STORY]