Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/12/31
By: Huang Chiao-wen and Ko Lin

Taipei, Dec. 31 (CNA) Tseng Chun-hsin (曾俊欣), Taiwan’s junior tennis ace, beat

Michael Look of Australia on Monday to qualify for the main draw of an ATP Challenger event in Australia.

The 17-year-old Taiwanese, who is the top ranked junior in the world but is turning pro this year, cruised past Look 6-1, 6-4 in the US$81,240 2019 City of Playford Tennis International.

He will play another Australian opponent, Aleksandar Vukic, in the opening round of the main singles draw on Tuesday.

Tseng has had a stellar year in 2018, winning back-to-back junior Grand Slam singles titles at the French Open and Wimbledon and reaching the junior finals of the Australian Open and junior semifinals of the US Open, results that led him to turn pro.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Jan 01, 2019
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with AFP, BRISBANE, Australia

The Chan sisters yesterday opened their season by cruising into the quarter-finals of

the women’s doubles at the Brisbane International, while Karolina Pliskova rallied from a set down to advance to the second round of the women’s singles.

Taiwanese sisters Chan Hao-ching and Latisha Chan took just 49 minutes to complete a 6-1, 6-2 victory over Japanese duo Miyu Kato and Makoto Ninomiya in their opening match of the season.

The fourth seeds saved one of the two break points they faced and converted five of 10, winning 55 of the 88 points contested to advance to a quarter-final against either Dutch duo Kiki Bertens and Demi Schuurs or Kristina Mladenovic of France and Galina Voskoboeva of Kazakhstan, who are due to face off today.

In the singles, Pliskova said she refused to panic despite falling behind a set and a break to Yulia Putintseva in her opening singles match.    [FULL  STORY]

The fans selected 30 best players in Japan’s professional baseball history, and the No. 1 player is Wang, who had set a world record by hitting 868 home runs

Taiwan News
Date; 2018/12/25
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan’s Wang Chen-chu (王貞治) has been elected by fans

to the status of the best of the best in Japan’s professional baseball history, according to a Liberty Times report on Tuesday.

On Monday night, Japan’s TV Asahi broadcast the results of an “overall professional baseball election” with votes casted by 10,000 fans. The fans selected the 30 best players in Japan’s professional baseball history, and the No. 1 player is Wang, who had set a world record by hitting 868 home runs.

Wang’s parents went to Japan to be in business, and Wang has three siblings. Wang began playing baseball when he was in the third or fourth grade. While in high school, Wang became a member of the school’s baseball team. After graduating from high school, he became a professional player in 1959, which was the inception of his brilliant 21-year professional baseball career in Japan.    [FULL  STORY]

The fans selected 30 best players in Japan’s professional baseball history, and the No. 1 player is Wang, who had set a world record by hitting 868 home runs

Taiwan News 
Date: 2018/12/25
By: George Liao, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan’s Wang Chen-chu (王貞治) has been elected by fans

to the status of the best of the best in Japan’s professional baseball history, according to a Liberty Times report on Tuesday.

On Monday night, Japan’s TV Asahi broadcast the results of an “overall professional baseball election” with votes casted by 10,000 fans. The fans selected the 30 best players in Japan’s professional baseball history, and the No. 1 player is Wang, who had set a world record by hitting 868 home runs.

Wang’s parents went to Japan to be in business, and Wang has three siblings. Wang began playing baseball when he was in the third or fourth grade. While in high school, Wang became a member of the school’s baseball team. After graduating from high school, he became a professional player in 1959, which was the inception of his brilliant 21-year professional baseball career in Japan.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/12/23
By: Lin Hung-han and William Yen

Los Angeles, Dec. 23 (CNA) Taiwanese badminton partners and brothers Lu Chia-pin

(呂佳彬) and Lu Chia-hung (呂家弘) clinched the men’s doubles title at the 2018 Yonex/K&D Graphics International Challenge final in Orange County, the United States, Saturday.

The Lu brothers, who received support from Taiwanese compatriots in the audience, defeated the Phillip Chew and Ryan Chew from the U.S. in straight sets 21-18, 21-10.

“This is the biggest surprise just before Christmas,” Lu Chia-pin said after the event, with the brothers’ parents traveling overseas to watch them compete for the first time.

Lu Chia-pin (呂佳彬, back) and Lu Chia-hung (呂家弘, front)

Also present were director-general of the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) in Los Angeles Chu Wen-shang (朱文祥) and head of the Culture Center of TECO Los Angeles Office in Santa Ana Yang Hai-hua (楊海華), who watched the Taiwanese lead throughout the match to defeat the Americans on their home court.
[FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/12/21
By: Lung Po-an and Ko Lin

Taipei, Dec. 21 (CNA) Taiwanese weightlifter Kuo Hsing-chun (郭婞淳) snagged three

gold medals Friday at the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) 5th International Qatar Cup, a qualifying competition for the 2020 Olympic Games.

Kuo, 25, won a gold medal with a snatch lift of 103 kilograms in the women’s 59 kg division, a second gold with a clean and jerk of 130 kg. and a final gold for the combined lift of 233 kg.

It was the first time she had won both the snatch and clean and jerk lifts in any competition.

Kuo said the second half of this year has been difficult for her because of her intense training regimen prior to the Qatar Cup in Doha, and she thanked her coach for his encouragement and moral support at the event.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Dec 21, 2018
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan’s top hitter Wang Po-jung on Wednesday officially became a member of

Japan’s Nippon Ham Fighters at a media event in Taipei.

The Sapporo-based team gave Wang a three-year contract worth about US$4 million, plus incentives for reaching performance targets.

The former Lamigo Monkeys outfielder donned a Ham Fighters jersey with “Wang 99” emblazoned on the back to announce his move to Japanese pro baseball.

Nippon executives are giving Wang the “international superstar” treatment, with team president Kenso Takeda and manager Hideki Kuriyama at the ceremony producing a 107-page introductory guidebook on Wang for Japanese fans.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Dec 21, 2018
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Taiwan’s top hitter Wang Po-jung on Wednesday officially became a member of

Japan’s Nippon Ham Fighters at a media event in Taipei.

The Sapporo-based team gave Wang a three-year contract worth about US$4 million, plus incentives for reaching performance targets.

The former Lamigo Monkeys outfielder donned a Ham Fighters jersey with “Wang 99” emblazoned on the back to announce his move to Japanese pro baseball.

Nippon executives are giving Wang the “international superstar” treatment, with team president Kenso Takeda and manager Hideki Kuriyama at the ceremony producing a 107-page introductory guidebook on Wang for Japanese fans.
[FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Dec 20, 2018
By: AP, ATLANTA, Georgia

Taiwanese-American professional basketball player Jeremy Lin and the Atlanta

Hawks expected John Wall’s inevitable scoring burst that came in the third quarter on Tuesday night. Lin had an even stronger response in the fourth.

The veteran guard scored 12 of his 16 points in the final period as the Hawks overcame Bradley Beal’s 29 points for a 118-110 victory over the Washington Wizards.

The Hawks outscored the Wizards 71-52 in the first and fourth quarters combined.

“I thought it was one of our best defensive games,” Lin said. “That gives you a chance.”

Wall, scoreless as Washington trailed throughout the first half, had 10 points in the third period as the Wizards pulled even at 82 entering the fourth.
[FULL  STORY]