SETTLING FOR SILVER: Chou Tien-chen fell short of his fourth title of the season after battling for 77 minutes against Japanese world No. 1 Kento Momota

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 23, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA, BERLIN

Taiwanese badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying on Sunday captured the women’s singles title at

the Denmark Open in Odense, while world No. 4 Chou Tien-chen had to settle for a silver medal in the men’s singles.

World No. 1 Tai defeated the world No. 10 Saina Nehwal of India 21-13, 13-21, 21-6 in a match that lasted 52 minutes.

In the first game, Tai warmed up quickly to lead 6-1 and eventually cruised to 21-13, before Nehwal put up a strong fight to the win the second game 21-13, pushing the match into a decider.

It was in the third game that Tai resumed her fierce offensive and won the game 21-6
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Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/21
By: Lin Yu-li and William Yen

Berlin, Oct. 21 (CNA) Taiwanese badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) captured the

women’s singles title Sunday at the Denmark Open 2018, held Oct. 16-21 in Odense.

Tai, ranked number one in the world for women’s singles, defeated the world number 10 Saina Nehwal of India 21-13, 13-21, 21-6 in a match that lasted 52 minutes.

In the first game, Tai warmed up quickly to lead 6-1 and was able to win 21-13, while Nehwal put up a strong fight to the win the second 21-13, pushing the the match into a decider.

It was in the third game that Tai resumed her fierce offensive and won the game 21-6.
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Taipei Times
Date: Oct 22, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA, BERLIN

Taiwan’s Chou Tien-chen cruised past his Danish opponent on Saturday to advance to the

Denmark Open men’s singles badminton final.

Amid loud cheers of encouragement for the host country’s Anders Antonsen, Chou faced an uphill battle at the beginning of the match, particularly as Antonsen scored six points after breaking a 12-12 tie.

Chou ended up losing the first game 19-21.

However, Chou managed to come from behind and knock out Antonsen in final two games 21-11, 21-12.

Chou was to face Kento Momota of Japan after press time last night in the men’s singles final to fight for his fourth title of the year.

Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying beat He Bingjiao of China in two straight games on Saturday to advance to the Denmark Open women’s singles badminton final.    [FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 20, 2018
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

The Uni-President Lions won Game 1 of the CPBL Playoff Series in a dramatic finish with

the final swing of the bat, as third baseman Kuo Fu-lin blasted a home run that also brought home two other runners as the Lions seized a 4-1 victory over the Fubon Guardians in Tainan last night.

In a tight contest with the score still tied at 1-1 in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Lions mounted a rally with the two leadoff men getting on bases with a walk and a single.

The Guardians then brought specialist closer Kuo Hung-chih, the former Los Angeles Dodger, to the mound.

However, it was no use against the red hot Kuo Fu-lin, who launched a shot into the centerfield bleachers for a walk-off home run to end the game and send home fans wild as the Lions grabbed a 1-0 series lead.

The winners of the best-of-five Playoff Series go on to meet the Lamigo Monkeys in the Taiwan Series.

Uni-President Lions officials had invited the parents of pitcher Ryan Verdugo from the US for a pre-game ceremony last night, but at the last minute it was postponed to Game 2, because CPBL commissioner John Wu had a prior commitment and could not make it to the game in Tainan.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/18
By: Hsieh Ching-wen and Evelyn Kao 

Buenos Aires, Oct. 17 (CNA) Taiwan athletes will bring home one gold, three silver and two bronze medals from the 2018 Youth Olympic Games, which concludes Thursday in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The team of 59 athletes competed in 19 sports over the past two weeks and finished with a medal count of six, winning their only gold in a judo mixed team competition.

Liu Li-ling (劉俐伶), who was part of the judo mixed Beijing team in the 78 kilogram category, won the gold after defeating Rose Christie Pretorius of the mixed Athens team 4-3 in the final on Oct. 10.

Also Oct. 10, Chen Yi-tung (陳弈通), a member of the mixed continental Asia-Oceania 1 fencing team, took a silver medal in the final against Armand Spichiger of the Europe 1 team, which ended 28-25.    [FULL  STORY]

Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-10-17

Taiwanese triple jumper Lee Yun-chen and pole-vaulter Yang Wei-yuan set new personal

bests at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics, currently underway in Buenos Aires.

Lee jumped 15.74 meters on his second triple-jump attempt on Wednesday, setting both a new personal record and a new record for Taiwanese athletes under 18. His final distance, an average of two attempts, put him in sixth place in the event.

Despite the recording-breaking performance, Lee said he struggled to find his rhythm during the competition and will continue to work on his technique.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/17
By: Huang Chiao-wen, Wu Jui-chi and William Yen

Taipei, Oct. 17 (CNA) Major League Baseball pitcher Chen Wei-yin (陳偉殷) said

Wednesday he was happy he was in good shape and could stay in the game although his performance in the recently concluded regular season was not that great.

At a press conference on arrival home in Taiwan, Chen, who plays for the Miami Marlins, said one of the events that made him happy was ripping out his first career double in a home game against the Atlanta Braves.

Chen played his first game of the season on April 28, after missing most of 2017 and the first month of the 2018 season due to an injury to his left elbow.

As the starting pitcher in 26 games in the season that ended Oct. 1, the left-hander was credited with 6 wins and 12 losses and finished with an ERA of 4.79.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/13
By: Hsieh Ching-wen and Ko Li

Buenos Aires, Oct. 12 (CNA) Taiwanese badminton player Huang Yin-hsuan (黃映瑄) and

her teammates came away with a silver medal Friday after the final of the relay competition at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, finishing second among the eight competing teams.

Huang’s mixed team, dubbed Omega, was edged out 106-110 by team Alpha in a series of 10 matches that consisted of men’s and women’s doubles, mixed doubles, and men’s and women’s singles.

The mixed relay contest comprised eight teams — named Alpha, Delta, Epsilon, Gamma, Omega, Sigma, Theta and Zeta – each made up of players of different nationalities.

Playing in the second match, Huang beat Maria Delcheva of Bulgaria 22-20 in the women’s singles.    [FULL  STORY]

STEP UP: Djokovic took the world No. 2 ranking from Federer by winning his semi-final in Shanghai, and is looking to catch up to Nadal’s No. 1 by winning the title

Taipei Times
Date: Oct 14, 2018
By: Reuters

Second seed Caroline Garcia yesterday cruised past Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei 6-3, 6-4 in

the Tianjin Open final four to move into her first final since lifting back-to-back titles in Wuhan and Beijing last year.

In the other semi-final, top seed Karolina Pliskova produced a ruthless display as she raced past Switzerland’s Timea Bacsinszky 6-2, 6-1.

Pliskova, who won the Pan Pacific Open last month, dropped just eight points on serve and broke Bacsinszky four times.

World No. 6 Pliskova, eighth in the Race to Singapore standings, is battling for one of the three spots in the season-ending WTA Finals starting on Sunday next week.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/10/12
By: Chang Hsin-wei and Ko Lin 

Taipei, Oct. 12 (CNA) Taiwanese taekwondo athlete Lee Meng-en (李孟恩) had to settle for a silver medal in the men’s 73 kilogram gold medal contest at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday.

Lee, who beat Ethan McClymont of Canada 15-7 and Jakub Sadurski of Poland 10-2 to reach the final on the same day, failed to extend his winning streak, losing to Mohammadali Khosravi of Iran 1-2.

The third Summer Youth Olympic Games, also called Buenos Aires 2018, is being held from Oct. 6-18 in the Argentine capital, with 4,000 athletes aged 15-18 from 206 countries and areas competing in 32 events.     [FULL  STORY]