Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/18
By: Lee Chin-wei and William Yen

Taipei, March 18 (CNA) Taiwan’s world number one, Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎), became the

first athlete to defend the women’s singles All England Open title in the last 10 years by defeating world number two Akane Yamaguchi at the 2018 Yonex All England Open Sunday.

Tai defeated Yamaguchi 22-20, 21-13.

The two have competed 10 times recently, of which each player won an equal number of five matches each.

The first game saw the two struggle to keep a lead as the scores were kept very close until when a tie was made at 20-20, Tai scored two straight points to win 22-20.
[FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/17
By: Lee Chin-wei and Ko Lin

Taipei, March 17 (CNA) Taiwanese shooter Yu Ai-wen (余艾玟) won a gold medal for

Taiwan in the women’s 10-meter air pistol event of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) World Shooting Sport Championship 2018 in Malaysia Friday.

Yu finished with a total of 237.6 points, beating seven other competitors in the final elimination round, including Wang Xiaoyu of China, Oh Hyunjeong of South Korea, and Carina Wimmer of Germany.

“I was rather surprised,” Yu said after the tournament, saying that she started the first competition stage on a slow note.

“I tried not to think too much and just told myself to concentrate on my shots,” she said.
[FULL  STORY]

Taipei Times
Date: Mar 18, 2018
By: Staff writer, with CNA and AFP, BIRMINGHAM, England

Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying on Friday beat her rival in the women’s singles quarter-finals at the

Yonex All-England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham to enter the semi-finals.

World No. 1 Tai cruised past Aya Ohori of Japan 21-12, 21-13 in a match that lasted just 33 minutes.

She is next to compete against eighth seed and world No. 7 Chen Yufei of China.

The two have competed six times in the past, all of which were won by Tai.

Their latest encounter was in the finals of the Malaysia Masters in January, which was won by Tai in two straight games.    [FULL  STORY]

Yu Zhiying of China won the tournament

Taiwan News 
Date: 2018/03/16
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwanese-Australian Joanne Missingham (黑嘉嘉) ended second

at the first edition of the Senko Cup World Go Women’s Championships in Tokyo Friday.

In the game, which lasted from 10:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. Friday, Missingham ended up losing to China’s Yu Zhiying (於之瑩), but nevertheless still took home prize money of 3 million yen (NT$827,000). She said it was her first time in seven or eight years that she managed to reach the finals, the Central News Agency reported.

Missingham described Yu as a good friend and said that because they had been playing each other several times, they understood each other’s playing styles.

Comparing different styles, she said the pace at international competitions had grown faster, which made things harder for Japanese Go players, who were used to a slower rhythm.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/16
By: Lung Po-an and Ko Lin

Taipei, March 16 (CNA) Taiwan’s Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎) beat her rival in the women’s

singles quarterfinals at the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships in Birmingham on Friday to enter the semifinals of the tournament.

World No. 1 Tai cruised past Aya Ohori of Japan 21-12, 21-13 in a match that lasted just 33 minutes.

She will next compete against Chen Yufei (陳雨菲) of China, the 8th seeded player at the tournament and currently No. 7 in the Badminton World Federation (BWF) ranking.

The two competed six times in the past, all of which were won by the Taiwanese player.
[FULL  STORY]

Japanese cyclist Arashiro appears set for victory

Taiwan News 
Date: 2018/03/15
By: Duncan DeAeth, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – March 15 marks the last day of the Tour de Taiwan 2018, and

riders will the race in the early afternoon.

After the fourth stage of the race, Japanese cyclist Yukiya Arashiro was still wearing the yellow jersey because of his excellent performance in the first three stages.

However, stage four results put Australia’s Cameron Bayly in first place for the day , followed by America’s Cameron Piper.

Tour de Taiwan riders have already ridden through Taipei, Taoyuan, around the Lion Head Mountain in Central Taiwan and through Nantou County in the previous stages of the race
[FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/14
By: Lee Chin-wei and William Yen

Taipei, March 14 (CNA) Japanese cyclist Yukiya Arashiro emerged as the leader

Wednesday in the 2018 Tour de Taiwan in Nantou County, claiming the yellow jersey.

Arashiro completed the fourth stage of the cycling competition in third place, riding 166.56 kilometers in a time of three hours, 59 minutes and 22 seconds.

He said he was up against strong opponents and was very happy to be wearing the yellow jersey at the end of the day.

“For a long time, I hadn’t been delivering good results,” Arashiro said. “The last time I had such a good performance was two years ago.”    [FULL  STORY]

NOT SO FAST: Xu Yifan was already shaking hands, certain she and Gabriela Dabrwoski had lost before the winning shot was ruled out, allowing the pair to claw back victory

Taipei Times
Date: Mar 15, 2018
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with AFP, INDIAN WELLS, California

Taiwan’s Hsieh Su-wei on Tuesday cruised into the semi-finals of the doubles at the BNP

Paribas Open, while in the round-of-16 of the singles, Caroline Wozniacki suffered another exit at the hands of rising Russian star Daria Kasatkina.

Unseeded Hsieh and Barbora Strycova, playing in their first tournament together, took just 60 minutes to see off the challenge of Vania King of the US and Katarina Srebotnik of Slovenia 6-4, 6-1.

The Taiwanese-Czech duo saved five of six break points and converted five of 11, winning 55 of the 94 points contested to advance to a semi-final against third seeds Gabriela Dabrowski of Canada and Xu Yifan of China, who won their quarter-final against eighth seeds Andreja Klepac of Slovenia and Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez of Spain in extraordinary circumstances.

The eighth seeds thought they had won the match 10-8 in the super tiebreak when a lob was called in, even shaking hands with Xu at the net, even though Dabrowski had challenged the call.    [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2018/03/13
By: Lee Chin-wei and William Yen

Taipei, March 13 (CNA) Israeli cyclist Edwin Avila Vanegas won the third stage of the Tour

de Taiwan 2018 Tuesday, finishing the 156.3-kilometer race with a time of 3 hours, 49 minutes and 33 seconds.

Avila Vanegas also received the green jersey, which is awarded to general individual classification on points. There is also the yellow jersey, which indicates the overall leader, and the blue jersey, which denotes the leading Asian athlete.

Avila Vanegas said he gathered many fans after last year’s event, which felt great, adding that “of course its time to move up and take the yellow jersey.”

Hakka Romantic Avenue — the name of the event’s third stage — saw the competitors kick off near the Hsinchu High Speed Railway Station.    [FULL  STORY]