Focus Taiwan
Date: 10/28/2020
By: Joseph Yeh

Taipei, Oct. 28 (CNA) Taiwan's chance to win a medal in tennis at the Tokyo Olympics next year if they are held suffered a major blow recently after women's doubles world No. 1 Hsieh Su-wei (謝淑薇) was ruled to be ineligible for the games by the sport's governing body.

The 34-year-old Hsieh dropped the bombshell in a Facebook post earlier this month when she said she had received a notice from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) rejecting her appeal to gain eligibility for next year's Olympics.

In her post, Hsieh said that even though her ranking qualified her for the 2021 games, she was deemed to be ineligible due to "a mistake involving the Fed Cup" held this March.

Hsieh is currently ranked No. 66 in women's singles and No. 1 in women's doubles. Those who rank among the top 56 in singles and top 10 in doubles are eligible to compete in the Tokyo Olympics.    [FULL  STORY]