Taiwan win 2 more medals in Japan

COURT STARS: Taiwan tennis sensations Hsieh Su-wei and Liang En-shuo advanced to the women’s doubles quarter-finals, along with Chan Hao-ching and Wu Fang-hsien

• By Benjamin Bowser / Staff writer, with AFP

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Taiwan yesterday picked up two more bronze medals at the Asian Games in Japan, bringing their medal total to 39, including three golds and 10 silvers, to rank 14th in the overall standings.

Lin Yu-ting guaranteed herself at least a silver medal in boxing after she outclassed Uzbekistan’s Sitora Turdibekova 5-0 in their women’s 60kg semi-final at the Nishio Gymnasium, putting the Taiwanese Olympic champion just one win from a second Asian Games gold.

Lin is tomorrow to face China’s Yang Chengyu in the gold-medal showdown.

Taiwan’s men’s compound archery team pose with the bronze medals on the podium at the Asian Games in Okazaki, Japan, yesterday.

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The 30-year-old thanked the medical team afterwards for treating the cut to her nose she sustained in the quarter-finals on Monday.

“After the quarter-finals, many doctors helped treat my wounds so that I didn’t have to worry,” Lin told reporters.

At the Okazaki Chuo Sogo Park Multipurpose Square, Taiwan’s Chang Cheng-wei, Chen Chieh-lun and Yen Tzu-hsiang edged South Korea 234-233 in the men’s compound archery bronze-medal match.

Taiwan’s Chang Cheng-wei, left, fist-bumps teammate Yen Tzu-hsiang, right, during the men’s compound archery bronze-medal match against South Korea at the Asian Games in Okazaki, Japan, yesterday.

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In the women’s compound archery bronze-medal match, Huang I-jou, Chen Yi-hsuan and Chen Fang-yi lost by one point, 229-228, to South Korea.

In e-sports, Cheng Kai-sheng (“Zhengkai”), Chen Kuang-yeh (“guaguasin”), Chu Tang-yao (“XiaoChu”), Tang Sheng-chun (“CY”), Chang Chun-ming (“HuanXue”), Chuang Po-chun (“Pingfan”) and Su Bin-cheng (“Bin”) won the bronze medal in Identity V, the 1v4 asymmetrical survival game event.

They defeated Hong Kong 2-0 earlier in the day to advance to the semi-finals, where they lost 2-0 to China.

Taiwan’s Chen Fang-yi lines up a shot in the women’s compound archery semi-final against China at the Asian Games in Okazaki, Japan, yesterday.

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In League of Legends, Taiwan’s Lin Yu-en (“Woody”), Liu Chia-hao (“ShiauC”), Chiu Tzu-chuan (“Doggo”), Yu Chun-chia (“JunJia”), Tsai Ming-hung (“hongQ”) and Chen Yi-chin (“1Jiang”) defeated Hong Kong and India to finish second in Group B and advance to today’s semi-finals, where they face Vietnam.

In judo, Yang Yung-wei lost to China’s Ma Yulin in the men’s under-60kg bronze-medal bout at Aichi International Arena, after beating Tajikistan’s Loiq Kudbudinov by ippon in the quarter-final.

Lin Chen-hao beat Hong Kong’s Wong Ka Lee by yuko to advance to the bronze-medal bout in the women’s under-48kg judo, where she was defeated by Kazakhstan’s Abiba Abuzhakynova.

Taiwan’s Liao Li-hong competes in the men’s single kayak semi-final in Toyota, Japan, yesterday.

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In women’s doubles tennis at Nagoya’s Higashiyama Park Tennis Center, fifth seeds Chan Hao-ching and Wu Fang-hsien defeated the Philippines’ Stefi Aludo and Tennielle Madis 6-3, 6-1 to advance to the quarter-finals, where they are to face top seeds Guo Hanyu and Zhang Shuai of China.

No. 2 seeds Hsieh Su-wei and Liang En-shuo of Taiwan advanced to the quarter-finals with a walkover. They are to face seventh seeds Momoko Kobori and Ayano Shimizu of Japan.

In men’s singles, Taiwanese sixth seed Tseng Chun-hsin beat India’s Dhakshineswar Suresh 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals, where he is to face Uzbekistan’s Khumoyun Sultanov.

Taiwan’s Barbara Chen competes in the women’s 3m springboard diving final at the Asian Games at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre yesterday.

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In mixed doubles, top seeds Chan and Ho Chenjui dominated Mongolia’s Jundrakh Purevdor and Sonom-Yanzum Enkhjargal 6-0, 6-0, while Hsieh and Tseng were to play India’s No. 2 seeds Rutuja Bhosale and Yuki Bhambri after press time last night.

In the women’s singles quarter-finals, Taiwan’s England-born Joanna Garland made top seed and favorite Filipina superstar Alexandra Eala work for her 7-5, 6-0 victory.

Eala initially struggled against world No. 143 Garland, who moved to Taiwan when she was 10.

Eala had her serve broken twice and converted only three of 12 break points in the first set.

At one stage she had to come from 0-40 down to hold serve, letting out a loud scream to celebrate.

She found her rhythm in the second set, breaking Garland in the first game before coasting to victory.

“Losing is always a possibility, that’s what makes tennis so difficult, that’s what makes tennis so exciting,” Eala said. “You never know what’s going to happen and you can’t let your guard down.”

The winner of the tournament qualifies for the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.