Chuang Chia-jung's hopes of progressing in the Australian Open mixed doubles tournament came to an end as the Taiwanese and her Israeli partner, Jonathan Erlich, were knocked out in the quarter-finals yesterday.
They lost 6-4, 6-4, to China's Zi Yan and Mark Knowles of the Bahamas in a clash that lasted 76 minutes. The match stats were pretty even but in the end Zi and the experienced Knowles, who has 47 career doubles titles under his belt, justified their No. 3 seeding.
Meanwhile, Taiwan's Yang Tsung-hua upset the odds by beating No. 2 seed Jerzy Janowicz of Poland to reach the semi-finals of the boys junior singles competition. The 16-year-old had a day to remember as he also reached the final of the boys doubles tournament, teaming up with compatriot Hsieh Cheng-peng to defeat Australian duo Brendan McKenzie and Nat Maranga 6-0, 7-5. They will face Vasek Pospisil of Canada and Cesar Ramirez of Mexico in the final.
Japan captain Wataru Endo on Thursday was ruled out of the FIFA World Cup with injury and announced his international retirement, three days before his team’s opener against the Netherlands. The Liverpool midfielder pulled out of the tournament after failing to recover from a foot injury and was replaced in Japan’s squad by Shuto Machino. The 33-year-old Endo said on social media that he was “frustrated” at not being able to play, but backed his team to impress in Group F, where they face the Netherlands, Tunisia and Sweden. “There will definitely come a time in the future when Japan win the World
FIFA on Friday blamed the empty seats during the FIFA World Cup match between South Korea and the Czech Republic in Guadalajara, Mexico, on fans who watched from the concourses. There were many visible empty spots at the 45,664-capacity Guadalajara Stadium, with sections in the middle of the stands showing many unoccupied spaces and with other empty seats scattered around the venue. The announced attendance was 44,985 — including FIFA president Gianni Infantino. “Official attendance figures reflect the number of tickets scanned and spectators present within the stadium footprint, rather than visual assessments of seating occupancy at any given moment
About 100 people gathered at a bar in Taipei to watch the FIFA World Cup kick off in Mexico, despite the early hour of 3am last night. All seats had been reserved before the game started, said a clerk at Brass Monkey, a bar in Taipei where customers can watch live sports broadcasts. The Group A clash between Mexico and South Africa drew supporters from multiple continents to the venue. For Misael Alanis, a Mexican student who has lived in Taiwan for two-and-a-half years, the atmosphere was just as important as the game itself. "There are a lot of Mexicans here and you can
A rotting body was found on Friday in the trunk of a car parked near the stadium where Iran’s FIFA World Cup team is training in Mexico. The gruesome discovery came with games under way in the tournament, which is being jointly hosted by Mexico, the US and Canada. Reporters watched as police in Tijuana opened the trunk of the gray Toyota SUV, which had California plates, in the parking lot of a supermarket directly across from the Caliente Stadium, where Team Melli are training as they prepare for three games in the US. Specialists in white protective suits worked
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