Wang Yeu-tzuoo (
Taiwanese pair Chan Yung-jan (詹詠然) and Chuang Chia-jung (莊佳容) beat Japan's Mayumi Yamamoto and Tomoko Yonemura 6-0, 7-5 in the women's doubles final.
In the men's singles, fourth-seeded Matsui, ranked No. 392, was in trouble from the start. He faced three break points in his opening service game but saved them all.
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Serve-and-volleyer Matsui then struggled with his serve. Down 1-2, Matsui let a floating return by Wang go, but it landed in. He then double-faulted twice to hand Wang the break.
Top-seeded Wang, ranked No. 101, broke Matsui's next service game for a 5-1 lead, then held at love to close out the set.
Wang broke Matsui again in the first game of the second set with solid hitting from the back of the court.
In the second game, Matsui lost his composure, complaining about a line call and tossing his racket. It didn't help.
Down 0-2 at deuce, Matsui double faulted, then missed a volley to give Wang the 3-0 lead.
Wang held, and in the next game, Matsui faced two break points. He saved both, but then served consecutive double faults to lose his serve again.
Wang came back from 0-30 down to take the final game and clinch gold.
Matsui said he never got into the match because Wang got off to a good start.
"It's all about the first couple of games in the first set ... If I could stay with him in the first couple of games, 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, then the match would be closer," Matsui said.
Men's semifinalists Kown Oh-hee and Lee Seung-hoon of South Korea were awarded bronze.
Taiwan has dominated the tennis competition in Macau. Other than Friday's two golds, Chan won the women's singles in an all-Taiwanese final. Taiwan also won the mixed doubles. The men's doubles gold went to South Korea.
taekwondo
Taiwan's Yang Wen-chen (
Yang outscored Jung 4-1 in the women's over-67 event at Macau Forum for Taiwan's first gold medal in taekwondo at the Games.
South Korea won all four golds on Thursday and took the first two yesterday, the final day of the taekwondo competition.
"I'm very happy and proud to win," said Yang. "I didn't think the judging was very fair yesterday. Every country has its own advantages."
Yang also defeated Jung at the Korean championships and said that gave her a boost for the match.
"I beat her in the past and that really helped today," said Yang."I'm really happy that I was able to get a win for Taiwan in this event."
Also in the women's over-67, Janie Quenga picked up the bronze, giving Guam its first medal of the 4th East Asian Games.
In the women's under-67, South Korea's Hwang Kyung-seon outscored Taiwan's Su Li-wen (
ATHLETICS
Olympic gold medalist Xing Huina won the women's 5,000m race, when China ensured first-place in the East Asian Games athletics standings by winning five of the last eight finals.
Xing, who won the gold medal in the 10,000m in Athens, won here in 16 minutes, 4.56 seconds as China swept the first three gold medals.
Japan's Hiromi Ominami was second in 16:10.77 while South Korea's Bae Hae-jin took the bronze in 16:35.35.
China went into the final day of competition in athletics leading Japan by seven golds with eight events remaining. The Chinese finished the athletics competition with 26 golds, 10 ahead of Japan.
"The athletes from Japan have done well here," Xing said. "My condition wasn't the best and it was really hot out there but I knew it was important to go out and get the gold medal."
Xing ran alongside Ominami for almost the entire race. She slowed down at several stages but finished strong, crossing the line about 40m ahead of Ominami.
"I didn't have any intention to slow down," said Xing. "But when I noticed my competitor was coming up I was able to increase my speed."
Feng Yun got China started earlier with a win in the women's 100m hurdles.
Feng clocked a time of 13.09 seconds, finishing ahead of compatriot Su Yiping (13.44). Japan's Kumiko Ikeda was third in 13.45.
Zhang Qi won the shot put with 20.06m on his third attempt, beating Chinese compatriot Jia Peng by 1.22m. South Korea's Shon Hyun was third at 18.06.
Yuki Nakamura broke the Chinese sequence, giving Japan its first gold medal of the day in the men's 5,000m.
Nakamura, who won the 10,000m on Tuesday, clocked 14:05.77 in the shorter race, finishing ahead of teammate Tomohiro Seto in 14:16.44 and South Korea's Lee Du-haeng in 14:24.03.
"The 5,000m wasn't as good as the 10,000m," said Nakamura. "But my goal here was to win gold medals in both events so I was very happy. I didn't let the heat get to me and it was good to be running alongside Seto.''
Japan also won the men's 4x400m relay with Yuki Yamaguchi, Yosuke Inoue, Takayuki Koike and Yoshihiro Horigome combining for a time of 3:07.70. Taiwan took silver with a time of 3:09.06 followed by South Korea (3:12.10).
Kim Deokh-yeon won the men's triple jump with a Games record 16.79, giving South Korea its third gold of the track meet.
China also captured gold in the women's 4x400m relay. Xie Qing, Wang Xing, Tang Xiaoyin and Huang Xionxiao clocked a time of 3:33.59 to finish ahead of Japan (3:36.64) and Macau (4:05.61).
Wang Hailan gave China its fifth gold medal of the day, winning the heptathlon with 5,932 points. Japan's Yuki Nakata was second with 5,719 points followed by compatriot Chinami Yasuda, who had 5,292.
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