As predicted Taiwan loses 5-0 to India. Full results here
http://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie/details.aspx?tieId=100021112
Chen Ti did manage to give Somdev Devvarman, a guy ranked 180 places above him, a fight. Chen fell in the fifth set 9-7.
On more positive note, Jimmy Wang, Taiwan's number two player, is playing in the finals of the challenger in Chitre, Panama. He faces against Wayne Odesnik of the United States.
They played twice last year. Both time Jimmy won. The more notable win was in the first round of Wimbledon.
Go Jimmy! Duplicate this results!
Sunday, February 2, 2014
Thursday, January 30, 2014
Davis Cup vs. India
Taiwan takes on India this weekend in the first round of Group I play at Indore, India. As first round play is always around Chinese New Years, Taiwan doesn't have its A team for this round. Lu Yen-Hsun is taking time off at home in Taiwan for the holidays while Jimmy Wang is busy at a challenger in Panama. Instead, Yang Tsung-Hua, Chen Ti, Peng Hsien-Yen, and Lee Hsin-Han will represent the Taiwanese contingent.
India will be the overwhelming favorites with two top 200 single players (Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri) and a top 15 doubles player (Rohan Bopanna). There's a strong chance India will go 5-0 this weekend.
Taiwan avoided relegation last year by beating Indonesia.
I do feel like Taiwan should stay in Group I this year as on paper they're stronger than Korea and New Zealand.
India will be the overwhelming favorites with two top 200 single players (Somdev Devvarman and Yuki Bhambri) and a top 15 doubles player (Rohan Bopanna). There's a strong chance India will go 5-0 this weekend.
Taiwan avoided relegation last year by beating Indonesia.
I do feel like Taiwan should stay in Group I this year as on paper they're stronger than Korea and New Zealand.
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Four Continents
The Four Continents Figure skating championships took place in Taipei this past weekend. Taiwanese American Crystal Kiang took 20th. Here is her short program at around 8:25
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NTW1Gcahnk
No falls but unfortunately two of her jumps were landed double footed. Clean double axle at the end and an interesting spinning position at around 11:51 highlighted the second of half of the short program.
Jui-Shu Chen, Jordan Ju, and Chih-I Tsao represented the Taiwanese men. The placed 25th, 22nd, and 18th respectively.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NTW1Gcahnk
No falls but unfortunately two of her jumps were landed double footed. Clean double axle at the end and an interesting spinning position at around 11:51 highlighted the second of half of the short program.
Jui-Shu Chen, Jordan Ju, and Chih-I Tsao represented the Taiwanese men. The placed 25th, 22nd, and 18th respectively.
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Te-An Lien qualifies!!!
Remember how last year I said I wanted Luger Lien Te-An to qualify for the 2014 Sochi Olympics?
Well he has! At the 11th hour he has qualified to take part in the Olympic Games two weeks from now. After Slovenia and United Kingdom decided not to use their qualification quota, their spots were reallocated with Taiwan getting one of those spots!
Lien Te-An joins two other Taiwanese athletes at these games. ( More about them later) This will be the biggest Taiwanese team since 2002.
As Lien Te-An is still a young athlete hopefully this Olympic experience will be the first of a couple more in his career!
Well he has! At the 11th hour he has qualified to take part in the Olympic Games two weeks from now. After Slovenia and United Kingdom decided not to use their qualification quota, their spots were reallocated with Taiwan getting one of those spots!
Lien Te-An joins two other Taiwanese athletes at these games. ( More about them later) This will be the biggest Taiwanese team since 2002.
As Lien Te-An is still a young athlete hopefully this Olympic experience will be the first of a couple more in his career!
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
World Gymnastics Championships
This year the World Gymnastic Championships were held in Belgium. Taiwan sent a team of three males and two females to the event and here are two videos of their performance. Thanks to the wonderful piibunina for recording these gymnasts.
This is Lo Yu Ju on the floor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AziJegJAiw
This is Chen Yu Chun on the balance beam. This was Taiwan's best showing as she managed a top 60 finish on the event.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-tD7w3pSn8
Analysis:
Really impressed with Chen on the balance beam. She has sufficient difficulty as all of her acrobatic elements are rated D or higher. She needs to work on her leaps (greater than 180 degrees) and keep her toes more pointed throughout the routine. Also she could work on connecting some of her element such that her start score is higher.
As for Lo, her piano music is really endearing. She needs to be able to do four tumbling passes instead of three in order to improve. On her second pass where she leaps out of her front salto, the free leg needs to be higher in order to gain the connection bonus. Of most concern is her last pass where she does a 2.5 twists. In the video, it shows that she was to take a step sideways when landing. This is not good as it makes the knee susceptible to major injuries like ACL tears.
Overall, these are really solid performances for Taiwan who doesn't have a strong gymnastics background and there's definitely room for improvement.
This is Lo Yu Ju on the floor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AziJegJAiw
This is Chen Yu Chun on the balance beam. This was Taiwan's best showing as she managed a top 60 finish on the event.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-tD7w3pSn8
Analysis:
Really impressed with Chen on the balance beam. She has sufficient difficulty as all of her acrobatic elements are rated D or higher. She needs to work on her leaps (greater than 180 degrees) and keep her toes more pointed throughout the routine. Also she could work on connecting some of her element such that her start score is higher.
As for Lo, her piano music is really endearing. She needs to be able to do four tumbling passes instead of three in order to improve. On her second pass where she leaps out of her front salto, the free leg needs to be higher in order to gain the connection bonus. Of most concern is her last pass where she does a 2.5 twists. In the video, it shows that she was to take a step sideways when landing. This is not good as it makes the knee susceptible to major injuries like ACL tears.
Overall, these are really solid performances for Taiwan who doesn't have a strong gymnastics background and there's definitely room for improvement.
Monday, November 18, 2013
NBA Season has begun
Jeremy Lin has done really solid so far. He is averaging around 18 points per game and his team the Houston Rockets are now 7-4. Jeremy's assist to turnover ratio is a bit high (around 5:3.5), so there's always room to improve!
By the way, can you spot the error in this article?
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/apst/201311170024.aspx
Answer:
"He was the second Asian American to win this honor after Yao Ming of China. "
Ummm....Yao Ming is not American.
By the way, can you spot the error in this article?
http://focustaiwan.tw/news/apst/201311170024.aspx
Answer:
"He was the second Asian American to win this honor after Yao Ming of China. "
Ummm....Yao Ming is not American.
Sunday, November 17, 2013
Cool Montage
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEQaVGydME0&list=WL72AAE1F10C860A3D
Really Liked this montage Taiwanese TV had for the 2012 Olympics last year. Most of the athletes are listed and have a picture competing. Notable ones missing are Tennis player Chuang Chia-Jung, Sailor Chang Hao, and all of the swimmers!
Really Liked this montage Taiwanese TV had for the 2012 Olympics last year. Most of the athletes are listed and have a picture competing. Notable ones missing are Tennis player Chuang Chia-Jung, Sailor Chang Hao, and all of the swimmers!
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