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OLYMPICS/July 28 recap: Taiwan's top shuttlers, tennis players secure first wins at Paris Olympics

07/29/2024 11:27 AM
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Paris, July 28 (CNA) Taiwan's top badminton and tennis players Tai Tzu-ying (戴資穎), Chou Tien-chen (周天成), Hsieh Su-wei (謝淑薇) and Tsao Chia-yi (曹家宜) all secured their first wins at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Sunday, while the women's archery team was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

In badminton, Taiwanese ace shuttler Tai defeated Belgium's Lianne Tan 21-15, 21-14 in the group stage of the women's singles in just 38 minutes, while it took Chou 43 minutes to beat Luis Ramon Garrido of Mexico 21-17, 21-13 in the men's singles event.

Fans of Taiwan's badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying on Sunday attend her match with cutouts to cheer her on. CNA photo July 28, 2024
Fans of Taiwan's badminton ace Tai Tzu-ying on Sunday attend her match with cutouts to cheer her on. CNA photo July 28, 2024
Taiwan's top badminton player Chou Tien-chen gives it his all in his Sunday match against Luis Ramon Garrido of Mexico. CNA photo July 28, 2024
Taiwan's top badminton player Chou Tien-chen gives it his all in his Sunday match against Luis Ramon Garrido of Mexico. CNA photo July 28, 2024
Lee Yang (left) and Wang Chi-lin (right), the badminton duo who took gold in Tokyo, waves to the crowd after securing their second group stage win by defeating Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21-15, 19-21, 21-15 on Sunday. CNA photo July 28, 2024
Lee Yang (left) and Wang Chi-lin (right), the badminton duo who took gold in Tokyo, waves to the crowd after securing their second group stage win by defeating Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21-15, 19-21, 21-15 on Sunday. CNA photo July 28, 2024

Lee Yang (李洋) and Wang Chi-lin (王齊麟), the badminton duo who took gold in Tokyo, secured their second group stage win by defeating Denmark's Kim Astrup and Anders Skaarup Rasmussen 21-15, 19-21, 21-15.

In the mixed doubles event, however, Ye Hong-wei (葉宏蔚) and Lee Chia-hsin (李佳馨) saw their run in Paris come to a halt after losing 14-21, 13-21 against Japanese shuttlers Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino in the group stage.

Ye Hong-wei (left) and Lee Chia-hsin (right) see their run in Paris come to a halt after losing 14-21, 13-21 against Japanese shuttlers Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino in the group stage. CNA photo July 28, 2024
Ye Hong-wei (left) and Lee Chia-hsin (right) see their run in Paris come to a halt after losing 14-21, 13-21 against Japanese shuttlers Yuta Watanabe and Arisa Higashino in the group stage. CNA photo July 28, 2024

In table tennis, Taiwan's Lin Yun-ju (林昀儒) advanced to the next round after defeating Brian Afanador of Puerto Rico 4-1 in the men's singles round of 64. Lin, who also paired with Chen Sze-yu (陳思羽) in the mixed-doubles table tennis event, lost 2-4 in their quarterfinal match against Chinese duo Wang Chuqin (王楚欽) and Sun Yingsha (孫穎莎) earlier in the day.

Furthermore, Cheng I-ching (鄭怡靜) won 4-0 against Sarah Hanffou of Cameroun in the women's singles round of 64, while Kao Cheng-jui (高承睿) won 4-1 against Nima Alamian of Iran. Win their victories, both Cheng and Kao advanced to the round of 32 in Paris.

Taiwan's Lin Yun-ju (left) and Chen Sze-yu (right) in their mixed-doubles table tennis event event on Sunday. CNA photo July 28, 2024
Taiwan's Lin Yun-ju (left) and Chen Sze-yu (right) in their mixed-doubles table tennis event event on Sunday. CNA photo July 28, 2024
Paddler Cheng I-ching wins against Sarah Hanffou of Cameroun in the women's singles round of 64 on Sunday. CNA photo July 28, 2024
Paddler Cheng I-ching wins against Sarah Hanffou of Cameroun in the women's singles round of 64 on Sunday. CNA photo July 28, 2024

In boxing, Taiwanese female boxer Chen Nien-chin (陳念琴), who is competing in the 66-kilogram class, defeated Moronta Hernandez of the Dominican Republic 4-1 to advance to the round of 16.

Hsieh Su-wei, Taiwan's top tennis player who is pairing with Tsao Chia-yi in the women's doubles at the Paris Olympics, won their first-round match 7-6, 7-5 against Irina-Camelia Begu and Monica Niculescu of Romania.

Tennis players Hsieh Su-wei (right) and Tsao Chia-yi (left) at their victorious round of 32 on Sunday. CNA photo July 28, 2024
Tennis players Hsieh Su-wei (right) and Tsao Chia-yi (left) at their victorious round of 32 on Sunday. CNA photo July 28, 2024

In archery, the women's team, consisting of Chiu Yi-ching (邱意晴), Lei Chien-ying (雷千瑩), and Li Tsai-chi (李彩綺), lost 2-6 to South Korea in the quarterfinals.

Taiwanese archers Chiu Yi-ching (left), Lei Chien-ying (center) and Li Tsai-chi (right). CNA photo July 28, 2024
Taiwanese archers Chiu Yi-ching (left), Lei Chien-ying (center) and Li Tsai-chi (right). CNA photo July 28, 2024

(By Hsieh Ching-wen and Ko Lin)

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