Taiwanese sisters take gold in ladies’s doubles tennis on the Asian Games

HANGZHOU, China — Taiwanese sisters Chan Yung-jan and Chan Hao-ching took gold Saturday in ladies’s doubles tennis on the Asian Games and at the moment are waiting for subsequent 12 months’s Olympics in Paris.

Chan Yung-jan advised reporters after beating Lee Ya-hsuan and Liang En-shuo, additionally Taiwanese, within the remaining that regardless that she’s the older one at 34, 30-year-old Chan Hao-ching is “like the big sister.”

“But I need to make her calm down a little bit,” she added.

She stated their totally different personalities complement every one another on the court docket.

“We’re so different – she is very brave and goes in with her instincts a lot,” she stated. “And me, I need to watch her back and make sure that she can do whatever she wants and that makes us a very good combination.”

The sisters gained 6-4, 6-3.

PHOTOS: Taiwanese sisters take gold in ladies’s doubles tennis on the Asian Games

With 5 Asian Games gold medals now beneath her belt, Chan Yung-jan stated she was hopeful she would have the ability to add an Olympic gold to her assortment subsequent 12 months.

“I want to enjoy this gold first,” she stated. “But if I decide to play the Olympics, that will be the goal, obviously, I mean, that’s every athlete’s hope and goal.”

In different tennis motion on Day 7 of the Asian Games, China’s Zhang Zhizhen took the gold in males’s singles, beating Japan’s Yosuke Watanuki in two units.

In combined doubles, India took the gold, beating Taiwan.

The Asian Games function 12,500 individuals from 45 nations and territories – greater than the ten,500 from about 200 delegations anticipated at subsequent 12 months’s Paris Olympics.

Host China has been dominating the video games, with greater than 200 medals general gained by Day 7 of the two-week competitors, about as many because the mixed complete of second and third place Japan and South Korea.

It appears seemingly China will simply surpass the 300 medals – 132 gold – it gained 5 years in the past on the Asian Games in Indonesia.

TRIATHLON

Japan’s Yuko Takahashi gained gold in ladies’s triathlon, going start-to-finish in first place within the swimming, biking and operating problem.

The 32-year-old completed in 2:01:04, 26 seconds forward of China’s Lin Xinyu, and 1 minute 27 seconds forward of bronze medalist, China’s Yang Yifan.

“Throughout the race, I knew I was being chased by my competitors, but I stuck to the end,” she advised reporters. “The first part was tough, but in the second half I felt a positive trend in the running.”

She stated her technique had been to interrupt away from the pack, particularly through the operating.

“I was reminded by my coach to keep up the advantage in the running and I did it.”

She’s now taking a look at maintaining the tempo for subsequent 12 months’s Olympic Games.

“I put everything into it; I believe I can sustain this level until the Olympics,” she stated.

ROLLER SKATING

Taiwan’s Shih Pei-yu took gold in 10,000-meter velocity skating, edging out fellow Taiwanese skater Yang Ho-chen.

Shih completed the race in 17:23.219, simply forward of 30-year-old Yang.

“We are competitive in a friendly way, each one trying to outdo the other,” the 18-year-old advised reporters after profitable the gold. “It’s like catching the baton passed to me by my older classmate. I hope we can both help each other to improve.”

South Korea’s Yu Garam, 28, took the bronze.