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LIN IN TAIWAN . . . Palo Alto’s Jeremy Lin isn’t wasting any time getting his NBA career under way, even if it’s as a goodwill ambassador. Lin was in Taipei, Taiwan on Wednesday competing in a charity basketball game organized by Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets. The 48-minute game, organized by the Yao Foundation as a part of a charity tour in Taiwan, was played between two teams composed of active NBA players and players from China and Taiwan. All proceeds will be donated to local charities. Lin, the Palo Alto High graduate who signed a two-year contract with the Golden State Warriors last week, drew a standing ovation when he took the court with 6:45 to go in the first quarter. Lin, 21, flew to Taiwan early Wednesday for a whirlwind two-day visit after he received a phone call from Yao. NBA China CEO Tim Chen told Focus Taiwan that he and Yao Ming had been in touch with Lin for a few days before finalizing arrangements on Monday. Lin, who reported that he has not visited Taiwan for more than seven years, said he has many fond memories of Taiwan. Both of his parents hail from central Taiwan’s Changhua County. Lin told Focus Taiwan that he vowed to continue working hard to improve his skills and athleticism in pursuit of his immediate goal to become the Warriors’ starting point guard. Down the road, he said, he hopes to win an NBA championship.
Friday Women’s tennis: Bank of the West Classic, 5 p.m. and 9 p.m., Tennis Channel; 11 p.m., ESPN (tape delayed)
Saturday Women’s tennis: Bank of the West Classic: 3 p.m., ESPN2 (tape delayed)
Sunday Women’s tennis: Bank of the West Classic: 12:30 a.m. and 3 p.m., ESPN2 (tape delayed)
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At age 26, Samantha Stosur of Australia is enjoying her best season on the WTA Tour with 36 matches won. She’ll go after no. 37 on Friday when she takes on Yanina Wickmeyer in the Bank of the West Classic quarterfinals.
Stosur last won a doubles title at Eastbourne (England) in 2007, with American Lisa Raymond. She’s won two singles titles since though, and the 26-year-old Australian reached a career-best No. 5 world ranking on July 5. Playing in her first tournament since breaking into the Top 5, Stosur beat qualifier Christina McHale, 6-1, 7-5, in the second round of the Bank of the West Classic on Wednesday. Stosur, the tournament’s top seed, will meet seventh-seeded Yanina Wickmayer in Friday’s quarterfinal at Stanford’s Taube Family Tennis Stadium. Wickmayer beat Dominika Cibulkova, 6-1, 6-4, in the second round. Russian Maria Kirilenko assured herself of her best finish at Stanford in three trips by beating sixth-seeded Shahar Peer of Israel, 6-4, 6-3, in (continued on page 23)
Tough tests ahead for PASA swimmers at the U.S. Nationals Tosky and Schaefer will challenge some of the world’s finest by Keith Peters
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t will do no good to search the USA Swimming web site for the bios of Jasmine Tosky and Maddy Schaefer of Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics, because those lists of personal information and achievements don’t exist. You have to be a Michael Phelps or a Natalie Coughlin or even an Olympic team member like Stanford grads Julia Smit or Elaine Breeden. Tosky and Schaefer are not at that level — at least not yet. Tosky and Schaefer are both only 16 years of age. Only one 16-yearold in America ranks No. 1 in the U.S. in any event this season, Elizabeth Pelton. She’s No. 1 in both the 100- and 200-meter backstrokes heading into the 2010 ConocoPhillips National Championships that (continued on page 22)
Keith Peters
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by Rick Eymer amantha Stosur knows what it means to be ranked No. 1 in the world. She’s been consistently on top of the doubles rankings for quite a while. These days she seems to be concentrating on her singles play.
Keith Peters
ROWING MEDALS . . . It was a highly successful weekend for all three Stanford women rowers who participated in the World Rowing Under 23 Championships over the weekend in Brest, Belarus. All three made their way to the medal stand, as Grace Luczak and Julie Smith each earned gold with the U.S. Women’s Eight and Women’s Four, respectively, and Lindsay Meyer captured bronze in the Women’s Single Sculls. The trio was part of an overall U.S. team effort that yielded seven medals, breaking the previous record of four won in 2002.
Stosur is enjoying her new status as world’s No. 5-ranked player
Jasmine Tosky (left) and Maddy Schaefer of Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics will go up against many of the world’s best when the two compete at the 2010 ConocoPhillips USA Swimming National Championships next week. *>Â?ÂœĂŠ Â?ĂŒÂœĂŠ7iiÂŽÂ?ÞÊUĂŠ Ă•Â?ÞÊÎä]ÊÓä£äÊU Page 21