Taiwan scored two wins in the basketball events but was knocked out of the men's table tennis team competition at the 2009 East Asian Games in Hong Kong Thursday. Taiwan beat Hong Kong 112-47 in women's basketball after losing to China 61-69 a day earlier. The team was to face Japan Friday. In men's basketball, Taiwan beat Macau 118-59 in the preliminary round of the Group A competition. Taiwan's men's basketball teams have performed excellently in the previous three East Asian Games, bagging two gold medals and one silver. The most recent gold was seized in the 2005 event held in Macau. In men's table tennis, Taiwan lost to Hong Kong 1-3 in the team competition and failed to make the finals. Taiwan's women's table tennis team also lost to Hong Kong 0-3 in the Group B competition, after beating South Korea 3-2 a day earlier. Also that day, the Chinese Taipei Tennis Association said that Hsu Wen-hsin is expected to replace Chan Yung-jan to compete in the women's tennis events after Chan decided to withdraw from the competition because of injury. 