▲ In the top 8 of the Swiss Badminton Open, Taiwan’s first brother Zhou Tiancheng advanced to the top 4 due to his opponent’s withdrawal. He will face Axelsen. (Data map/retrieved from BWF official website)
The Super 300 Swiss Badminton Open with a total prize money of 210,000 US dollars ended on the 25th with the top 8 matches. Taiwan’s first brother Zhou Tiancheng faced Huang Zhiyong of Malaysia. In the second game, his opponent retired when he was leading 2:0.
Chou Tien Chen, ranked No. 6 in the world, faced the young Malaysian player Huang Zhiyong, 22, in the quarterfinals on the 25th. The two sides had only met once before the match. It was last year’s Malaysian Masters, when Chow won in straight sets.
Zhou Tiancheng quickly grasped the initiative in the first game, and his physical fitness was not affected by the 3 games in the previous game. When he was leading 7:6, he pulled out a wave of 6:1 offensive to widen the lead gap. Although Huang Zhiyong chased 2 points in a row, But then Zhou Tiancheng scored 5 points in a row to stabilize the situation and easily won the first game with 21:11.
When Zhou Tiancheng took a 2-0 lead in the second game, his opponent announced his withdrawal, allowing Zhou Tiancheng to advance to the top 4 as he wished. It’s just that the next opponent will be the current world champion and Danish star Viktor Axelsen.
Zhou Tiancheng has played against Axelsen 18 times in his career, but only won 2 wins, and he has lost 7 consecutive games in the most recent match.
In addition to Chou Tien-Chen’s men’s singles advance to the semi-finals, Taiwan’s mixed doubles pair Ye Hongwei and Li Jiaxin also advanced to the semi-finals thanks to their Indonesian opponent’s retirement after the first game. Their opponents will be Jiang Zhenbang and Wei Yaxin from China.
