Overturned the Japanese players, Zhou Tiancheng accepted the ticket to the men's singles round of 16 at the 2025 Chinese Taipei Badminton Open

The 35-year-old Chinese Taipei first brother Zhou Tiancheng defeated Japanese player Takuma Obayashi 21:12, 9:21, 21:15 in the first round of the men's singles of the Super 300 Series 2025 Chinese Taipei Badminton Open on the 7th, and successfully advanced to the top 16 of the men's singles.

35-year-old Chinese Taipei brother Zhou Tiancheng

Men's singles world No. 7 Chou Tien will be looking for his fifth title, the most men's singles titles in tournament history, the two have met once in the past, and Chou Tien Cheng won in straight games at last year's Thailand Open round of 32.

Zhou Tiancheng overcame 3:6 behind in the first game and scored 4 points in a row, and entered the technical timeout with an 11:9 lead, and then scored 7 points in a row to open the gap, and scored 21:12 first, and in the second game, Obayashi Takuzhen launched a counterattack, Zhou Tiancheng fell into 1:7 behind at the beginning, although Zhou Tiancheng once chased 6:9, but after the technical timeout, he was pulled out of the 10:3 offensive and was tied at 9:21.

The two sides continued to fight fiercely in the tiebreaker, Zhou Tiancheng pulled out a 5:0 offensive when he was 6:8 behind, entered the technical timeout with an 11:8 lead, and scored 3 points in a row to open the gap after the pause, but Takuma Obayashi showed resilience and responded with a wave of 7:0 climax ahead, Zhou Tiancheng played steadily when he was behind at 14:15, and closed the door with 7 points in a row, and successfully advanced to the round of 16, and then will fight for the top 8 tickets with Malaysian player Aidil Sholeh.