Wang Ziwei, the "Prince of Badminton" of Chinese Taipei, who only completed his 12-day supplementary military service in April, defeated Malaysia's 21-year-old player He Shouwei at the Super 300 Series 2025 Taipei Open Badminton Championships on the 9th with 21:13 and 21:15, not only helping his juniors take revenge, but also reaching the men's singles semifinals at home for the fifth time in his career.
Chinese Taipei's "Prince of Badminton" Wang Ziwei, who only completed 12 days of supplementary military service in April
World No. 26 Wang Ziwei reached the semi-finals of the Taipei Open in 2013, 15, 17 and 23 and finished runner-up in 15 and 17 years, and now he has reached the semi-finals again and the last four of the season after the Indonesia Masters, where Wang Ziwei will face second seed Loh Kean Yew of Singapore tomorrow.
Wang Ziwei defeated South Korea's Quan Yichen 21-11, 21-18 in the previous game to advance to the men's singles quarterfinals, while He Shouwei slashed the host player Su Liyang and the "left-handed heavy artillery" Lin Junyi who sought to defend the title this time, as if he became a killer of Chinese Taipei, but Wang Ziwei quickly extended his lead in the first game and was happy to take the lead.
Wang Ziwei led 7:2 and 14:9 in the second game, but the difficult He Shouwei still pressed forward step by step to 13:14, but He Shouwei was a little too impatient to lose points in a row, which also allowed Wang Ziwei to finally take away the victory in straight games.