Zhou Tiancheng leveled Yushi Tanaka and reached the top 16 of the men's singles at the 2025 Thailand Open Badminton Championships

The Super 500 Series 2025 Thailand Open Badminton Championships debuted on the 14th, and Chinese Taipei's first brother Chou Tien Cheng drew with Japanese player Yushi Tanaka 21:17 and 21:17 today and advanced to the top 16 of men's singles.

Chinese Taipei's first brother Zhou Tiancheng

World No. 7 Chou Tien Cheng, who finished runner-up at the Taipei Open last week, will face world No. 23 Yushi Tanaka in the first round, and the two have only met once at the Malaysia Open in January this year, with Chou Tien Cheng winning after three games.

Zhou Tiancheng took the lead all the way to the start of the match against Uedan Naka, entering the technical timeout at 11:8, and then maintained a gap of at least 3 points, successfully taking the lead at 21:17.

After changing sides, although Zhou Tiancheng was in a backward position for a while, his performance stabilized after that, from a 5:7 disadvantage, relying on a wave of 8:1 offensive to come from behind, and Zhou Tiancheng forced the opponent to return the ball to the net many times, and relied on the killing ball to deduct points and successfully block Tanaka Yongshi's counterattack in the final stage, and finally won 21:17.

In terms of other players from the Chinese Taipei Army, Dong Qiutong drew Indonesia's Dewei 21:15, 21:19 to advance to the women's singles round of 16, Yang Bohan/Liu Guangheng defeated the Japanese pair Takumi Nomura/Yuichi Frost in the first round of the men's doubles 21:16, and Xu Yinjun/Lin Zhiyun defeated the host opponent 21:11, 21:13 to advance to the second round of women's doubles.