Chinese Taipei's first brother Chou Tien Cheng "alone" advanced to the top 8 of the 2025 Indonesia Open Badminton Championships

As the last hope of the Chinese Taipei team, Zhou Tiancheng defeated the world No. 20 French player Christo Popov (Christo Popov) at the Super 1000 Series 2025 Indonesia Open Badminton Championships on the evening of the 5th, defeating the world No. 20 French player Christo Popov (Christo Popov), "alone" to advance to the top 8 of men's singles.

Zhou Tiancheng

Chinese Taipei had a total of 5 groups of players on the day, but women's singles Song Shuoyun, Lin Xiangti, men's singles Li Jiahao, and women's doubles Hsieh Peishan/Hong Enci all lost one after another, leaving only the world's No. 7 Chinese Taipei brother Chou Tien Cheng still has a chance to advance.

Zhou Tiancheng, who won the championship in 2019, won 4 wins and 2 defeats against the world No. 20 French player Christo Popov in the past, but the last time they met was at this year's Swiss Open, Zhou Tiancheng was reversed in 3 games. Although Zhou Tiancheng started the game today, he dropped 2 points first, but he quickly entered the situation and has been leading the first city, but Zhou Tiancheng faced a dumb fire in the second game, especially after falling behind at 8:12, he lost 7 points in a row, and he could only let Popov Jr. pull back a city.

Entering the decisive game, Zhou Tiancheng regrouped, and Popov Jr. became more and more anxious, and there were many mistakes, Zhou Tiancheng seized the opportunity to gradually expand his lead, once leading 16:9, but Popov Jr. also grasped Xiaotian's instability, and scored 7 points in a row to tie the offensive, Zhou Tiancheng stabilized at the critical moment and took the lead to 20:17, and Popov Jr. also sought a medical timeout first, fortunately Zhou Tiancheng was not abducted, and still won the victory without danger. Zhou Tiancheng's opponent in the top 8 on the 6th will be the winner between China's Li Shifeng and Malaysia's Liang Junhao.