The 2022 Taipei Badminton Open with a total prize of US$500,000 (approximately NT$14.96 million), the Badminton World Tour Super 300 Series, will be held on the third day at the Taipei Peace Basketball Stadium today. Taiwan’s first badminton brother, Zhou Tiancheng, played in the men’s singles second round today, defeating Indian player George 23-21, 16-21, 21-7, and advanced to the top 8.
World No. 4 Zhou Tiancheng is the top seed of the Taipei Open Men’s Singles Conference. In the first match, he and his own Lu Jiahong fought 3 rounds and 62 minutes before they got out of trouble and advanced.
Zhou Tiancheng faced the 22-year-old Kiran George, a 22-year-old Indian teenager who was ranked 70 in the world today.
The two faced each other for the first time. Zhou Tiancheng made a 9-3 offensive at the beginning. The opponent quickly stabilized and tied in the middle of the game. The two sides got into a fight. 23 to 21 narrowly won.
In the second game, Zhou Tiancheng fell into a turbulent situation. At most, he fell behind by 8-16. He gritted his teeth and chased after him. At the end of the game, he narrowed the gap to only 4 points. Unfortunately, he failed to turn the game around and gave up 16-21. The front was also dragged to the 3rd inning.
The decisive game was unexpected. Zhou Tiancheng held a slight lead of 6-4 at the beginning, and then he pulled out a 14-2 offensive in one go, not only getting rid of the opponent’s entanglement, but also gaining the advantage of “drawing cards”, cheering in the audience In 2019, he won 21 to 7 and also got a ticket to the top 8.
Responsible editor: Yu Weining
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