Zhou Tiancheng.

(File photo, Associated Press)



[Reporter Wu Mengru/Comprehensive Report] Taiwan's top brother Zhou Tiancheng defeated the world champion Danish player Axelsen in straight sets in the semi-finals of the Super 300 Series Swiss Open men's singles, advanced to the final, and won more than 3 years of competition After the first victory, Axelsen showed his demeanor, wished his friend Xiaotian to advance, and cheered for him.

Zhou Tiancheng had 2 wins and 16 losses against Ansailong before the game, and the last time he won the match was the year-end finals group stage on December 12, 2019. At that time, he fought for 3 rounds before reversing the victory. Now, 1199 days apart, Xiaotian successfully changed the balance of victory and defeat, defeated Axelsen again, and won a major victory.

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Zhou Tiancheng, who is constantly striving for evolution, also went to Dubai in February and accepted the invitation of Axelsen to train together. He learned the "short-time, high-intensity" high-efficiency training mode from it. When the two sides played against each other this time, Xiaotian also defended tightly, preventing Ange from scoring easily, and finally won by 21:10 and 21:15.

Chou Tien Chen advances to the first final of the season and will compete with Japanese player Koki Watanabe, who is ranked 37th in the world.

As for Axelsen who was eliminated in the round of 16 of the All England Open last week and stopped in the semi-finals of the Swiss tournament this week, he said that he regretted being eliminated. "Congratulations to my friend Zhou Tiancheng for advancing to the final!" After the weekly game, he should spend more time with his family recently, and don't think too much about badminton. I hope this will help him clear his mind and get back to his state.

Axelon.

(File photo, Reuters)


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