In the early morning of December 15, Beijing time, the third matchday of the Badminton World Championships continued. In a showdown in the men's singles, Lu Guangzu ushered in Zhou Tiancheng's challenge. Lu Guangzu ranked 27th in the world, and Zhou Tiancheng ranked 4th in the world, and the two had met 4 times before, and Zhou Tiancheng had the upper hand with 3 wins and 1 loss.
Today's first game Zhou Tiancheng started with a 4-1 lead, after which he extended his advantage to 10-4, Lu Guangzu chased 8-10 only 2 points, and Zhou Tiancheng scored another point to enter the technical interval. After the suspension, Zhou Tiancheng opened the gap in the second half, and 20-11 Zhou Tiancheng got the set point. Lu Guangzu defused 3 innings, and Zhou Tiancheng won the first set 21-14.
Lu Guangzu started 4-0 in the second set, and he maintained a slight advantage in the first half of the set, going into a timeout 11-8. After the timeout, Zhou Tiancheng once won 14-13, and Lu Guangzu scored 7 consecutive points at the key moment to get the set point 20-14. Lu Guangzu cashed in on the second set point and won the second set 21-15.
In the first half of the decider, the two sides alternated leads, with Lu Guangzu scoring six consecutive points at 6-8 and establishing a four-point advantage at 12-8. In the second half of the course, Zhou Tiancheng made a strong effort to catch up, and at one point narrowed the point difference to 3 points. But at the crucial moment, Lu Guangzu scored 3 consecutive points and won the decider 21-15.
Finally, after three fierce sets of fierce battles, Lu Guangzu defeated the No. 4 seed Zhou Tiancheng with a 14-21/21-15/21-15 reversal and successfully reached the men's singles round of 16. In the next round, Lu Guangzu will face Srikante, who will eliminate Li Shifeng. Another national men's singles player, Zhao Junpeng, defeated Watanabe Hangki in two straight sets to advance to the round of 16.