On May 17, 2024, Beijing time, the Thailand Open Badminton Championships continued! The top 4 of all the projects will be decided today! Just finished a key battle in the men's singles 1/4 finals, and finally Taipei's first brother Zhou Tiancheng played better! Defeated the No. 2 seed and Japan's Kodai Naraoka in straight games, 21-14, 21-15, and became the third player to advance to the semifinals! In the next semi-finals, Zhou Tiancheng will face Malaysia's first brother Li Zijia!
Chou Tiancheng is currently ranked No. 14 in the world and is the No. 8 seed in the tournament! In the just-concluded Tong You Cup, Zhou Tiancheng played an excellent game against top players such as Ginting and Axelsen, showing a very hot state! At the same time, the confidence has also been greatly improved! Kodai Naraoka is currently ranked No. 5 in the world and is the No. 2 seed in the tournament! In the last game, Kodai Naraoka fought hard in 3 games, and reversed Hong Kong teenager Wu Yinglun to advance to the top 8!
Kodai Naraoka and Zhou Tiancheng have played 2 times before, and Zhou Tiancheng has won all of them! In the first game of the game, the two sides played very intensely, the score rose alternately, and once it was a 7-7 draw, Zhou Tiancheng continued to control the situation on the court through a fast pace, and finally Zhou Tiancheng led 11-8 into the intergame technical timeout! After the pause, Kodai Naraoka once chased the score to 11-12! Then Zhou Tiancheng continued to maintain a fast pace, and Naraoka Kodai fell into Zhou Tiancheng's rhythm! Zhou Tiancheng played a wave of 6-0 to open the score 18-11, and finally Zhou Tiancheng won the first game 21-14!
In the second game, the two sides were still very close, the score was very tight, and Zhou Tiancheng scored 4 points in a row to lead 11-5 and enter the technical timeout after adjustment! After the pause, Zhou Tiancheng still maintained the lead, and Kodai Naraoka fell too far behind to chase the points, but to no avail! In the end, Zhou Tiancheng won another game 21-15! Defeated Kodai Naraoka 2-0 on aggregate and advanced to the semi-finals!
In other matches, Malaysia's first brother defeated Lu Guangzu, the only seedling of the national feather, 21-13, 16-21, 21-18 in three games. In the other match, Hong Kong's Ng Ka-long defeated Taipei's Li Jiahao in straight games 21-13, 21-14 and successfully advanced to the semifinals! Next up is Ng Ka Long will face the winner between Kunlavut and dark horse Mera Barouang!