Chinese Taipei's first brother Zhou Tiancheng encouraged the younger generations to seize the opportunity and treat every game as the last game

35-year-old Chinese Taipei brother Chou Tien Cheng drew Japanese player Takuma Obayashi in the first round of the Super 300 Series 2025 Taipei Open Badminton Championships on the 7th with 21:12, 9:21, 21:15 and successfully advanced to the top 16 of men's singles.

35-year-old Chinese Taipei brother Zhou Tiancheng

Zhou Tiancheng has played against Takuma Dabayashi 1 time in the past, when he won in straight games, this time he fought hard at home for 64 minutes and successfully advanced, he said, Takujin Dabayashi improved a lot in the second game, showing tenacious willpower, in the third game Zhou Tiancheng once held a 14:8 advantage, but the opponent scored 7 points in a row to lead, Zhou Tiancheng pointed out that although he did not relax when he was leading, he was expected to show amazing perseverance to chase the score, "I am still prepared, so I am very calm and did not give up." ”

Zhou Tiancheng admitted that in the first game, he was slower than expected to adapt to the wind direction and the court, and the Japanese players are good at shooting back and forth, "I will be patient with every ball, don't make mistakes, and then put pressure on the opponent and create opportunities." Zhou Tiancheng last year to find a physical trainer with a doctorate in sports science in the United States Sato Gongwei cooperation, Sato also today with Zhou Tiancheng's physiotherapist Gao Minshan sat in the coach's seat to watch the game, Zhou Tiancheng said that the first time to have Sato on the sidelines to watch the game felt very fresh, "In addition to having more energy, he also knows my situation very well, because he is experienced, he is very accurate in interpreting body movements and opponents' intentions, and gives me a lot of advice." ”

Zhou Tiancheng led the team to the top 8 in the 2025 Sudirman Cup World Badminton Mixed Team Championships last month, as the pillar of the Chinese Taipei team for many years, he also gave advice to the juniors participating in the Taipei Tournament on the 7th, hoping that the younger siblings will cherish every opportunity to play, "I also grew up watching the Taipei Open from childhood to adulthood, and I still have a lot of longing on the court, and I still feel incredible to come to this dream stage, I hope everyone will seize every opportunity, because I don't know if there is a next time, I want to play every game as the last game, don't want to say that there are still several years, I don't know what will happen in life, grasp the opportunity in front of me, and go all out without retreat. ”