Losing to Singapore's Luo Jianyou, Zhou Tiancheng won the runner-up in the 2025 Taipei Championship, missing the fifth championship in his career

Chinese Taipei first brother Chou Tien Cheng lost to Singapore's good player Loh Kean Yew 14:21, 21:15, 20:22 in the men's singles final of the Super 300 Series 2025 Chinese Taipei Open Badminton Championships on the 11th, and won the runner-up, missing the fifth crown of his career.

Zhou Tiancheng (right) lost to Luo Jianyou and won the runner-up and missed the five-time championship

The 35-year-old Chou Tien Cheng won the Taipei Championship in 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022, the most men's singles titles in tournament history, and he is still very competitive again this year, going all the way to the top four, and yesterday he photographed 20-year-old India's Ayush Shetty (Ayush Shetty) to advance to the final.

Chou Tien Seng met Singapore's Loh Kean Yew, ranked 11th in the world, and the two have played each other in the past seven times, with Chou Tien Seng winning four victories. However, Zhou Tiancheng fell into a bitter battle in the first game, and after a tug-of-war all the way to 14:15, Luo Jianyou scored 6 points in a row and took the lead at 14:21.

Zhou Tiancheng regained his strength in the second game, taking a 9-5 lead at the beginning of the game, and seeing that his opponent chased 9-8, he scored five points in a row to expand the advantage and pulled one back at 21-15.

Entering the decisive game, Zhou Tiancheng and Luo Jianyou fought fiercely, but Luo Jianyou scored the 11th point first, and after the technical pause, Zhou Tiancheng showed superb defensive skills and chased 16:16, but unfortunately failed to continue the momentum and fell behind 16:20.

However, Zhou Tiancheng did not give up, and successively resolved the opponent's 4 championship points to 20:20, but then the opponent scored the lead again with a diagonal diagonal attack, and at the last moment, Luo Jianyou fought back but Zhou Tiancheng fell to the ground and failed to defend, and the original judgment was out of bounds, but after a challenge for the boundary, Zhou Tiancheng finally gave up 20:22 and missed the 5th crown.