Chou Tien Seng advanced to the round of 16 of the men's singles at the 2025 Singapore Open Badminton Championships, where he made an appointment with Lee Cheuk Yew

Chinese Taipei's first brother Chou Tien Cheng defeated teammate Qi Youren 21:18, 21:15 at the Super 750 Series 2025 Singapore Open Badminton Championships on the 28th local time, ending two consecutive defeats and advancing to the men's singles round of 16.

Chinese Taipei's first brother Zhou Tiancheng

World No. 6 Chou Tien Seng was knocked out in the first round of the Malaysia Masters last week and stayed in Malaysia to train and prepare for the Singapore Championship, where he won the Singapore Championship in 2018 and will now come to seek a second title, and will meet Qi Youren in the first round.

Zhou Tiancheng and Qi Youren have fought each other in the past 5 times, although Zhou Tiancheng has won 3 wins and 2 defeats, but Qi Youren has won the last two moves, so this battle is still a difficult battle for Zhou Tiancheng.

Zhou Tiancheng overcame 3:6 behind in the first game to take a small lead, but Qi Youren still scored consecutive points to enter a technical timeout at 11:7, and Zhou Tiancheng worked hard to chase points after the pause, the most important thing was to fall behind 16:18, Zhou Tiancheng scored 5 points in a row, and also took the next city.

Zhou Tiancheng, who took the lead in winning the first game, improved a lot in the second game, and also suppressed Qi Youren's play all the way, and finally took 44 minutes to advance. In the round of 16, Chou Tien Cheng will face Hong Kong's Lee Cheuk Yiu, who defeated another Chinese Taipei player Wang Ziwei 22-20, 21-13 in the first round, while Chou Tien Cheng lost 9-5 against Lee Cheuk Yiu in his career, but the last meeting was this year's India Open, where Chou Tien Cheng lost in straight games.