South Korea Game" The civil war brought down the 36-year-old Taiwanese brother Zhou Tiancheng! 22-year-old Wang Yukai breaks into the top 16 of men's singles

Wang Yukai. (File photo)

[Reporter Lu Yangxuan/Report from Taipei] In the first round of the Super 500 South Korea Badminton Open men's singles, 22-year-old Wang Yukai overthrew the top seed and 36-year-old Taiwanese brother Zhou Tiancheng in the Taiwan Civil War with 21:18, 16:21, 21:12, and won his first intra-conference victory in a 500-level event in his career.

Zhou Tiancheng, ranked 4th in the world, lost to Qi Youren in the top 16 of the Super 750 Series France and Denmark Open last week. This week, he returned to the first stop of the Asian competition and encountered a challenge from his juniors. Xiaotian, the top seed, had won twice before against Wang Yukai, ranked 66th in the world.

Zhou Tiancheng launched a 6:2 offensive at the start of the game today, but Wang Yukai came prepared. Xiaotian only entered the technical timeout with an advantage of 11:10. After the timeout, the two sides continued to fight fiercely. Wang Yukai launched a 4:1 offensive when the tie was tied at 17:17, coming from behind and successfully winning the first victory.

Changing sides to fight again, Zhou Tiancheng was ahead by 4 points despite holding a 10:7 lead. Xiaotian adjusted his rhythm and responded with a 4:0 wave, and then pulled a 7:2 wave when the tie was tied at 14:14, successfully extending the front line.

Wang Yukai started the decisive game with a 5:1 attack. He scored 8 points in a row to lay the foundation for victory at 9:7, and received his first victory in the match. Wang Yukai participated in the 500-level event for the first time in Sydney this year. At that time, he advanced from the qualifying round, but was eliminated in the top 32. Today he received his first career victory in the 500 intra-conference event. In the next round, there will be another civil war, against the "Prince of Badminton" Wang Ziwei.

Wang Ziweijin advanced in the first round by sweeping Belgian player Julien Carraggi 21:15, 21:19. Wang Baiwei fought hard in 3 rounds and blocked the counterattack of Indonesian Richie Duta Richardo 21:10, 15:21, 21:12, and also received a ticket to the top 16.