The Super 1000 Series All England Open Badminton Championships started on the 11th local time, and Chinese Taipei's first brother Chou Tien Cheng took the lead in the tournament, and he beat the French player Popov, the runner-up of the German Open at the beginning of the month, 21:12 and advanced to the men's singles round of 16.

Chinese Taipei's first brother Zhou Tiancheng

World No. 9 Chou Tien Cheng has yet to make a breakthrough this season, reaching the top eight at the Malaysia and India Opens, and exiting the Indonesia Masters in the first round, but he took a break in February and readjusted, during which he also strengthened his ability through different training, including training with Hangzhou Asian Games boxer Gan Jiawei to make the training more interesting.

Zhou Tiancheng won 3 of 4 games against Popov, but the last meeting was last year's Kumamoto Masters in Japan, where Popov won in 3 games.

Zhou Tiancheng lost 1 point at the start of the day, but he immediately scored 6 points in a row to return the attack, and it was difficult for Popov Jr. to save the decline, Zhou Tiancheng still controlled the situation, and the opponent's misjudgment also took the lead to 20:10, and then attacked with a beautiful diagonal line, happy to take the next city.

Zhou Tiancheng still suppressed Popov Jr.'s play in the second game, scoring 4 points at the beginning to give the opponent a dismount, and also maintained the lead all the way to win in straight games. Although Zhou Tiancheng passed the first hurdle, the round of 16 is likely to be a tough battle, and the opponent will be the winner between China's world champion Shi Yuqi and Indonesia's 2023 Taipei Open champion Wadoyo.