Chinese Taipei's "Prince of Badminton" Wang Ziwei defeated the world's No. 20 national badminton player Lu Guangzu at 21:13 and 21:16 in the men's singles round of 32 at the 2025 All England Open Badminton Championships in the early morning of the 13th and advanced to the round of 16.

Chinese Taipei's "Prince of Badminton" Wang Ziwei

World No. 25 Wang Ziwei's best performance this season is the Indonesia Masters to advance to the top four, as for the previous 7 meetings with Lu Guangzu, Wang Ziwei won 3 wins, but the last meeting was the Malaysia Masters in May last year, Wang Ziwei lost.

Wang Ziwei took the lead by 3 points in a row at 4:5 in the first game, although Lu Guangzu tied it, Wang Ziwei swept out a 5-point offensive in a row, and then 8:2 offensive at 13:11 to complete the task of closing the door and also go down first.

Although Wang Ziwei faced falling behind in the second game, at least this time he did not let his opponent take away a wave, he responded to the 8:2 offensive at 7:13, and even scored 6 points in a row in the end, and finally advanced in straight games. Wang Ziwei will challenge Danish star Antonsen, ranked third in the world, in the round of 16.