Chinese Taipei's Chinese rental player Li Jiahao defeated Japanese player Kenta Nishimoto at the Super 1000 Series 2025 All England Open Badminton Championships in the early morning of the 15th at 21:9 and 21:18, advancing to the men's singles semifinals, not only creating a career best, but also being the second Chinese Taipei men's singles player to reach the top 4 of the All England Championships.

Li Jiahao (right) reached the semi-finals of the All England Open men's singles for the first time in his career

World No. 22 Li Jiahao had a hard time winning at the start of the season, but after some adjustments, he improved after coming to the European tournament, reaching the top eight at the Orleans Masters in France.

The so-called "If you don't die in a great disaster, you will have a blessing in the future!" In fact, Li Jiahao was almost out of the first round of the All England Championships, he played a strong heart to resolve 6 final points, reversed Hong Kong, China's Lee Cheuk Yiu, and then beat Japan's Tanaka Yushi and Kenta Nishimoto, and advanced to the top 4 in the 1000 level competition for the first time in his career.

It is worth mentioning that Chinese Taipei's first brother Chou Tien Cheng became the first Chinese Taipei men's singles to reach the top 4 of the All England Championships in 2017, and Zhou Tiancheng has advanced to the top 4 three times in 17, 20 and 22 years of his career, including the runner-up in 20 years, and now Li Jiahao has also become the second Chinese Taipei men's singles with the longest history to advance to the top 4 of the All England Championships.

Li Jiahao will face France's Alex Lanier, the winner of the Orleans Masters in the quarterfinals, and the two have not played each other in the past.