On April 25, Beijing time, in the semi-finals of the Asian Badminton Championships, the first male singles in the national badminton team, Lu Guangzu, who won the first male singles in , defeated Sujiyato Jr. 22-0, and advanced to the quarterfinals; the subsequent appearance of , Chen Long, was also not vague, swept Malaysia's Zhang Weifeng 2-0, and also locked in the quarterfinals; the next match was veteran , Lin Dan, , against Taipei, China, and after 35 minutes of fighting, Lin Dan lost 2 games in a row and missed the promotion.
Lin Dan and Zhou Tiancheng have had 8 previous matches, with 7 wins and 1 loss in the last 4 matches. Lin Dan achieved 4 consecutive wins and . The last time he met was in the first round of the Malaysia Open in early April. Lin Dan lost one game first and then reversed two consecutive games, giving Zhou Tiancheng a round of games. In the end, Lin Dan defeated Chang Shan Gantai, Shi Yuqi and Chen Long again to win the men's singles championship. It is also because of the Malaysia Open that fans have ignited their expectations for Lin Dan to hit the Olympics again.
Lin Dan also admitted in an interview after the first round of the game yesterday: as long as there is no injury in , he will try his best to hit Tokyo Olympics . However, this Asian Championships is not an Olympic points competition, but next week's New Zealand Open, so many people think that Lin Dan will strategically give up in this competition to prepare for the first Olympic points competition!
In today's game, Lin Dan was as slow as hell. After the two sides tied to 5 in the first game, Lin Dan made a mistake, Zhou Tiancheng scored 6 points in a row, leading into the game to rest; Lin Dan scored 3 points in the second half of the game, but Zhou Tiancheng quickly launched an attack. In the subsequent game, Lin Dan scored only 2 points, and Zhou Tiancheng scored 10-2 and won the first game 21-10!
games, Zhou Tiancheng took the lead at the start, Lin Dan tightened the score and did not widen the score difference. Until 7-9, he made consecutive mistakes, Zhou Tiancheng scored 5 points in a row to expand the score to 14-7; after Lin Dan chased 2 points, Zhou Tiancheng scored a 6-0 climax and got the match point 20-9, Lin Dan chased another point, Zhou Tiancheng won another game 21-10, and Lin Dan was eliminated and missed the quarterfinals!
