Taipei Times
Date: Jul 03, 2017
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Taiwan’s badminton players won two gold and three silver medals at the Yonex Open Chinese Taipei
Wang Tzu-wei, left, and Chou Tien-chen, right, embrace following their Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold final yesterday. Photo: Huang Yao-cheng, Taipei Times
yesterday, with Chou Tien-chen claiming the men’s singles title, and Chen Hung-ling and Wang Chi-lin taking the doubles title.
In the all-Taiwanese men’s singles showdown, Chou survived an initial setback against compatriot Wang Tzu-wei for a three-set victory, defending the title he won last year.
Wang won the first set, but world No. 6 Chou fought back to win the match 18-21, 21-19, 21-15 in 1 hour, 17 minutes.
“In the first set I got behind and had to make adjustments. I also said a prayer to encourage myself,” Chou said after the game. “Wang has really improved. He is getting stronger in his attack.”
“It is really good to see Wang making progress and I relish the competitive spirit between us. Only by having more competitors to push us to improve can Taiwan’s overall strength in badminton move up in world rankings,” he said. [FULL STORY]
