The quarterfinals of the men's singles in Germany are out! The 6 big seeds are out of the game, and Zhao Junpeng advances 2 0!
On March 1, the second round of the German Open tennis tournament kicked off, and the list of eight players was also announced on this day. It was an unexpected battle, with all six seeded players out of the tournament and only two seeded players remaining. No. 1 seed Zhou Tiancheng lost 0-2 to Zhao Junpeng and lost his qualification to the quarterfinals. Lin Junyi and Popov are the only two people who have qualified for this competition.
Zhou Tiancheng is the No. 1 seed player of this year. Chou Tien Seng is the No. 1 seed in this tournament and is currently ranked No. 2 in the world. He reached the semi-finals with a 2-1 win over Calsio in the first round, where he will face Zhao Junpeng, who also won 2-1 in the first round. After four rounds, Zhou Tiancheng won three and lost one, occupying the absolute upper hand.
Yang Can, the No. 5 seed and runner-up at the Indonesia Masters, has been doing well lately. In the semi-finals, he played a match against German Julian, which was generally favored. In the first set, Yang Can played 21-16 and won the match. After that, Yang Can's form began to decline, and he lost two match points at 15:21 and 14:21:21, losing this game with a big score of 2-0, which also calmed him down in the eight-in-four match.
After this battle, Zhou Tiancheng has always been on the defensive and did not show too strong aggression. On the contrary, Zhao Junpeng changed his previous passive defense, but strengthened his offense, strengthened his offense, and grasped the initiative. In the end, Chou Tien Cheng lost two sets 14-21, 18-21, 0-2, regrettably losing the match and not reaching the quarterfinals.
Third seed Lin Junyi has improved a lot in the last two years, and his outstanding performance in the men's singles has put him in the first tier of the men's singles. In the semi-finals, he faced Thailand's Wong Ko Lun. In the first set, Lin Junyi performed quite well, and he won the match 21-15. In the second set, Wang Gaolun stepped up his offensive, but Lin Junjun finally couldn't support it and lost 21:21 first. In the last game, Lin Junyi went all out and entered the quarterfinals with a score of 21-3.
Eighth seed Popov will play Chinese Taipei's Li Jiahao in his next match. These two people are both rising stars who have risen in recent years, and their level is comparable. In the first set, the two teams played to 20-20, and Popov scored two consecutive points in the final minute to take a 22-20 advantage. In the second game, Popov played well, and he easily won 2-0 21-13 to enter 8-8.
The other four opponents, Ghamke 2-1 Lanier, Nguyen Nia 2-0, Sasis 2-0, Jeon Il Chan 2-0, Klebert, Sulyan 2-0, Kol Yoning.
The duel between Zhao Junpeng and Julian, the duel between Lin Junyi and Gimke, the duel between Nguyen Nhat and Kwon Yi Chen, and the duel between Popov Jr. and Su Liyang. The scores in all four events were close, 55-50. We expect China's top three players, Zhao Junpeng, Lin Junyi and Su Liyang, to all reach the quarterfinals at the same time.