Zhou Tiancheng pointed out the reason for the defeat in the men's singles final of the 2025 Indonesia Championship, and Antonsen, who was crowned the king, considered himself lucky

In the men's singles final of the 2025 Super 1000 Series 2025 Indonesia Open Badminton Championships, Chinese Taipei's first brother Zhou Tiancheng lost to the world's third-ranked Danish player Antonsen and accepted the runner-up. Zhou Tiancheng admitted after the game that Antonsen played really well.

Chinese Taipei's first brother Chou Tien Cheng lost to the world's third-ranked Danish player Antonsen and accepted the runner-up

This men's singles final is a repeat of the 2019 Indonesian champion, when Chou Tien Seng won the title. This time the two sides met again, and Zhou Tiancheng once took a 20-17 lead in the first game, but unexpectedly let the opponent score 5 points in a row, and lost 20-22 in the first game. Zhou Tiancheng failed to recover the decline in the second game, losing 14:21 and finally accepting the runner-up.

Antonsen pointed out that Chou played very well in the first game, "I was looking for a way to crack it, but in the end... It's just a slight difference, so I'm a little lucky. In a final like this, the key is to stay calm and avoid making too many stupid mistakes. ”

Zhou Tiancheng admitted after the match that his opponent changed his serve strategy in the latter part of the first game, "I tried to keep up, but it didn't work." Game 1 was frustrating for me and I tried to bounce back in Game 2 but he was really good. ”

The 35-year-old Chou Tien Cheng defeated the world's No. 4 Chinese player Li Shifeng and the new world champion Kunlavut Vitidsarn (Kunlavut Vitidsarn) in Indonesia.