Chou Tien Chen and Toma Junior Popov Reach China Open Final
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In Changzhou, Popov defeated Canadian Victor Lai, the world number 8, after trailing at the end of the first set: 14-21, 21-12, 21-15. "I'm starting to realize it a bit, it was a battle for every shuttlecock (...), you had to fight hard and it showed today. There's one more step to climb, so onward!" he told the French Badminton Federation. The final on Sunday will pit him against Taiwan's Chou Tien Chen, the world number 6 (starting at 3:30 pm…
Toma Junior Popov qualified this Saturday for the China Open Final in single. A first for a Frenchman in Super 1000, the highest level in badminton.
Part of the French hopes had broken on Thursday after Christo Popov (5th), in the eighth final of the Chinese Open, was eliminated against Taiwanese Chun-Yi Lin (13th). This Saturday, his big brother, Toma Junior Popov (16th) was the one who...
Chou Tien Chen and Toma Junior Popov Reach China Open Final
Changzhou: Chou Tien Chen continued his remarkable China Open run by defeating fellow Taiwanese player Lin Chun-Yi in straight games to reach the men’s singles final. The 36-year-old produced a controlled and tactically disciplined performance to win 21-18, 21-17, extending his winning streak against Lin to four consecutive matches. Chou will now face France’s Toma Junior Popov, who recovered from a game down to eliminate Canada’s Victor Lai 14-…
Winner of the Canadian Victor Lai (14-21, 21-12, 21-15), Toma Junior Popov qualified this Saturday for the China Open Final in single. Never a Frenchman had achieved such a performance in Super 1000, the highest level of the world badminton. The final will be on Sunday on L'Équipe live. Discover the Frenchman's reaction.
What a beautiful month of July for the Popov brothers! Last Sunday, Christo (24 years old) won the Japan Open, a Super 750 tournament equivalent to a 1000 Masters in tennis, the second largest tournament in his career, after the Masters in late 2025. And this week, while Christo was eliminated in the eighth of the final Thursday, it is that his brother Toma Junior (27 years old) who shines on the occasion of the Chinese Open, the fourth and last…
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