Chou sent packing in worlds upset
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Chou Tien-chen became the first seeded casualty of the world championships in Indonesia yesterday, just weeks after staging a major upset of his own at the Taiwan Open.
The sixth seed from Taiwan was crushed in the opening round of badminton’s most prestigious event in less than 40 minutes by unseeded Malaysian shuttler Zulfadli Zulkiffli 21-5, 22-20.
His shock exit comes less than a month after Chou dismissed world No. 2 Jan O Jorgensen at the Taiwan Open before prevailing over five-time world champion Lin Dan in a marathon contest to book a spot in the finals.
Chou was forced to settle for silver against another Chinese Chen Long but walked away having won a game against the world No. 1 — a career first.
None of that impressive form was on display in Jakarta as Zulkiffli, a former world junior champion 30 rankings behind his Taiwanese opponent, demolished Chou in the first set.
Zulkiffli, 22, will now play Ireland’s Scott Evans, who defeated Finnish shuttler Eetu Heino.
Home favorite Tommy Sugiarto also cruised into the second round with a 21-16, 21-13 victory over European Games victor Pablo Abian of Spain.
Sugiarto, Indonesia’s top medal hopeful and the 15th seed, will now face unseeded Wei Nan of China’s Hong Kong.
Elsewhere 10th-seeded Indian shuttler Parupalli Kashyap made light work of Holland’s Erik Meijs, while compatriot and 11th seed HS Prannoy trounced Brazil’s Alex Yuwan Tjong.
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