YONEX Swiss Open 2023 | Viktor Axelsen (DEN) [1] vs. Chou Tien Chen (TPE) [3] | SF

YONEX Swiss Open 2023 | Super 300
Men's Singles | Semifinals
Viktor Axelsen (DEN) [1] vs. Chou Tien Chen (TPE) [3]
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[@JockyT1]

Wow - I haven’t seen CTC play this good for a while. He gave Axelsen nothing cheap and his defence was really strong.

[@Mulknwan]

Eating humble pie here, i always felt CTC was overrated, a one trick pony, lacking racket skills required at the top level and tactical know how or another gear in the heat of battle, but fair do’s to him he played really well today.

[@emersonlee9968]

@@Mulknwan ctc lacking racket skills? wtf u saying, ctc is old to compete with axelsen, he need more rest to perform good performance

[@Mulknwan]

@@emersonlee9968 Yes, he lacks the variety or deception in his kit bag, although he’s hit a purple patch in the last couple of tournaments, especially at the net, his game is very one dimensional and power based. As for his age, it’s got nothing to do with his underachievement, the CTC of 2023 is no different to a younger 2015 CTC, although Victoria is doing a good job cheerleading from the sidelines, I feel he could do with a good coach presence in his corner, he doesn’t seem to have the ability to problem solve, he is clueless,great players like Chen Long and G.O.A.T Lin Dan have the ability to work things out and change things during the game albeit with the help of coach during and game changeover, don’t get me wrong CTC is still a very good player, just not crème de la crème.

[@jhunreywenceslao6921]

😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@ormoem8769]

Chou's coach is everyones dream coach

[@jwxujerry]

It's quite obvious that VA is not at his best. Many errors on attack, and slow responses in defense. However, taking nothing away from Chou. He was brilliant today.

[@robertprice2911]

Totally agree with you, VA is slower than normal and making errors he would normally make.

[@lasmirandadennsivillia5048]

Question is why he was slower. Chou really played unpredictable stuff keeping Axelsen guessing. That may or may not be the full reason

[@MD.1111]

CTC's defense was on point this match

[@soulight8205]

When Chou won the first set and I saw there was only 20 min left I knew something big happened

[@2malachi]

Not so big, he is gone now, he won't have the mental strength to cope with defeats, as in the past. Signs were evident when he nearly lost to Popov a few weeks ago and broke a racket in anger. He had a good run, now it's over.

[@simtan2418]

​@@2malachi bro wtf😂, man's the most negative person on earth lmao

[@Corrupted_Gamez]

​@@simtan2418it's not being negative but unfortunately it is a fact he had a good run but it's over

[@user-kz5ld6wo7k]

@@simtan2418 fr fr lmfaooo💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@eth4n470]

@@Corrupted_Gamez ；lee zii jia didn't manage to even get past r16 for the past few tournaments before the all england open, yet he managed to get to the semis in both all england and swiss open, there's always a chance to come back stronger

[@_WorldPeace]

. Congrats CTC. I wasn't expecting this win Great defense. Rooting in the final 🏆 To win VA..defense,net play,body smashing

[@jamestang295]

My jaw has dropped... what is this amazing play Chou Tien Chen?

[@6ixtynine]

Not surprised CTC could win this match if you watched his previous match. He’s in superb form. Hope he can keep it up! He moves so effortlessly around the court. He never looks like he’s in a rush.

[@joewang5579]

Chou was composed, confident, and relax. An easy win, maybe not and both had given the best. VA was a bit frustrating throughout the whole game, otherwise it could be a good fight. Hats off to Chou, he came with determination 👍

[@sedriczhiggory]

Let this be a lesson to you all: NO ONE beats CTC 17 times in a row!

[@JockyT1]

Haha - very good..

[@badbadrobotrobot959]

@@JockyT1 Well, one can hope, can't one? Last time someone said "No one beats Tommy Sugiarto 17 times in a row", Lee Chong wei did it and a bit more.

[@JockyT1]

@@badbadrobotrobot959Lee Chong Wei was in Sugiarto’s head permanently🤔

[@grayback995]

Ikr 😂😂 axelsen has to stop dominating him

[@balnanj]

i have now seen this match like 5 times and everytime i see this particular message, it cracks me up 🤣🤣🤣

[@KOHEI-hv4zz]

Congratulations, CTC! Chou’s touch to shuttle looks very softy with relaxing when he receives smash. And footwork is very smooth and receiving net shot earlier.

[@owenphl1652]

Congrats to CTC for this win. Good luck tomorrow for the title.

[@KillerTacos54]

WOOHOO congrats CTC!!

[@vaihvull]

Considering head to head 16-2 in favour of Ax. and also that the lenght of the video is only 40 minutes (not enought for a three game match) I honeslty thought that it's going to be a CTC demolition by Ax. Quite surprising, congrats CTC.

[@soulight8205]

Same haha you don't imagine my surprise when I saw Chou winning the first set

[@_WorldPeace]

. I was expecting CTC to be demolished in the 2nd game. He is a 3 game player 😅

[@2malachi]

Viktor lost his confidence about a month ago, and it's been all downhill since then. He won't get it back, too old now.

[@patrickjones1143]

​@@2malachi you need to stop telling these bedtime stories

[@vaihvull]

@@soulight8205 I was starting to get hints when I saw how confident CTC was during the game. Commentator said the right line - CTC performed a game of a lifetime.

[@StreetfighterBrah]

CTC gave a masterclass by exploiting every weakness of Axelsen.

[@tomland9491]

CTC net play is solid most of the net battles in this match CTC wins either by setting up a smash/overhead or by outplaying VA straight up at the net

[@jaehaerys9194]

Both semifinal matches were quite unexpected, not gonna lie

[@user-it5zx4kj4m]

Actually I'm wondering, is there a possibility that wind is the cause? Both Axelsen and Lee Zii Jia played on the same side for both 1st and second game, their mistakes are similar too especially going wide. But I can't explain why their opponents didn't have this issue hahahaha

[@Seija729]

@@user-it5zx4kj4m adjusting to drift is also part of a player's skill. Hans-Kristian and Anders Antonson said on their podcast that players like Lin Dan rarely struggle to find the line throughout a whole game.

[@shadyvoid6731]

@@user-it5zx4kj4mbro Lee was injured! Such an unprofessional comment

[@user-it5zx4kj4m]

@@shadyvoid6731 Where? Did he mention about this?

[@shadyvoid6731]

@@user-it5zx4kj4m bro in r32 he was so tired playing li Shi Feng, and in r 32 got injured against Nguyen

[@scoobatronixscoobatronix2839]

Dont understand the comments- if ctc is still playing this well at 33, then va has plenty of time to get back on top.

[@cagorm2503]

man CTC did really good this time

[@TheDestroyer7102]

CTC amazing performance, solid defence made Axelsen take extra risk which didn’t pay off

[@neora8509]

what a fking monster. absolutely impeccable performance from chou. i mean once you saw that 360 spin defence, you'd know nothing was going to stop him today, my lord.

[@MegaJohny777]

Wohoo! Taiwan nr1! Great job!

[@c-a-t-entertinment7075]

Taiwan Num 1!

[@KrishnaThakur-jg4jc]

these are the most beautiful raw smashes i have ever seen, i think i know who my favourite player is

[@toothybeaver5579]

A victory against Viktor, in Switzerland? Not bad for Chou Tien Chen. 👌

[@andrewcannon587]

41:22 even CTC's coach want to smash to Axelson

[@laurentroose2429]

What happened at 8:40 - in the middle of a focused rally suddenly a voice in the micro : should not be allowed!

[@goodboy.kr7]

CTC one jump smash very cool and powerful!!!!!!!!!!!!! i like it

[@kimnahee6860]

希望周天成可以奪冠！

[@ariathyf144]

CTC looking smooth and playful at the net in this match, he got a nice read on Axelsen attacks but was also able to smash with good accuracy. Axelsen looking a bit sluggish, usually his defense is very good to cover the body shots but today the reaction time was off.

[@warkos3591]

Chou winning in 2 sets, and vs Viktor. ?! What year is it? Jokes aside, I really hope CTC with this title.

[@StreamSpeedster]

24:29 fav shot

[@ethanolcyanide3133]

Chou’s playing like a completely different player today

[@kevinivek055099]

Crazy win!!!!!!😮

[@rickdeckard9810]

What's happening with Axelsen is he injured? suddenly not playing well that's 2 tournaments in a row losing bad. Chou played well.

[@marS3l]

Everyone reaches a point where things start not coming so easily. It's a bit worrying I hope he will still be able to piece together some championship wins but last few weeks, he wasn't the same Viktor we all know.

[@QF_Dan72]

CTC did really well, congrats

[@bobmarley6306]

CTC played incredibly well but also I think Axelsen has some kind of injury, his movement looks very different from usual it seems he's trying to avoid using one of his legs.

[@lananh1941]

Wow CTC, it's incredible👌🤩🤩

[@markjoshuajabal6706]

Axelsen did great, put up a good fight. He is indeed in the great condition, but CTC's defense is just top notch in this match. What a great performance from both player. 👏

[@gobikrishnank6952]

Well played Chou Tien Chen 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@peetee2037]

Chou tien Chen!!!!!!!

[@brane2806]

Odlična igra. Užitek ob gledanju motijo samo navijači, ki so za ta šport po moje preglasni......

[@djdavidphillips]

Everybody has a bad day but today CTC was absolutely unbelievable in this match. Well done.

[@butseraentjes]

While watching this game, Victor did not know he was going to loose.

[@pk1342]

Viktor played LCW and CL after their peaks, as their careers were winding down - So it's not correct to say that they were at their peak. Although they never played Viktor 2022, they still played Viktor 2016/17 which isn't that far off. Viktor 2022 would still regularly lose 80% of the time against 2007-2013 LCW and 2010-2015 CL.

[@khailequang649]

Trận đấu tuyệt vời của Chou Tien Chen.

[@johnli2761]

Congrats to Chou Tien Chen, he was superb today. I don't know what's happening with Victor, having lost in the 2nd round of last week's big tournament against Ng Tze Yong who ranked 25 places below him and now losing by a big margin in the semi-final in two straight games.

[@green-grass.]

Congrats to Chou

[@TankNSSpank]

coach, physical, biggest fan lol

[@Edrom77]

CTC宝刀未老啊❤

[@Schmitzelhaus]

You probably could´ve placed Chou against a men´s double pair and he still would´ve won, literally everything worked out perfectly that day for him.

[@oscarmeng]

bro axelsen got sweeped

[@Seija729]

Hoping Viktor bounces back, because without him at the top, no one else seems consistent.

[@aerotus888]

Wow CHOUTC amazing!!!

[@user-is2zo2ci8z]

周天成勁到癲左

[@r85412]

CTC! let's go CTC let's go

[@tigabukid2865]

CTC winning if not shouting :D

[@thakurdas4704]

WOW

[@user-gg1lt8nd8i]

Yea❤

[@takchicheung1185]

C. T. C. Is the best this year 😊

[@StreamSpeedster]

35:12 cartwheel wtf CTC 😹

[@user-tv2cp9xu1p]

チョウさん今年33歳！まだまだたくさん試合見せてください☺️フレンチオープン優勝からファンです☺️

[@betaschannel]

WOW monster tumbang,mantap ctc

[@gotjuice7160]

Darn, Victor was taking shots a little too late, like 1/2 step behind. Looks to be nursing a back injury

[@minon4296]

CTC looks very attractive!

[@StreamSpeedster]

36:51 CTC look at shuttle always

[@user-lk8hc8gg7l]

3:43 says the technque

[@osukasuyi1825]

8:40.. announcer randomly starts talking in the middle of a rally.. instantly axelsen loses focus lol.. u can see how unhappy he was with the distraction

[@stefanjohansson2373]

The Taiwanese player plays great! 👍

[@cherb6261]

I can see chou playing very confidently hopefully chou can play consistently and

[@torh1]

Congratulations my baby boy 😘

[@davepeng9152]

小天开启了God mode一样。。。

[@nguyenvinhquang3086]

There 's something wrong with Axelsen. He was defeated in two consecutive matches, All England and Swiss Open tournament. Man proposes, God disposes !

[@TinyWhisperWonders]

lets hope Chou wins the final, Cheers!

[@karanjit10]

V.Axelson was not him yesterday semifinals..he was already defeated in 1st half.

[@pranavsinghal7554]

take some time off viktor, regroup, relax and come back stronger!

[@mv9143]

come back stronger Axelson!

[@hansun6969]

小周这个球可以的，有进一步提升的能力。看好他。

[@tinhphung9461]

chúc mừng đã thắng nhà vô địch

[@zihengtang8718]

Chou didn’t seem very happy about it :(

[@sedriczhiggory]

CTC knew he had to sell his soul to the devil to get his win against VA, so not much to celebrate. (Just kidding, CTC played calm cool and collected today, all credit to him).

[@jennychuang808]

@@sedriczhiggory He is a Christian So what you said here is not true

[@arpitbhatt9431]

12/35

[@user-oo6xl8wc3y]

Chou Tien Chen playing Lin Dan style. He is playing slowly and deceptively.

[@jaydenntobias1814]

There's a saying, you can't be always number 1. We can already see that Axelsen already slowing down like Momota but they can still manage to go back on track. Congratulations to Chou Tien Chen❤

[@osukasuyi1825]

either ctc is in really good form or axelsen is getting old. hes same age as me now and i feel hella old and stiff.

[@MM-ki7bk]

What happen about victor ?

[@xuantiennguyen8552]

How CTL defeat ASen ... that's great

[@typoprone]

I guess nothing lasts forever. Axelsen had a good run lol.

[@mingch2]

Axelsen seemed too hyped up? Too much adrenaline? Too much coffee? But Chou also played quite well!

[@hjsalmanhjmohdrashid204]

Chow Kit Road Kuala Lumpur

[@xman3514]

The reason CTC won the match is the follow up of smash which axelsen didnt do in this game.

[@KhangNguyen-wr1og]

Good job chou tien chen

[@garygraham2934]

What is going on?? And another one bites the dust! What price Chou & Watanabe to make the final at the start of the week? - you'd need a crystal ball! 🤔😲

[@2malachi]

LZJ is Malaysian, so any result is possible. Money talks.

[@jameszhao3232]

Too eager,aging, body energy, key factors to lose

[@cyh1489]

舒服啊

[@shararaju859]

Hi

[@xrialto3211]

23:07 was this necessary ☠️

[@rajeshrai8193]

Axelsen time is up 😊

[@user-uz6wp7bu3g]

thắng đại đế 2 ván lun

[@olver-uk4ml]

commentators should learn to pronounce names correctly

[@eugenewchen]

Taipei is the capital city of Taiwan. 🙂

[@dohdoh8111]

Bro looking like Lin Dan