Chou Tien Chen

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Since no one has profiled CTC in BC, probably because he has been featured in Google, perhaps I should start a thread on this remarkable winner of the recent French Open 2014. We can then follow the progress of this young player from Chinese Taipei.

Much of the information is taken from Google.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChouTienchen

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[TH=”colspan: 2, align: center”]Personal information
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[TH=”align: left”]Birth name
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[TD]Chou Tien-chen
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[TH=”align: left”]Country
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[TD][​IMG]Taiwan
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[TH=”align: left”]Born
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[TD](1990-01-08) 8 January 1990 (age 24)
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[TH=”align: left”]Height
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[TD]1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
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[TH=”align: left”]Weight
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[TD]78 kg (172 lb)
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[TH=”align: left”]Handedness
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[TD]Right

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[TH=”colspan: 2, align: center”]Men’s Singles
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[TH=”align: left”]Highest ranking
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[TD]12 (16 October, 2014)
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[TH=”align: left”]Current ranking
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[TD]13 (23 October, 2014)
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[TH=”colspan: 3″]Men’s badminton
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[TH=”colspan: 3″]Competitor for [​IMG] Chinese Taipei
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[TH=”colspan: 3″]Asian Games
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[TD=”bgcolor: #CC9966″]Bronze
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[TD]2014 Incheon
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[TD]Men’s team
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Achievements

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[TD]2014
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[TD]2014 Yonex French Open Superseries

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[TD]Winner
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[TD][​IMG] Wang Zhengming
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[TD]10-21, 25-23, 21-19
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[TD]2012

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[TD]2012 Welsh International Challenge
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[TD]Winner
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[TD][​IMG] Kuan Beng Hong
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[TD]21-15, 21-13
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[TD]2012 Norwegian International Challenge
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[TD]Winner
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[TD][​IMG] Tan Chun Seang
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[TD]21-17, 21-12
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[TD]2012 Iceland International Series
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[TD]Winner
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[TD][​IMG] Ha Young-woong
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[TD]21-19, 23-21
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[TD]2012 Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold
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[TD]Winner
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[TD][​IMG] Marc Zwiebler
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[TD]21-19, 21-12
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[TD]2012 Chinese Taipei Open Grand Prix Gold
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[TD]Runner-Up
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[TD][​IMG] Nguyen Tien Minh
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[TD]11-21, 17-21
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[TD]2012 Canada Open Grand Prix
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[TD]Winner
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[TD][​IMG] Lin Yu-hsien
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[TD]15-21, 21-16, 21-9
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[TD]2011
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[TD]2011 Dutch Open Grand Prix
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[TD]Runner-Up
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[TD][​IMG] Hsueh Hsuan-yi
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[TD]21-18, 15-21, 16-21
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French Open 2014 Journey, where as an unseeded player he defeated all his seeded opponents, mainly in 3 games:

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[TD=”class: plannedtime, align: right”]Wed 10/22/2014
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[TD=”align: right”]Tien Chen Chou
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[TD][​IMG][TPE]

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[TD][​IMG][DEN]
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[TD]Jan O Jorgensen [2]
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[TD]25-23 9-21 21-15
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[TD=”class: plannedtime, align: right”]Thu 10/23/2014
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[TD=”align: right”]Tien Chen Chou
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[TD][​IMG][TPE]
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[TD][​IMG][HKG]
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[TD]Ka Long Angus Ng
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[TD]21-19 21-17
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[TD=”class: plannedtime, align: right”]Fri 10/24/2014
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[TD=”align: right”]Tien Chen Chou
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[TD][TPE]

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[TD][​IMG][DEN]
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[TD]Viktor Axelsen [8]
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[TD]12-21 21-18 21-15
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[TD=”class: plannedtime, align: right”]Sat 10/25/2014
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[TD=”align: right”]Tien Chen Chou
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[TD][TPE]

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[TD][​IMG][INA]
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[TD]Tommy Sugiarto [4]
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[TD]14-21 21-18 21-19
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[TD=”class: plannedtime, align: right”]Sun 10/26/2014
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[TD=”align: right”]Tien Chen Chou
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[TD][TPE]

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[TD][​IMG][CHN]
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[TD]Zhengming Wang [5]
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[TD]10-21 25-23 21-19
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