Taipei: Taiwan's Ting Yen-chen defeated his Chinese opponent in straight games Friday to reach the men's singles badminton final at the World University Games in Germany. Ting, 21, a National Taiwan University student, has delivered a standout performance in the singles tournament, advancing to the final without dropping a game.

According to Focus Taiwan, Ting faced China's Zhou Xinyu in the semifinals and got off to a strong start, quickly pulling ahead to take the opener 15-7. He maintained his momentum in the second game, cruising to a 15-6 win to secure a spot in the gold medal match. Ting will face France's Enogat Roy in the final.

Taiwanese players have reached the podium in men's singles badminton at the World University Games six times. Ting will try to become the second from Taiwan to win gold in the event, after Wang Tzu-wei at the 2017 Taipei Universiade. Meanwhile, Wu Hsuan-yi and Yang Chu-yun will face fellow Taiwanese players Chen Cheng-kuan and Hsu Yin-hui in the mixed doubles badminton final, guaranteeing both gold and silver for Taiwan. Lin Yu-chieh and Jheng Yu-chieh each took bronze after falling to Chen and Hsu in the mixed doubles semifinals.