本届全英赛中，世界知名多媒体新闻通讯社路透社也就此展开了 “八卦”，在他们报道的新闻中，一直以男女朋友的称谓来定义两人关系。在上周五（1/4决赛日）的比赛中，二人双双晋级四强之后，路透社发表文章，其中就提到：China's holder Chen Long and his girlfriend Wang Shixian are on track for a happy ending to their love affair with the All England Open Badminton Championships after reaching the singles semi-finals on Friday。而在昨天的决赛之后，王适娴成功击败队友奥运冠军李雪芮摘得女单桂冠，而谌龙则不敌李宗伟，没能与女友同时登上最高领奖台，对此，路透社再度发表文章表示惋惜：(While Chen went home empty-handed, there was joy for his girlfriend Wang Shixian after she beat top seed and Olympic champion Li Xuerui 21-19 21-18 to capture the women's title。文章中两次提到王适娴，均给她定义为谌龙的girlfriend（女友），这也算是对二人的恋情的一次正式公开。