Hong Kong badminton player
In this
Hong Kong name , the
surname is
Ng . In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Angus Ng and the Chinese-style name is Ng Ka Long.
Badminton player
Angus Ng Ka Long 伍家朗 Country Hong Kong Born (1994-06-24 ) 24 June 1994 (age 30) [1] Hong Kong [1] Residence Hong Kong[1] Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1] Weight 70 kg (154 lb) Handedness Right[1] Coach Wong Choong Hann [2] Career record 306 wins, 191 losses Highest ranking 6 (11 November 2017[1] ) Current ranking 20 (14 November 2023[1] ) BWF profile
Angus Ng Ka Long (born 24 June 1994) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. He has a career-high ranking of 6th in the men's singles discipline. He won the 2016 Hong Kong Super Series , the 2020 Thailand Masters and the 2023 German Open .
Early life and education
Ng trained at the Hong Kong Sports Institute . He credits his father as the main influence on his career.[1] His grandmother from his mother's side is Chinese-Indonesian .[3]
Career
At the 2010 BWF World Junior Championships , Guadalajara , he won a bronze medal in the men's doubles category. He won gold in the men's doubles in 2012 in Chiba Prefecture. He won bronze in the 2012 Asian Junior Championships in men's doubles.
In 2013, Ng participated in the 2013 BWF World Championships in Guangzhou , China, was the runner-up at the Vietnam International Challenge in men's singles, and competed in the 2013 East Asian Games in Tianjin for Hong Kong, winning a silver medal in the men's team and bronze in the men's doubles.
In 2014, Ng won the China International Challenge , Osaka International Challenge and Irish Open . He was the runner-up at the Canadian Grand Prix and the Swiss International tournaments.
In 2015, Ng won the men's singles title at the Austrian Open . He later won his first Grand Prix title at the Bitburger Open .[4] He also came second at the Canadian Grand Prix and reached the semifinals at the Hong Kong Super Series , having beaten top 10 players like Lin Dan and Chou Tien Chen before losing to the legendary Lee Chong Wei .
In 2016, Ng made history by becoming the first home player to win the men's singles title at the Hong Kong Open , beating India's Sameer Verma in the final. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics .[5]
After a damp 2022, Ng found his form in 2023 by reaching the final of the Thailand Masters and winning the German Open . At the 2023 Badminton Asia Championships , he defeated the defending champion Lee Zii Jia in straight games in the first round, which was his second consecutive victory over the former All England champion.[6] [7]
Achievements
East Asian Games
Men's doubles
BWF World Junior Championships
Boys' doubles
Asian Junior Championships
Boys' doubles
BWF World Tour (2 titles, 7 runners-up)
The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[8] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[9]
Men's singles
Year
Tournament
Level
Opponent
Score
Result
2018
German Open
Super 300
Chou Tien-chen
19–21, 21–18, 18–21
Runner-up
2019
New Zealand Open
Super 300
Jonatan Christie
12–21, 13–21
Runner-up
2019
Thailand Open
Super 500
Chou Tien-chen
14–21, 21–11, 21–23
Runner-up
2020
Thailand Masters
Super 300
Kenta Nishimoto
16–21, 21–13, 21–12
Winner
2020 (I)
Thailand Open
Super 1000
Viktor Axelsen
14–21, 14–21
Runner-up
2022
Malaysia Masters
Super 500
Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo
20–22, 15–21
Runner-up
2023
Thailand Masters
Super 300
Lin Chun-yi
17–21, 14–21
Runner-up
2023
German Open
Super 300
Li Shifeng
20–22, 21–18, 21–18
Winner
2024
Thailand Open
Super 500
Lee Zii Jia
11–21, 10–21
Runner-up
BWF Superseries (1 title)
The BWF Superseries, which was launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,[10] was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries levels were Superseries and Superseries Premier . A season of Superseries consisted of twelve tournaments around the world that had been introduced since 2011.[11] Successful players were invited to the Superseries Finals, which were held at the end of each year.
Men's singles
BWF Superseries Finals tournament
BWF Superseries Premier tournament
BWF Superseries tournament
BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 2 runners-up)
The BWF Grand Prix had two levels, the BWF Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold . It was a series of badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF) which was held from 2007 to 2017.
Men’s singles
BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament
BWF Grand Prix tournament
BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)
Men's singles
Year
Tournament
Opponent
Score
Result
2013
Vietnam International
Chan Kwong Beng
11–21, 20–22
Runner-up
2014
China International
Wei Nan
21–16, 21–15
Winner
2014
Osaka International
Riichi Takeshita
21–13, 21–12
Winner
2014
Swiss International
Jonatan Christie
11–9, 11–9, 6–11, 9–11, 10–11
Runner-up
2014
Irish Open
Wang Tzu-wei
21–18, 21–13
Winner
2015
Austrian International
Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin
14–21, 21–18, 21–19
Winner
BWF International Challenge tournament
BWF International Series tournament
References
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