Angus Ng

伍家朗
Angus Ng Ka Long
Personal information
Birth name 伍家朗
Country  Hong Kong
Born (1994-06-24) June 24, 1994[1]
Hong Kong[1]
Residence Hong Kong[1]
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Handedness Right[1]
Highest ranking 9 (2 December 2016[1])
Current ranking 9 (2 December 2016[1])
BWF profile
Ng Ka Long
Traditional Chinese 伍家朗
Simplified Chinese 伍家朗

Angus Ng Ka Long (born June 24, 1994) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. As of 21 January 2016, he was ranked 18 in men's singles.

Early life and education

Ng trained at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. According to him, his father is the main influence to his career.[1]

Career

At the 2010 World Junior Badminton Championships, Guadalajara he won a bronze medal in the men's doubles. He won gold in the men's doubles in 2012 in Chiba Prefecture. He won bronze in the 2012 Asian Junior Badminton Championships 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 singles and bronze in the men's doubles.

In 2014, Ng won the men's singles at the China International Challenge badminton men's singles, Osaka International Challenge and Irish Open. He was the runner up at the Canadian Grand Prix and the Swiss international tournament.

In 2015, Ng won the men's singles at the Austria Open. He later won his first Grand Prix title at the Bitburger Open.[2] 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 Lee Chong Wei.

In 2016, Ng made history by becoming the first Hong Konger to win the men's singles title at home at the Hong Kong Superseries.

Achievements

Men's singles

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score Result
2016Hong Kong OpenIndia Sameer Verma21-14, 10-21, 21-11Winner
2015Bitburger OpenHong Kong Wong Wing Ki21-12, 21-13Winner
2015Canada Open Grand PrixMalaysia Lee Chong Wei17-21, 13-21Runner-up
2015Austrian InternationalMalaysia Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin14-21, 21-18, 21-19Winner
2014Swiss InternationalIndonesia Jonatan Christie9-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 11-10Runner-up
2014Canada Open Grand PrixSouth Korea Lee Hyun-il16-21, 14-21Runner-up
2014Osaka InternationalJapan Riichi Takeshita21-13, 21-12Winner
2014China International ChallengeHong Kong Wei Nan21-16, 21-15Winner

Notes

     Super Series
     Grand Prix Gold
     Grand Prix
     International Challenge

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NG Ka Long Angus Player Profile". bwf.tournamentsoftware.com. Retrieved 26 January 2016.
  2. Vandervorst, Elm. "BITBURGER OPEN Finals – Ka Long way to go". badzine.net. Retrieved 30 January 2016.
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