Angus Ng
Badminton player

Angus Ng

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Ng Ka Long, Angus
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24 June 1994
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Introduction

Angus Ng Ka Long (born June 24, 1994) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. He has a career-high ranking of 9 in Men's Singles, and has beaten other top 10 players like Lin Dan, Chen Long, Chou Tien Chen, Jan O Jorgensen, and Son Wan Ho.

Early life and education

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

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. 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

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Chiba Port Arena, Chiba, Japan Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei Japan Takuto Inoue
Japan Yuki Kaneko
21-16, 21-17 Gold Gold
2010 Domo del Code Jalisco, Guadalajara, Mexico Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei Malaysia Nelson Heg Wei Keat
Malaysia Teo Ee Yi
21-17, 15-21, 11-21 Bronze Bronze

Asia Junior Championships

Boys' Doubles

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2012 Gimcheon Indoor Stadium, Gimcheon, South Korea Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei Indonesia Arya Maulana Aldiartama
Indonesia Edi Subaktiar
21–15, 24–26, 15–21 Bronze Bronze

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). BWF Superseries has two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries features twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2016 Hong Kong Open India Sameer Verma 21-14, 10-21, 21-11 01 !1st, gold medalist(s) Winner

BWF Grand Prix

The BWF Grand Prix has two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007.

Men’s Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2017 Malaysia Masters South Korea Lee Hyun-il 14-21, 21-15, 10-9 Retired 01 !1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Bitburger Open Hong Kong Wong Wing Ki 21-12, 21-13 01 !1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2015 Canada Open Malaysia Lee Chong Wei 17-21, 13-21 02 !2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Canada Open South Korea Lee Hyun-il 16-21, 14-21 02 !2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's Singles

Year Tournament Opponent Score Result
2015 Austrian International Malaysia Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin 14-21, 21-18, 21-19 01 !1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Irish Open Chinese Taipei Wang Tzu-wei 21-18, 21-13 01 !1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 Swiss International Indonesia Jonatan Christie 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 9-11, 10-11 02 !2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2014 Osaka International Japan Riichi Takeshita 21-13, 21-12 01 !1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2014 China International Hong Kong Wei Nan 21-16, 21-15 01 !1st, gold medalist(s) Winner
2013 Hanoi International Malaysia Chan Kwong Beng 11-21, 20-22 02 !2nd, silver medalist(s) Runner-up