[Sports Road News]The Malaysian Badminton Masters will be staged on Sunday (10th) for the championship. Hong Kong Badminton’s “first brother” Ng Ka-lang has entered the World Tour final following the Thailand Open in January last year, facing the world ranking competition. Indonesian player Chico Aura Dwi Wardoyo, who is 32 places lower than himself. In the end, following 45 minutes of fighting, Ng Ka Long lost in straight sets and finished runner-up. Although he failed to break the 2.5-year championship drought, he still wrote the best record in 1.5 years.
World No. 13 Ng Ka Long, under the guidance of the new Malaysian coach Huang Ta Ming, showed a good performance in this Malaysia Masters. As the No. 8 seed, he took on the armor, following the reversal of Chinese Taipei star Zhou Tiancheng in the top 8. , yesterday also defeated the Indian player Prannoy HS following losing a set first. After the Super 1000 Thailand Open in January last year, he entered the final once more, seeking to win the championship once more following the Super 300 Thailand Badminton Championship in January 2020.
Ng Ka-lang, whose confidence was hit hard at the Tokyo Olympics last year, said frankly that returning to the finals made him feel relieved. Today, he is competing with Indonesian player Dihuadu, who is ranked 45th and will participate in the main competition as a replacement. The two sides have played twice in the past. In the games, including the top 32 of the 2018 Macau Open and the top 32 of the 2021 Indonesia Masters, Ng Ka Long won in straight sets.
The two met for the first time on the final stage. In the first game, Ng Ka Long won 2 points in a row, but was suppressed by the opponent’s attack and lost points one following another, and fell behind at most by 5 points (4:9). Ng Ka Long strengthened his defense and chased 4 points in a row. The score narrowed to 8:9, but it still entered the technical timeout at 8:11. After the short break, Ng Ka-lang launched a pursuit attack. When he was forced to 12:13, he played another wave of 5:2 and overtook 17:15. Unfortunately, he failed to pursue the victory and was pressed by Dihuadu. “Falled at 20:22.
In the second game, Ng Ka Long was 0:3 behind when he came up. Fortunately, he regained the lost ground immediately. After that, the two sides began to see and tug at the score, and the score was tied 7 times. The score was widened by 5 points (10:15), and then fell further behind to 12:20. Although he saved 3 winning points, he ended up being the runner-up with 15:21. good record.
This article is by “Sportsroad“Originally published in “[Malaysian Badminton Championships]Ng Ka Long, who is the runner-up following losing to Indonesia, still has the best record in a year and a half」
