Macau Badminton Championships | Direct Attack | Ng Ying Lun continues his good form and reaches the top 8 with Lee Cheuk Yao and Ng Ka Long

[Sports Macau Direct Attack]Hong Kong men’s singles players had good results in the Super 300 Macau Badminton Open on Thursday (26th). The 20-year-old rising star Ng Yinglun continued to perform well, defeating his Indonesian opponent in straight games, following the early morning After the Hong Kong Badminton Championships, they reached the top 8 of the World Tour. As for Lee Cheuk Yiu and Ng Ka Long, who were listed as the top two seeds in the tournament, they both came back from defeat after losing a game and advanced to the semi-finals together.

Lee Cheuk-yao (left) assists coach Huang Zonghan (right) in coaching Wu Yinglun.

Wu Yinglun, who made a surprise debut in the top 8 in Hong Kong at the beginning of this month, moved to Haojiang to continue his good form. After defeating the host players in the first match, he now played against Indonesian representative Yohanes Saut Marcellyno, who is one year older. The two sides only played in June. In the top 16 of the Kaohsiung Masters, the Hong Kong player won by 2 games.

Wu Yinglun had a slow start to the game, losing 3 points in a row, falling behind by 7:11 at half-game. After the technical timeout, he was still at a disadvantage, and was once pulled away by his opponent to 16:11. However, Hong Kong fought back hard and chased 5 points in a row to equalize. , and then scored 4:0 at 17:18 in the final period, winning back at 21:18 to take the lead. The high-spirited Wu Yinglun dominated the match in the second game and never fell behind. He finally won another victory at 21:17 and advanced to the top 8. Tomorrow (27th), he will face the Japanese qualifying player Riku Hayashi and strive to break through and reach the 4th place for the first time. powerful.

As for Lee Cheuk-yao, ranked 16th in the world, he faced off against Huang Yuqi, the representative of Chinese Taipei, ranked 91st. Although he was in good form at the beginning and took a 7:3 lead, he made frequent mistakes and was once overtaken by his opponent. After the technical timeout, Lee Cheuk-yao also led 13 :11, but lost 8 points in a row and got into trouble, and finally handed over the first game at 14:21.

Hong Kong’s “No. 1 Brother” made timely adjustments and regained the dominance in the second game. He launched an 11:4 offensive at 0:2, leading 11:6 into a technical timeout. In the second half of the game, the momentum continued to equalize at 21:9. In the decisive game, Lee Cheuk-yao still had the upper hand. After 4:4, Lee Cheuk-yao scored consecutively to establish the advantage at 11:7. After changing sides, Huang Yuqi won 4 points in a row to tie the game. However, Hong Kong will speed up the pressure and control the game again, with the result of 21 : 14 wins, completing the reversal, and after advancing to the third round, he competed with No. 7 seed Zheng Jiaheng of Singapore for the top four seats.

Wu Jialang, ranked 25th in the world, also had a close call. He met Panitchaphon Teeraratsakul, a 19-year-old Thai player ranked 70th. He got into a slow fight at the beginning and suffered a fierce attack from his opponent. He fell behind by 7:12, even after a 5:0 chase. tied, but failed to reverse the disadvantage and lost 14:21 first. After Wu Jialang regained his footing, he regained his touch and played as well as he should. In the end, he won two consecutive games 21:8 and 21:9, winning the game 2:1. He defeated No. 6 seed KIDAMBI Srikanth of India with 8 points.