[Sports Macau Direct Attack]BWF Super 300 Macau Badminton Open held the top 8 event on Friday (27th). The 20-year-old Hong Kong men’s singles star Ng Yinglun was unstoppable. After 3 fierce games and 69 minutes, he defeated the Japanese qualifiers 2:1. Player Qin Yelu reached the top 4 of the Super Series for the first time and achieved the best record of his career. Tomorrow he will compete with Singaporean player Cheng Jiahang, who upset Lee Cheuk Yew, for a seat in the final. Hong Kong team’s “big brother” Ng Ka-lang also successfully passed the test and advanced to the semi-finals. The two Hong Kong team players may be expected to meet in the final. As for the leading mixed doubles pair “Deng Xie Pair” Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet who competed in recent games, they were eliminated.
Wu Yinglun
Wu Yinglun earlier created a surprise in the Hong Kong Badminton Championships. Although he lost 1:2 to the Indonesian star Ginting in the 8-strong battle, his super level performance left a deep impression. The young player, ranked 49th in the world, came to the Macau Badminton Championships in better condition. He defeated the host players and Indonesian representatives one after another to reach the top 8. Now he met Qin Yelu, who was promoted through the qualifying rounds and ranked 65th. The two sides had played in 2023 In the top 64 of the Thailand International Challenge, Wu Yinglun surrendered in 2 games.
The two were in a close fight today. Wu Yinglun started slowly and fell behind. He entered a technical timeout at 6:11 of the half-game. After adjusting, he regained his form and caught up point by point. He evened at 14:14 at 8:4, and then tied at 16:14. :16, but Wu Yinglun, who regained control of the rhythm, won 5 points in a row with a fierce offensive, and took the lead with 21:16. Hong Kong’s performance dropped slightly in the second game, but Qin Yelu took the opportunity to regain the victory at 21:15. In the decisive game, Wu Yinglun once again dominated the competition. He opened the score with a quick attack at the beginning and established an advantage at 10:4. He continued to have the upper hand and finally secured a 2:1 victory at 21:15, reaching the BWF Super League for the first time in his career. In the top four of the series, Ming competed with Singaporean player Cheng Ka-hang, who defeated Hong Kong’s “big brother” Lee Cheuk Yiu, for a spot in the final.
Hong Kong coach Wong Chung-han
Zheng Jiaheng
Zheng Jiaheng
Li Zhuoyao
Li Zhuoyao
Lee Cheuk-yao, ranked 16th in the world, is the No. 1 seed in this tournament and faces the 44th-ranked Zheng Jiaheng. Although the former has a record of 2 wins and 0 losses, he was restrained by his opponent at the beginning of the game. He chased from 3:13 to 18 in the first game. :19, but unfortunately still lost 18:21. The second game also fell into a hard battle, falling behind throughout the whole process and losing 16:21, missing the top four.
As for No. 2 seed Ng Ka Long, he beat the Indian star KIDAMBI Srikanth, ranked 38th. The two had faced each other evenly in the previous eight times, and their strength was evenly matched. However, the Hong Kong player was in better condition today and got a good start of 5:0. In the middle, his opponent bit him. The score was tight, but after 5 draws, they won the first victory at 21:16. In the second game, they pursued bravely and dominated the game to win 21:12. They advanced to the semi-finals and faced Alwi FARHAN of Indonesia.
Ng Ka Long
In Mixed Doubles, top seeds Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet, ranked 8th in the world, faced off against the Malaysian pair Koh Pang Wing/Chong Shu Yun. The latter eliminated another Hong Kong team partner Lui Chun Wei/Fu Zhien yesterday. Although the two are currently ranked 29th, they are still ranked 29th. He has good strength, and this battle caused “Deng Xie Pei”, who has been exhausted physically and mentally from frequent battles recently, to suffer a lot.
Tang Chun Man/Tse Ying Suet initially led 4:1, 5:2 after quickly entering the game, but their Malaysian opponents gradually regained their lost ground after gaining a firm footing. Hong Kong made consecutive mistakes and lost 6 points after 9:8. The situation was reversed, and they fell behind to 10 at one point. :19. Although “Deng Xie Pei” fought back hard to catch up to 18:20, he still surrendered the first game at 18:21. The two did not improve in the early part of the second game, and were pulled away by Xu Bangrong/Zhong Shuyun until 11:5 and entered a technical timeout. In the second half of the game, Hong Kong gradually regained its touch and chased to 12:13. Unfortunately, it failed to maintain the momentum. In the end, they lost another game 18:21 and were disqualified from the top eight.
Picture: Xu Fei
This article is written by “Sportsroad“Originally published in”Macau Badminton Championships Direct Attack｜Ng Ying Lun reached the semi-finals for the first time and avenged Lee Cheuk Yao, Ng Ka Long advanced with the same “Deng Xie Pei” dismounted」