Hong Kong Open: Ng, Popov Play Spoilers
Youngsters Ng Tze Yong and Christo Popov sent two seeded shuttlers packing from the VICTOR Hong Kong Open 2023 today.
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Up-and-coming Malaysian Ng claimed the scalp of seventh seed Chou Tien Chen with a 21-15 21-19 victory. It was his second win in three months – both in straight games – over the world No.12 Chinese Taipei shuttler.
“It’s good for my confidence, it assures me I’m on the right track as far as training is concerned,” said the 23-year-old world No.20, who also defeated Chou at the Thailand Open in June. “But I need to continue, I can still improve a lot. I just want to be consistent every single match.”
Ng, who fell to Shesar Hiren Rhustavito in the China Open second round, added: “It’s a great comeback from last week. I played well, the draft is quite big but I could control it. I hope I can do the same in the next match.”