Ng Ka Long

Angus Ng Ka Long 伍家朗
Personal information
Birth name	伍家朗
Country	Hong Kong
Born	(1994-06-24) 24 June 1994[1] Hong Kong[1]
Residence	Hong Kong[1]
Height	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness	Right[1]
Highest ranking	6 (23 November 2017[1])
Current ranking	9 (7 June 2018[1])
Medal record Men's badminton Representing  Hong Kong East Asian Games 2013 Tianjin Men's team 2013 Tianjin Men's doubles World Junior Championships 2012 Chiba Boys' doubles 2010 Guadaljara Boys' doubles Asian Junior Championships 2012 Gimcheon Boys' doubles 2008 Kuala Lumpur Mixed team
BWF profile

Angus Ng Ka Long (born 24 June 1994) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. He has a career-high ranking of 6 in men's singles, and has beaten other top 10 players like Lin Dan, Lee Chong Wei, 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.^[1]

Career

At the 2010 BWF World Junior 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 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 China International Challenge, Osaka International Challenge and Irish Open. He was the runner-up at the Canadian Grand Prix and the Swiss International tournaments.

In 2015, Ng won the men's singles at the Austrian Open. He later won his first Grand Prix title at the Bitburger Open. ^[2] 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 the legendary Lee Chong Wei.

In 2016, Ng made history by becoming the first home player to win the men's singles title at the Hong Kong Open, beating India's Sameer Verma in the final.

Achievements

East Asian Games

Men's doubles

Year	Venue	Partner	Opponent	Score	Result
2013	Binhai New Area Dagang Gymnasium, Tianjin, China	Lee Chun Hei	Lee Sheng-mu Tsai Chia-hsin	11–21, 19–21	Bronze

BWF World Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

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

Asian Junior Championships

Boys' doubles

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

BWF World Tour

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,^[3] is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300 (part of the HSBC World Tour), and the BWF Tour Super 100.^[4]

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Level	Opponent	Score	Result
2018	German Open	Super 300	Chou Tien-chen	19–21, 21–18, 18–21	Runner-up

BWF Superseries

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007,^[5] 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,^[6] 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	Sameer Verma	21–14, 10–21, 21–11	Winner

     BWF Superseries Finals tournament

     BWF Superseries Premier tournament

     BWF Superseries tournament

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	Lee Hyun-il	14–21, 21–15, 10–9 Retired	Winner
2015	Bitburger Open	Wong Wing Ki	21–12, 21–13	Winner
2015	Canada Open	Lee Chong Wei	17–21, 13–21	Runner-up
2014	Canada Open	Lee Hyun-il	16–21, 14–21	Runner-up

     BWF Grand Prix Gold tournament

     BWF Grand Prix tournament

BWF International Challenge/Series

Men's singles

Year	Tournament	Opponent	Score	Result
2015	Austrian International	Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin	14–21, 21–18, 21–19	Winner
2014	Irish Open	Wang Tzu-wei	21–18, 21–13	Winner
2014	Swiss International	Jonatan Christie	11–9, 11–9, 6–11, 9–11, 10–11	Runner-up
2014	Osaka International	Riichi Takeshita	21–13, 21–12	Winner
2014	China International	Wei Nan	21–16, 21–15	Winner
2013	Vietnam International	Chan Kwong Beng	11–21, 20–22	Runner-up

     BWF International Challenge tournament

     BWF International Series tournament

References

External links

• NG Ka Long Angus at BWF.tournamentsoftware.com
• Ng Ka Long at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com