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Ng Ka Long

Angus Ng Ka Long
伍家朗
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Personal information
Birth name 伍家朗
Country  Hong Kong
Born (1994-06-24) June 24, 1994 (age 22)
Hong Kong
Residence Hong Kong
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight 70 kg (154 lb)
Handedness Right
Highest ranking 9 (2 December, 2016)
Current ranking 10 (30 March, 2017)
BWF profile
Ng Ka Long
Traditional Chinese 伍家朗
Simplified Chinese 伍家朗

Angus Ng Ka Long (born June 24, 1994) is a badminton player from Hong Kong. He has a career-high ranking of 9 in Men's Singles, and has beaten other top 10 players like Lin Dan, Chen Long, Chou Tien Chen, Jan O Jorgensen, and Son Wan Ho.

Ng trained at the Hong Kong Sports Institute. According to him, his father is the main influence to his career.

At the 2010 World Junior Badminton 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 Badminton 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 men's singles at the China International Challenge badminton men's singles, Osaka International Challenge and Irish Open. He was the runner up at the Canadian Grand Prix and the Swiss international tournament.

In 2015, Ng won the men's singles at the Austria Open. He later won his first Grand Prix title at the Bitburger Open. 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 Lee Chong Wei.

In 2016, Ng made history by becoming the first Hong Konger to win the men's singles title at home at the Hong Kong Superseries.

Boys' Doubles

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, 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, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.


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