Badminton News: Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong wasted 7 straight points in the first match of the second round of the Malang Indonesia Masters 2022 tournament with a match against former World Junior Champion, Sun Fei Xiang of China in a 15-21 loss.
However, Malaysia’s world number 32 managed to make it 1-1 winning the second match 21-14.
Even though Sun once closed the gap to 16-17 in the tiebreak, Ng Tze Yong kept his composure, collecting 4 points in a row to end the match with a 21-16 win in the third set.
Featured No. This 1 will then play against his compatriot Shahyar Shaqeem on Thursday (20/10).
Another Malaysian men’s singles player, Cheam June Wei also advanced to the third round by defeating Indonesia’s Ikhsan Leonardo Imanuel Rumbay in back-to-back matches 22-20 and 21-19. Cheam will face Korea’s Jung Min Seon for a spot in the quarter-finals of the Malang Indonesia Masters 2022.
In the bottom half of the men’s singles draw, world No. 101 player Leong Jun Hao also advanced, however, he had a difficult task in the first round of the third round as he had to play against player No. 1. 49 World of Japan, Chief Watanabe in the next round.
In women’s singles, 2019 SEA Games women’s singles gold medalist Kisona Selvaduray defeated Canada’s Rachel Chan 21-3, 21-15 to meet India’s Imad Farooqui Samiya in the third round.
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