Badminton News: 2022 Commonwealth Games silver medalist Ng Tze Yong thinks he can still break into the world top 30 this year, despite missing the Vietnam Open and falling retired from the Danish Super 750 Open next month.
According to Tuesday’s latest world rankings, the 22-year-old men’s national player moved up three places to 36th in the world.
Speaking to the press today after qualifying for the quarter-finals of the Malaysia Games at Axiata Arena, the Johorian said: “I withdrew from the Vietnam Open because I wanted to focus on my training.”
“As I mentioned, my goal this year is to get into the top 30. I’m sure I’ll get good results in the remaining tournaments,” Tze Yong said.
“If I can reach the semi-finals at least in this tournament, I should be able to do it.”
As well as winning silver in Birmingham and inspiring the Malaysian men’s team to the historic Asian Tag Team Championship title in February, Ng Tze Yong’s other impressive achievement was reaching the semis. -finals of the Super 300 India Open in January.
After removing Tze Yong from the reserve list for the Danish Open, BA Malaysia (BAM) has signed him up for two tournaments in Malang, Indonesia next month, namely the Indonesia International Challenge from 11-16 October and the Super 100 Indonesia Masters on October 18. 23.
He will then travel to Europe for the French Open from October 25-30 if he passes the tournament, and the Hylo Open in Germany from November 1-6.
Malaysia Games top seed Ng Tze Yong cruised to a comfortable 21-8, 21-15 second-round win over Perak’s Anson Choong after receiving a first-round bye.
He will then face Chia Jeng Hon of Pahang for a place in the semi-finals.
In the previous edition in Perak four years ago, Tze Yong was eliminated in the second round after losing to gold medalist Tan Jia Wei of Penang.
In women’s singles, Johor’s second seed Myisha Khairul reached the quarter-finals after a 21-18, 21-18 victory over Arena Satu Samin of Sabah.
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