KUALA LUMPUR – National men’s singles shuttler, Ng Tze Yong is through to the third round of the individual event at the Hangzhou Asian Games after defeating Singapore’s former world champion Loh Kean Yew.
The world number 19 took 45 minutes to defeat his opponent with a score of 21-12, 21-14.
For Tze Yong, this is his third time defeating the Penang-born Kean Yew, after doing so in last year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and in the second round of the 2023 Japan Open.
Tze Yong will be playing against Thailand’s world number 36-ranked Kantaphon Wangcharoen in the third round for a place in the quarterfinals.
Meanwhile, Malaysian women’s doubles duo Pearly Tan and M. Thinaah marched into round two after defeating Singapore’s Jin Yujia and Crystal Wong.
The world number nine pair, who’s also making their first appearance in the Asian Games, faced limited resistance from the Singaporean pair as they easily cruised past them 21-12, 21-16 in a match which lasted just 36 minutes.
The 2023 Hong Kong Open runners-up will face Thailand’s world number 10 pair, Jongkolphan Kititharakul and Rawinda Prajongjai, in the next round.
Earlier, Go Pei Kee and Valeree Siow were unable to replicate the success of their counterparts, as they face an early exit after losing to Japan’s Nami Matsuyama and Chiharu Shida in the women’s doubles category.
The world number 91 ranked Malaysian pair lost in straight sets with a score of 21-9, 21-13 in a match that lasted for 35 minutes. – October 3, 2023