Ng Ka Long


Angus Ng Ka Long 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 Ø. Jørgensen, 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.

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. 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
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2013Binhai 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
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Chiba Port Arena,
Chiba, Japan		 Lee Chun Hei Takuto Inoue
Yuki Kaneko		21–16, 21–17 Gold
2010Domo 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
YearVenuePartnerOpponentScoreResult
2012Gimcheon Indoor Stadium,
Gimcheon, South Korea		 Lee Chun Hei Arya Maulana Aldiartama
Edi Subaktiar		21–15, 24–26, 15–21 Bronze

BWF World Tour (1 title, 3 runners-up)

The BWF World Tour, announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018, is a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. The BWF World Tour are divided into six levels, namely World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.
Men's singles
YearTournamentLevelOpponentScoreResult
2020Thailand MastersSuper 300 Kenta Nishimoto16–21, 21–13, 21–12 Winner
2019Thailand OpenSuper 500 Chou Tien-chen14–21, 21–11, 21–23 Runner-up
2019New Zealand OpenSuper 300 Jonatan Christie12–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2018German OpenSuper 300 Chou Tien-chen19–21, 21–18, 18–21 Runner-up

BWF Superseries (1 title)

The BWF Superseries, launched on 14 December 2006 and implemented in 2007, was a series of elite badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation. BWF Superseries had two level such as Superseries and Superseries Premier. A season of Superseries featured twelve tournaments around the world, which introduced since 2011, with successful players invited to the Superseries Finals held at the year end.
Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2016Hong Kong Open Sameer Verma21–14, 10–21, 21–11 Winner

BWF Grand Prix (2 titles, 2 runners-up)

The BWF Grand Prix had two level such as Grand Prix and Grand Prix Gold. It is a series of badminton tournaments, sanctioned by Badminton World Federation since 2007.
Men’s singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2017Malaysia Masters Lee Hyun-il14–21, 21–15, 10–9 Winner
2015Bitburger Open Wong Wing Ki21–12, 21–13 Winner
2015Canada Open Lee Chong Wei17–21, 13–21 Runner-up
2014Canada Open Lee Hyun-il16–21, 14–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge/Series (4 titles, 2 runners-up)

Men's singles
YearTournamentOpponentScoreResult
2015Austrian International Iskandar Zulkarnain Zainuddin14–21, 21–18, 21–19 Winner
2014Irish Open Wang Tzu-wei21–18, 21–13 Winner
2014Swiss International Jonatan Christie11–9, 11–9, 6–11, 9–11, 10–11 Runner-up
2014Osaka International Riichi Takeshita21–13, 21–12 Winner
2014China International Wei Nan21–16, 21–15 Winner
2013Vietnam International Chan Kwong Beng11–21, 20–22 Runner-up