Ng Tsz Yau Explained

Ng Tsz Yau
吳芷柔
Country:Hong Kong
Birth Date:1998 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Hong Kong
Height:1.62 m
Handedness:Right
Event:Women's & mixed doubles
Highest Ranking:28 (WD with Yuen Sin Ying 6 December 2018)
21 (XD with Lee Chun Hei 24 January 2023)
Current Ranking:24
Date Of Current Ranking:XD with Lee Chun Hei 2 January 2024
Bwf Id:F62AA515-EF03-4400-B431-031E9B1FA3C3

Yoyo Ng Tsz Yau (; born 24 April 1998) is a Hong Kong badminton player.[1] She started playing badminton at aged 5, and in 2013, she competed in the women's doubles event with Yeung Nga Ting.[2] In 2017, she reached the mixed doubles semi final round at the Malaysia Masters,[3] and in November 2017, she and Yeung won the senior tournament at the Tata Open India International tournament.[4]

Career

Ng competes in both women's and mixed doubles and has won tournaments with several different partners. In 2014, she competed at the Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[5] She won the mixed doubles gold medal together with partner Cheam June Wei.[6]

She won the 2018 Hyderabad Open title with Yuen Sin Ying after beating Vivian Hoo and Yap Cheng Wen of Malaysia. She also partnered with Tang Chun Man for a brief period and won the 2019 Lingshui China Masters.

In 2022, she participated in the Taipei Open and reached the finals in both women's and mixed doubles. She won both finals, being partnered with Lee Chun Hei in mixed doubles and Tsang Hiu Yan in women's doubles.[7] [8] [9]

Achievements

Youth Olympic Games

Mixed doubles

BWF World Tour (4 titles)

The BWF World Tour, which was announced on 19 March 2017 and implemented in 2018,[10] is a series of elite badminton tournaments sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation (BWF). The BWF World Tour is divided into levels of World Tour Finals, Super 1000, Super 750, Super 500, Super 300, and the BWF Tour Super 100.[11]

Women's doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Hyderabad OpenSuper 100 Yuen Sin Ying Vivian Hoo
Yap Cheng Wen
21–18, 16–21, 21–14 Winner
2022Taipei OpenSuper 300 Tsang Hiu Yan Rui Hirokami
Yuna Kato
21–15, 18–21, 21–19 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentLevelPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2019Lingshui China MastersSuper 100 Tang Chun Man Guo Xinwa
Liu Xuanxuan
16–21, 21–14, 21–13 Winner
2022Taipei OpenSuper 300 Lee Chun Hei Ruttanapak Oupthong
Chasinee Korepap
21–8, 21–9 Winner

BWF International Challenge/Series (6 titles, 3 runners-up)

Women's doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2017Tata Open India International Yeung Nga Ting Ng Wing Yung
Yuen Sin Ying
23–25, 21–14, 21–19 Winner
2018Singapore International Yuen Sin Ying Ng Wing Yung
Yeung Nga Ting
21–17, 21–17 Winner
2021Bahrain International Series Tsang Hiu Yan Yeung Nga Ting
Yeung Pui Lam
13–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2021Bahrain International Challenge Tsang Hiu Yan Yeung Nga Ting
Yeung Pui Lam
12–21, 18–21 Runner-up
2022Dutch International Tsang Hiu Yan Yeung Nga Ting
Yeung Pui Lam
22–20, 14–21, 23–21 Winner

Mixed doubles

YearTournamentPartnerOpponentScoreResult
2018Singapore International Yeung Ming Nok Adnan Maulana
Masita Mahmudin
19–21, 21–7, 21–18 Winner
2021Bahrain International Series Lee Chun Hei Law Cheuk Him
Yeung Nga Ting
23–21, 21–12 Winner
2022Dutch International Lee Chun Hei Jesper Toft
Clara Graversen
21–9, 21–14 Winner
2022Denmark Masters Lee Chun Hei Dejan Ferdinansyah
Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
16–21, 19–21 Runner-up

BWF International Challenge tournament

BWF International Series/European Circuit tournament

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Players: Ng Tsz Yau . Badminton World Federation. 25 December 2017.
  2. Web site: 體壇新星(下):球場密友. Government of Hong Kong. 25 December 2017. zh.
  3. Web site: Good day for Malaysia in Victor Far East Malaysia Masters in Sibu . Badminton Asia. 25 December 2017.
  4. Web site: Sitthikom Thammasin and Gadde Ruthvika Shivani win the Men's and Women's Singles title at the 10th edition of Tata Open India International Challenge 2017 . Tata. 25 December 2017.
  5. Web site: 运动员: 吳芷柔 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140826120535/http://athlete.nanjing2014.org/html/31219_c.html . 26 August 2014 . 25 December 2017 . Nanjing 2014.
  6. News: Badminton star Ng Tsz-yau went from playing on weekends to playing at Youth Olympics . . 25 December 2017.
  7. Web site: Taipei Open: Ng Tsz Yau in Sight of Double . Badminton World Federation . 23 July 2022 . 3 August 2022 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220803182828/https://bwfworldtour.bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2022/07/23/taipei-open-ng-tsz-yau-in-sight-of-double . 3 August 2022.
  8. Web site: Chui . Shirley . 2022-07-24 . Doubles delight for Yoyo Ng at Taipei Open, as Hong Kong badminton player takes mixed and women’s titles . 2023-04-02 . SCMP.
  9. Web site: 2022-07-24 . Taipei Open: Malaysian Duo stun Olympic champions . 2023-04-02 . BWF.
  10. Web site: Alleyne . Gayle . BWF Launches New Events Structure . . 19 March 2017 . 29 November 2017 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201164159/http://bwfbadminton.com/news-single/2017/03/19/bwf-launches-new-event-structure/ . 1 December 2017.
  11. Web site: Sukumar . Dev . Action-Packed Season Ahead! . Badminton World Federation . 10 January 2018 . 15 January 2018 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20180113162925/http://bwfworldtour.com/news-single/2018/01/10/action-packed-season-ahead/ . 13 January 2018.