Ng Tze Yong ( zh, 黄智勇, p=; born on 16 May 2000) is a Malaysian

badminton Badminton is a racquet sport played using racquets to hit a shuttlecock across a net. Although it may be played with larger teams, the most common forms of the game are "singles" (with one player per side) and "doubles" (with two players pe ...

player. Ng won a bronze medal in the 2021 Sudirman Cup. He also helped his team to win gold at the

Badminton Asia Team Championships The Badminton Asia Championships (formerly Asian Badminton Championships until 2006) is a tournament organized by governing body Badminton Asia to crown the best badminton players in Asia. The tournament started in 1962 and is held annually sinc ...

and

2022 Commonwealth Games The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England bet ...

Early life and background

Ng was born in

Johor Bahru Johor Bahru (), colloquially referred to as JB, is the capital city of the state of Johor, Malaysia. It is located at the southern end of Peninsular Malaysia,along the north bank of the Straits of Johor, opposite of the city-state Singapore. T ...

to Angela Tan and badminton coach, Wilson Ng Soon Tuan. He is the eldest of three siblings. He started to take interest in badminton at the age of four after watching a local badminton match.

Career

Ng won a bronze medal in the 2017 Asian Junior Championships boys' doubles event with Chia Wei Jie. Ng was among the players that won a silver at the 2017 BWF World Junior Championships mixed team and in the

2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships The 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships (also known as the 2020 Smart Badminton Asia Manila Team Championship due to sponsorship reasons) was staged at the Rizal Memorial Coliseum in Manila, Philippines, from 11 to 16 February 2020. This champ ...

men's team. He won four grade 3 international challenge titles through the Polish Open,

South Australia International The South Australia International in badminton, is an international open held in Adelaide, Australia. The tournament sanctioned by the Badminton World Federation and part of the Badminton Oceania Badminton Oceania (BO) is the governing body of ba ...

Belgian International The Belgian International is an international badminton open tournament, held since 1958 but in irregular periods. Since 2005, Yonex has become title sponsor of the event, which also become an International Challenge tournament within the Badminto ...

and Scottish Open. Ng also competed in the 2020 Thomas Cup. In 2022, Ng competed in the

India Open The India Open is an annual badminton event which has been held in India since 2008 and is a BWF World Tour Super 750 international badminton tournament. Its first three editions were designated as Grand Prix Gold events. In 2011, it was upgr ...

and lost in the semifinals to

Lakshya Sen Lakshya Sen (born 16 August 2001) is an Indian badminton player. Sen is a former world junior no. 1. He has won gold medals at the 2018 Asian Junior Championships in the boys' singles and at the Summer Youth Olympics in the mixed team event. H ...

in three games. He later competed in the

and delivered the point that won the Malaysian team gold when he defeated

Ikhsan Rumbay Ikhsan Leonardo Imanuel Rumbay (born 15 January 2000) is an Indonesian badminton player, who also plays for the PB Djarum club in national events. He also attended Special Sports School Ragunan. Career Rumbay started his senior tournament at t ...

of Indonesia. Ng was chosen to represent the national team in the

in Birmingham, replacing

Lee Zii Jia Lee Zii Jia (, born 29 March 1998) is a Malaysian badminton player. He was the men's singles gold medalist at the 2019 Southeast Asian Games and won his first BWF Super 1000 title at the 2021 All England Open. Lee is the reigning men's singles ...

who opted to skip the games. He beat

Srikanth Kidambi Srikanth Kidambi (born 7 February 1993) is an Indian badminton player. A former world no. 1, Kidambi was awarded the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian award, in 2018. and the Arjuna award in 2015. In 2021, he became the first Indian t ...

to score a crucial point for Malaysia which eventually lead to Malaysia winning gold at the mixed team event.

Achievements

Commonwealth Games

''Men's singles''

Asian Junior Championships

''Boys' doubles''

BWF International Challenge/Series (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

''Men's singles'' :

BWF International Challenge The BWF International Challenge is a grade 3 and level 1 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Series (level 2) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF International Series The BWF International Series is a grade 3 and level 2 tournament part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and Future Series (level 3), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament :

BWF Future Series The BWF Future Series is a grade 3 and level 3 tournaments part of Continental Circuit of BWF tournaments along with International Challenge (level 1) and International Series (level 2), sanctioned by Badminton World Federation (BWF) since 2007. ...

tournament

Record against selected opponents

Record against year-end Finals finalists, World Championships semi-finalists, and Olympic quarter-finalists. Accurate as of 7 September 2022.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ng, Tze Yong 2000 births Living people People from Johor Malaysian male badminton players Malaysian sportspeople of Chinese descent Badminton players at the 2022 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Malaysia Commonwealth Games medallists in badminton 21st-century Malaysian people Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games