KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — Upcoming national singles ace shuttler Ng Tze Yong has the capability to pull off an upset or two at the 2023 World Badminton Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark, if he can sustain his performance right from the first round.
National singles head coach Hendrawan feels the player, ranked 22nd in the BWF world ranking, has his own character and skills to challenge other players in the competition.
“He has standards, therefore, if he can continue to produce his best, anything is possible in the championships. In the first round, he is drawn against Zhao Jun Peng from China and probably face Denmark’s Anders Antonsen if he advances to the second round, as he has not played against both players before.
“As such, I want him to focus on one game at a time,” he said in an audio recording shared by the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) to the media earlier today.
This will be Ng’s second appearance in the World Badminton Championships after losing to Thailand’s Sitthikom Thammasin 9 – 21, 21 – 10, 16 – 21 in the second round of the previous edition held in Tokyo, Japan.
The 2023 World Badminton Championships is scheduled from August 21 to August 27, at the Royal Arena in Denmark.
— Bernama
