Wednesday, 01 Jun 2022
Malaysia’s Ng Tze Yong hits a return against China’s Weng Hongyang during their men’s singles quarter-final match at the Korea Open Badminton Championships in Suncheon on April 8, 2022. (Photo by Jung Yeon-je / AFP)
PETALING JAYA: Ng Tze Yong (pic) is looking forward to make his Malaysian Masters debut which is set to take place from July 5-10.
The 22-year-old is currently focusing on improving his strength and fitness as he wants to make an impression in his first big tournament at home.
“I’m very excited as I had never played in such a big tournament at home. This will be my first experience playing in front of a huge home crowd and I’m really looking forward to it,” said Tze Yong.
The youngster acknowledged that the pressure on him will be higher this time.
“The fans will expect to see me and my teammates to do well. So we must handle the pressure and give our all,” said Tze Yong.
Tze Yong will give the Indonesian Masters (June 7-12) a miss after a hectic schedule which permits little time for training.
Currently ranked 48th in the world, he wants to work on his weaknesses as he looks to challenge the world’s top players and move up the ranking.
“I want to break into the top 30 by this year.”
Tze Yong has found the step up from International Challenge tournaments to World Tour level to be quite challenging.
His best result thus far in the World Tour was reaching the semi-finals of the Indian Open in January.
And he knows that to be the best, one needs to learn from the best, and he has been getting guidance from world No. 5 Lee Zii Jia.
Although Zii Jia had left the Badminton Association of Malaysia (BAM) to become an independent, he still keeps in touch with Tze Yong.
“He has been giving me advice and I hope to learn from him,” said Tze Yong.
Tze Yong and Zii Jia could end up on opposite sides of the court in the Masters depending on the draw.
With Zii Jia’s departure, Tze Yong is now the top-ranked singles shuttler in BAM.
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