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Ng Tsz Yau
吳芷柔
Personal information
CountryHong Kong
Born (1998-04-24) 24 April 1998 (age 26)
Hong Kong
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
HandednessRight
Women's & mixed doubles
Highest ranking28 (WD with Yuen Sin Ying 6 December 2018)
21 (XD with Lee Chun Hei 24 January 2023)
Current ranking24 (XD with Lee Chun Hei 2 January 2024)
BWF profile

Yoyo Ng Tsz Yau (Chinese: 吳芷柔; 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

Year Venue Partner Opponent Score Result
2014 Nanjing Sport Institute,
Nanjing, China
Malaysia Cheam June Wei Japan Kanta Tsuneyama
Chinese Taipei Lee Chia-hsin
21–14, 23–21 Gold

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

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Hyderabad Open Super 100 Hong Kong Yuen Sin Ying Malaysia Vivian Hoo
Malaysia Yap Cheng Wen
21–18, 16–21, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Taipei Open Super 300 Hong Kong Tsang Hiu Yan Japan Rui Hirokami
Japan Yuna Kato
21–15, 18–21, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Level Partner Opponent Score Result
2019 Lingshui China Masters Super 100 Hong Kong Tang Chun Man China Guo Xinwa
China Liu Xuanxuan
16–21, 21–14, 21–13 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Taipei Open Super 300 Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei Thailand Ruttanapak Oupthong
Thailand Chasinee Korepap
21–8, 21–9 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

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

Women's doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2017 Tata Open India International Hong Kong Yeung Nga Ting Hong Kong Ng Wing Yung
Hong Kong Yuen Sin Ying
23–25, 21–14, 21–19 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2018 Singapore International Hong Kong Yuen Sin Ying Hong Kong Ng Wing Yung
Hong Kong Yeung Nga Ting
21–17, 21–17 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Bahrain International Series Hong Kong Tsang Hiu Yan Hong Kong Yeung Nga Ting
Hong Kong Yeung Pui Lam
13–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2021 Bahrain International Challenge Hong Kong Tsang Hiu Yan Hong Kong Yeung Nga Ting
Hong Kong Yeung Pui Lam
12–21, 18–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
2022 Dutch International Hong Kong Tsang Hiu Yan Hong Kong Yeung Nga Ting
Hong Kong Yeung Pui Lam
22–20, 14–21, 23–21 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner

Mixed doubles

Year Tournament Partner Opponent Score Result
2018 Singapore International Hong Kong Yeung Ming Nok Indonesia Adnan Maulana
Indonesia Masita Mahmudin
19–21, 21–7, 21–18 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2021 Bahrain International Series Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei Hong Kong Law Cheuk Him
Hong Kong Yeung Nga Ting
23–21, 21–12 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Dutch International Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei Denmark Jesper Toft
Denmark Clara Graversen
21–9, 21–14 1st place, gold medalist(s) Winner
2022 Denmark Masters Hong Kong Lee Chun Hei Indonesia Dejan Ferdinansyah
Indonesia Gloria Emanuelle Widjaja
16–21, 19–21 2nd place, silver medalist(s) Runner-up
  BWF International Challenge tournament
  BWF International Series/European Circuit tournament

References

  1. ^ "Players: Ng Tsz Yau". Badminton World Federation. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  2. ^ "體壇新星(下):球場密友" (in Chinese). Government of Hong Kong. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  3. ^ "Good day for Malaysia in Victor Far East Malaysia Masters in Sibu". Badminton Asia. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  4. ^ "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. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  5. ^ "运动员: 吳芷柔". Nanjing 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  6. ^ "Badminton star Ng Tsz-yau went from playing on weekends to playing at Youth Olympics". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 25 December 2017.
  7. ^ "Taipei Open: Ng Tsz Yau in Sight of Double". Badminton World Federation. 23 July 2022. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  8. ^ Chui, Shirley (2022-07-24). "Doubles delight for Yoyo Ng at Taipei Open, as Hong Kong badminton player takes mixed and women's titles". SCMP. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  9. ^ "Taipei Open: Malaysian Duo stun Olympic champions". BWF. 2022-07-24. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  10. ^ Alleyne, Gayle (19 March 2017). "BWF Launches New Events Structure". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  11. ^ Sukumar, Dev (10 January 2018). "Action-Packed Season Ahead!". Badminton World Federation. Archived from the original on 13 January 2018. Retrieved 15 January 2018.