Ng the Tommy gun


Great show: Ng Tze Yong swept aside seventh seed Tommy Sugiarto in the first round of the Indian Open yesterday.

PETALING JAYA: National No. 3 singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong has upstaged Indonesian veteran Tommy Sugiarto to reach the second round of the Indian Open badminton championships.

The Malaysian world No. 60 took 61 minutes to overcome world No. 28 and seventh seed Tommy 21-16, 14-21, 21-5 at the K. D. Jadhav Indoor Hall in New Delhi yesterday.

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