Wasteful Tze Yong pays the price as Angus gets his revenge


PETALING JAYA: National men’s singles shuttler Ng Tze Yong’s campaign in the Thailand Masters came to an end when he went down 14-21, 20-22 to Hong Kong’s Angus Ng Ka Long in the quarter-finals at the Nimibutr National Stadium in Bangkok.

World No. 29 Tze Yong had opportunities to take the match to a decider as he led 14-10 and had a game point at 20-19 in the second game but could not capitalise on them against world No. 18 Angus.

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