Hong Kong snooker star Ng On-yee continues to struggle, as teammate Ho breaks through at Asia-Pacific event
- Three-time world champion Ng upstaged by teammate Ho at inaugural Asia-Pacific Women’s Snooker Championship
- Ho reaches first semi-final of a ranking tournament and says she believes it proves she can recapture form from early in her career
While Hong Kong snooker star Ng On-yee continues to struggle, teammate Ho Yee-ki finally broke through at this week’s inaugural Asia-Pacific Women’s Snooker Championship in Sydney.
The 36-year-old reached the semi-finals of a ranking tournament for the first time, upstaging Ng, who crashed out of a tournament in the last eight for the second event running.
Ho said her 4-3 defeat at the hands of eventual runner-up Siripaporn Nuanthakhamjan, who also saw off Ng, proved that as long she kept “learning and training” she could match the success she showed early in her career.
“I’ve been waiting for so long to break into the semis, this is definitely an encouragement to me,” she said. “I still have a lot of room to improve, and I hope to be in the top 10 in the near future.”
Ho has previously reached the quarter-final stage of three world ranking events, with her best win coming against former world No 1 Maria Catalano at the 2018 UK Championship, before she lost to fellow Hongkonger Jaique Ip Wan-in in the last eight.
Ng’s defeat came on the back of a surprise loss at the Belgian Women’s Open last month, and while head coach Wayne Griffiths said some players would consider that an achievement, the three-time world champion charge would “be disappointed with recent returns”.
