Yow Ng Claims First World Tour Title At German Open

Malaysia’s Eain Yow Ng claimed his first World Tour title in an exciting final against Switzerland’s Dimitri Steinmann in the 2024 German Open.

The Malaysian seemed unstoppable as he dominated the rallies from the first serve and accrued a decisive 9-4 lead. Steinmann grew into the match at the final phase of the first game, and picked up a series of late points to take the game to a tie-break from four game balls down.

A stroke in favour of the Malaysian gave the No.4 seed a fifth chance to take a 1-0 lead, and took the game after the Swiss player struck the tin.

The second game played out in a similar vein to the end of the first, with close rallies that both were taking points from, but the Malaysian kept just ahead as he pushed to 10-8 and doubled his advantage after a Steinmann conceded a stroke on Yow Ng’s first game ball.

Game three was an equally close affair as the German-speaking crowd favourite was pushed on by the cheering Hamburg crowd. The ‘Jet’ covered well in the front of the court and continued to test Yow Ng to earn two game balls. The game went to a tie-break after Steinmann struck the tin, but the Swiss player kept composed and won the third game with a backhand drop into the nick.

The fourth game was a far less close-fought affair. Steinmann looked physically fatigued as Yow Ng continued to rely on attritional rallies that the No.6 seed couldn’t keep up with.

The Malaysian dominated the game and won 11-3 to win the match in four games and claim the first World Tour title of his career.

“It was a big relief to get through today,” said Yow Ng after the match. “I think I played amazing all week so I was happy to pull through it.

“The final’s always different. There’s always some added pressure, there were different people messaging all day about my win yesterday so for me I knew today was going to be tough, especially against Dimi [Steinmann].

“He was just firing it in from everywhere and he wasn’t missing much, so I had to dig deep – keep running, keep getting all the balls back and sticking to my game plan and I think I did that.

“Just happy to get the title this week.”

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Result: German Open 2024 – Presented by Sportwerk Final
[3] Georgina Kennedy (ENG) bt [1] Nele Gilis (BEL) 3-1: 11-9, 11-6, 7-11, 14-12 (68m)
[4] Eain Yow Ng (MAS) bt [6] Dimitri Steinmann (SUI) 3-1: 12-10, 11-8, 10-12, 11-3 (66m)