Leung Chi Hin Henry
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Henry Leung was a double bronze medal winner at the recent 2023 Hangzhou Asian Games in both the individual and team events. He first broke into the top 100 in 2019 and has since proven to be a consistent performer and winner on the Challenger Tour. In September 2022, he reached the semi-finals at the Nash Cup in Canada before losing to Curtis Malik after a gruelling battle of five games. He also made it to the second round of a silver level tournament for the first time last year when he did it at the New Zealand Open. Leung’s best result in the second half of the 2022-2023 campaign came at the biggest event of them when he reached the second round of the World Championship in Chicago, making it to the last 32 for the second year in succession. The majority of his early career came on the Malaysian Tour from 2015 to 2018, with Leung securing his first win at the 2018 Beijing Challenge. He claimed a further three titles within his next eight events. Leung then started 2019 in the perfect manner with a win at the Contrex Challenge, before lifting the Atlanta Open as well, the biggest victory of his career to date. Another victory came at the 2020 Auckland Open, in what was his last appearance on Tour prior to the enforced six-month suspension due to Covid-19.
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