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Ng On-yee has the right stuff, says men's snooker world champion Stuart Bingham

But Englishman says the 24-year-old Hong Kong star needs to play against the top men in order to become among the best

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Hong Kong snooker star Ng On-yee is a picture of concentration against world champion Stuart Bingham last night. Photos: May Tse
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Hong Kong women's star Ng On-yee can be as good as the top men's players - but she needs more match experience, says men's world champion Stuart Bingham.

In one of the few sports that offers a level playing field between men and women such as the World Snooker Championship, 39-year-old Bingham said Ng could one day rival the top men's players if she competed against them on a regularly in competition.

Bingham, who won his maiden world title last month, made these comments after defeating Ng 4-1 in an exhibition match billed the "Clash of the World Champions" held in Ivan Snooker in Mong Kok.

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Watch: Hong Kong's Ng On-yee in a face-off against Stuart Bingham 

Ng became the first Hong Kong player to lift the women's world title in April, and she hopes to emulate England's 10-time world women's champion Reanne Evans, who competed in the qualifying rounds of the men's world championship in Sheffield in April.

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