Ooi Seals Semis Spot in Malaysian Tour

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World No.182 Ooi Kah Yan upset the odds in Perlis, Malaysia as she knocked out the number three and five seeds to reach the semi-final of the fifth stage on the 2016 Women’s Malaysian Tour.

Ooi, who was unseeded, is set to face number two seed and fellow Malaysian Sivasangari Subramaniam – who has won all four stages of the 2016 Women’s Malaysian Tour – in the last four after comfortably beating India’s number five seed Sachika Ingale 3-0 in the opening round and compatriot and third seed Teh Min Jie 3-1 in the quarter-final.

Kuala Lumpur-born Rachel Arnold and Vanessa Chu of Hong Kong also go up against each other in the semi-finals after both coasting through the opening rounds without dropping a single game, beating Sadia Gul and Aika Azman, respectively, in the quarter-final stage.

There were also a number of surprises that shook up the men’s tournament, with number two seed Addeen Idrakie crashing out 3-1 to Abhay Singh of India in the opening round, before Singh himself lost out to World Junior Champion Eain Yow Ng in the last eight.

Eain Yow will line up against Pakistan’s Asim Khan for a place in the final after Khan overcame Indian Tsun Hei Yuen and Ravi Dixit en route to the last four.

Number seven seed Tang Ming Hong was pushed all the way in the 1st round by Ahsan Ayaz of Pakistan in a gruelling 75 minute match which he eventually won 3-2.

Elvinn Keo, the title favourite, was also pushed to five against Zeeshan Khan in round one, but survived to set up a quarter-final meeting with Tang, who he put to the sword to seal a semi-final spot against Mohd Syafiq Kamal.

Results – Men’s Malaysian Squash Tour V 2016

_Quarter-finals_
[1] Elvinn Keo (MAS) bt [7] Tang Ming Hong (HKG) 3-0: 11-7, 11-6, 11-8 (40m)
[6] Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS) bt [4] Valentino Bong (MAS) 3-1: 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 11-4 (38m)
[3] Asim Khan (PAK) bt [8] Ravi Dixit (IND) 3-1: 11-9, 5-11, 11-7, 11-1 (39m)
[5] Eain Yow Ng (MAS) bt [Q] Abhay Singh (IND) 3-1: 12-10, 5-11, 11-9, 11-5 (47m)

First Round
[1] Elvinn Keo (MAS) bt Zeeshan Khan (PAK) 3-2: 11-7, 4-11, 7-11, 14-12, 11-3 (52m)
[7] Tang Ming Hong (Hong Kong) bt Ahsan Ayaz (PAK) 3-2: 8-11, 16-14, 11-9, 9-11, 11-7 (75m)
[6] Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS) bt [WC] Marcus Sim Wei Jie (MAS) 3-0: 11-4, 11-2, 13-11 (25m)
[4] Valentino Bong (MAS) bt Sanjay Singh Chal (MAS) 3-1: 11-4, 11-9, 6-11, 11-7 (40m)
[3] Asim Khan (PAK) bt Yuen Tsun Hei (HKG) 3-0: 11-3, 12-10, 11-7 (25m)
[8] Ravi Dixit (IND) bt [Q] Vijay Kumar (IND) 3-1: 10-12, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 (56m)
[5] Eain Yow Ng (MAS) bt [Q] Gurshan Singh (MAS) 3-1: 11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 11-7 (40m)
[Q] Abhay Singh (IND) bt [2] Addeen Idrakie (MAS) 3-1: 12-10, 5-11, 11-6, 11-8 (54m)

Draw: Semi-Final (play starts from 5:30pm local time GMT )
[1] Elvinn Keo (MAS) v [6] Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS)
[5] Eain Yow Ng (MAS) v [3] Asim Khan (PAK)

Results – Women’s Malaysian Squash Tour V 2016

Quarter-finals
[1] Vanessa Chu (HKG) bt [6] Aika Azman (MAS) 3-0: 11-4, 11-5, 11-5 (17m)
[4] Rachel Arnold (MAS) bt [7] Sadia Gul (PAK) 3-0: 11-6, 11-4, 11-5 (19m)
Ooi Kah Yan (MAS) bt [3] Teh Min Jie (MAS) 3-1: 11-9, 11-6, 10-12, 11-3 (25m)
[2] Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) bt [Q] Lai Wen Li (MAS) 3-0: 11-6, 11-8, 11-4 (28m)

First Round
[1] Vanessa Chu (HKG) bt Noor Shadira (MAS) 3-0: 11-2, 11-3, 11-5 (20m)
[6] Aika Azman (MAS) bt Farah Momen (EGY) 3-1: 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 11-9 (38m)
[7] Sadia Gul (PAK) bt [Q] Tiffany Hau (USA) 3-0: 11-4, 11-5, 11-2 (25m)
[4] Rachel Arnold (MAS) bt Zoe Foo Yuk Han (MAS) 3-0: 11-4, 11-2, 11-4 (16m)
[3] Teh Min Jie (MAS) bt [Q] Jemyca Aribado (PHI) 3-0: 11-8, 11-7, 11-5 (20m)
Ooi Kah Yan (MAS) bt [5] Sachika Ingale (IND) 3-0: 11-3, 11-7, 12-10 (21m)
[Q] Lai Wen Li (MAS) bt [8] Chan Yiwen (MAS) 3-0: 14-12, 11-9, 11-9 (32m)
[2] Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) bt [Q] Teh Min Ern (MAS) 3-1: 13-11, 11-5, 4-11, 11-5 (29m)

Draw: Semi-Final (play starts from 3:30pm local time GMT )
[1] Vanessa Chu (HKG) v [4] Rachel Arnold (MAS)
[2] Sivasangari Subramaniam (MAS) v Ooi Kah Yan (MAS)

By Sam Allsop