Malaysian Ivan Yuen picked up his second PSA World Tour title in his home town in less than a month when he beat Hong Kong’s Tsz Fung Yip in the final of the NSC SRAM Series No.2 at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in Kuala Lumpur.
The top seed reached the climax of the PSA Challenger 5 event after seeing off third-seeded Jordanian Ahmad Al-Saraj in the semi-finals in four games.
Unseeded Tsz Fung Yip made his breakthrough in the second round when he removed Elvinn Keo, the No.4 seed from Malaysia.
The 20-year-old, ranked 170 in the world, went on to topple India’s No.8 seed Ravi Dixit in the semi-finals to reach the first Tour final of his career.
But Yuen, the World No.66 marking his seventh final appearance, was too strong for his Hong Kong opponent – winning 11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6 in 33 minutes to record the fourth Tour title triumph of his career.
Final:
[1] Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) 11-8, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6 (33m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt [3] Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) 11-4, 6-11, 11-9, 11-9 (66m)
Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) bt [8] Ravi Dixit (IND) 11-2, 11-8, 12-10 (32m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt [6] James Huang (TPE) 11-13, 11-8, 11-7, 11-4 (52m)
[3] Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) bt Valentino Bon Jovi Bong (MAS) 11-8, 11-8, 11-9 (30m)
Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) bt Sanjay Singh (MAS) 11-9, 11-8, 6-11, 11-5 (41m)
[8] Ravi Dixit (IND) bt Sunil Seth (GUY) 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 11-7 (41m)
2nd round:
[1] Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt Cheuk Yan Tang (HKG) 8-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 (43m)
[6] James Huang (TPE) bt Julian Tomlinson (ENG) 11-7, 11-6, 11-5 (36m)
Valentino Bon Jovi Bong (MAS) bt [5] Tayyab Aslam (PAK) 8-11, 11-8, 9-11, 11-2, 11-7 (80m)
[3] Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) bt Hannan Tarmidi (MAS) 11-8, 19-21, 11-2, 8-11, 11-8 (77m)
Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) bt [4] Elvinn Keo (MAS) 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 (23m)
Sanjay Singh (MAS) bt [7] Addeen Idrakie (MAS) 11-4, 11-7, 11-7 (48m)
[8] Ravi Dixit (IND) bt SeungYong Yoo (KOR) 11-13, 11-8, 11-8, 11-2 (39m)
Sunil Seth (GUY) bt [2] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) 9-11, 13-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-6 (54m)
1st round:
[1] Ivan Yuen (MAS) bt Joe Green (ENG) 11-6, 11-9, 15-13 (37m)
Cheuk Yan Tang (HKG) bt Chi Him Wong (HKG) 11-6, 10-12, 11-3, 11-9 (55m)
Julian Tomlinson (ENG) bt [Q] Al Nikc Ali (MAS) 11-4, 11-8, 11-7 (19m)
[6] James Huang (TPE) bt [Q] Shyan Kwan (MAS) 11-3, 11-6, 11-6 (19m)
[5] Tayyab Aslam (PAK) bt [Q] Eain Yow Ng (MAS) 11-9, 9-11, 11-9, 11-4 (65m)
Valentino Bon Jovi Bong (MAS) bt Muhammad Shoaib Hassan (PAK) 11-13, 11-9, 11-5 ret.
Hannan Tarmidi (MAS) bt [Q] Taminder Gata-Aura (ENG) 11-3, 11-4, 12-10 (26m)
[3] Ahmad Al-Saraj (JOR) bt Kwon Hyeon-Jun (KOR) 11-7, 12-10, 5-11, 9-11, 11-7 (56m)
[4] Elvinn Keo (MAS) bt [Q] Ong Sai Hung (MAS) 11-8, 11-7, 11-8 (23m)
Tsz Fung Yip (HKG) bt Steven Liu (MAC) 11-1, 11-3, 11-6 (12m)
Sanjay Singh (MAS) bt Amir Farhan (MAS) 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-9 (45m)
[7] Addeen Idrakie (MAS) bt [Q] Bryan Lim (MAS) 11-7, 11-4, 11-6 (28m)
[8] Ravi Dixit (IND) bt [Q] Tsz Hei Ma (HKG) 11-7, 6-11, 12-10, 11-5 (35m)
SeungYong Yoo (KOR) bt [Q] Andrew Lee (MAS) 11-9, 11-9, 11-2 (30m)
Sunil Seth (GUY) bt Marc ter Sluis (NED) 7-11, 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 11-8 (91m)
[2] Harinder Pal Sandhu (IND) bt Mohd Syafiq Kamal (MAS) 12-10, 11-5, 10-12, 8-11, 11-8 (59m)
Qualifying finals:
Al Nikc Ali (MAS) bt Aqif Ampandi (MAS) 11-9, 11-5, 13-11 (35m)
Andrew Lee (MAS) bt Jess Sin Kiong (MAS) 3-11, 11-5, 8-11, 11-1, 11-5 (45m)
Shyan Kwan (MAS) bt Muhd Muklasin Abd Rahman (MAS) 9-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-8 (40m)
Taminder Gata-Aura (ENG) bt Mohd Farez Izwan (MAS) 11-6, 10-12, 11-5, 7-11, 11-2 (50m)
Tsz Hei Ma (HKG) bt Yovineshan AL Ramathash (MAS) 11-4, 9-11, 11-5, 11-6 (30m)
Eain Yow Ng (MAS) bt Darren Chan (MAS) 12-10, 10-12, 11-8, 11-6
Bryan Lim (MAS) bt Marcus Sim (MAS) 11-2, 11-6, 3-11, 11-6 (33m)
Ong Sai Hung (MAS) bt Benjamin Coates (ENG) 11-9, 4-11, 11-7, 11-8 (29m)
