Young guns rising fast at Malaysian Open squash


Nicol (right) moved to the semi-final with a convincing 11-9, 11-5, 11-5 win over Hong Kong

KUALA LUMPUR: The younger generation of squash players continued their show-stealing act at the CIMB Malaysian Open with 21-year-olds Amanda Sobhy and Nour El Tayeb storming into the women’s semi-finals. 

It will be the first semi-final appearance in a Women’s Squash Association (WSA) Tour World Series for Sobhy, the 2010 world junior champion, and only the third for 2011 world junior champion Nour. 

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