Top seed beats Elvinn in PJ Open men’s Div One final

Close match: Elvinn (right) fails to return a shot to Ivan during the men’s Division One final.

INTERNATIONAL Ivan Yuen lived up to his top billing when he won the men’s Division One title in the PJ Open squash championships at the PJ Astaka courts recently.

The youngster, ranked third in Malaysia, defeated Elvinn Keo, a former international and also the 2007 SEA Games men’s individual gold medallist, in the hour-long final. However Ivan did not have it easy and had come from a game down to win 11-13, 11-8, 11-6,11-7 for his first title in the PJ Open.