Swing into action: Alyaa Abdulghany is all smiles after storming into the quarter-finals of the US Women’s Amateur Championship. — Pix courtesy of USGA
PETALING JAYA: Alyaa Abdul-ghany kept Malaysia’s flag flying high by powering into the quarter-finals of the prestigious 120th edition of the US Women’s Amateur championship.
On Friday, the 21-year-old defeated American Ellie Slama two-up to make it to the last eight of the elimination rounds at the Woodmount Country Club in Rockville, Maryland, equalling the feat last achieved by Lim Siew Ai in 1995.
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