Eain Yow’s quest for breakthrough ends in third round

Tough match awaits: Raneem El Welily (left) will play compatriot Nour El Tayeb in the quarter-finals of the Women’s World Championships in Egypt.

PETALING JAYA: National squash player Ng Eain Yow’s agonising wait for a breakthrough in a major tournament continues.

The 21-year-old’s lack of experience showed as he went down 11-7,10-12,11-7,6-11,6-11 to world No. 59 Baptiste Masotti of France in an arduous 73-minute battle in the third round of the Egyptian Open in Cairo yesterday.