Amir hits the road for an upset


PETALING JAYA: National junior squash player Amir Amirul Azhar (pic) will be playing in his first ever overseas professional tournament but he is already eyeing a huge upset.

The 16-year-old lad from Kelantan has been thrown into the deep end in his first fray abroad and will take on the top seed, New Zealand’s Evan Williams, in the first round of the Cairns Open in Australia tomorrow.

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