Can’t tame this wild card


Back to you: Aifa Azman (left) returning a shot to Canada’s Danielle Letourneau during the Malaysian Open semi-final match at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star

PETALING JAYA: There’s just no end to Malaysian teenage sensation Aifa Azman’s fairy-tale run as she sent the fans into a frenzy by storming into the women’s final at the Malaysian Open squash championships.

Aifa, playing on a wild card invite, kept up her giant-killing feat by stunning Canadian fifth seed Danielle Letourneau 11-4, 11-7, 5-11, 11-3 in the semi-final at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil yesterday.

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