Smooth start for Aifa-Syafiq, Rachel-Ivan have their work cut out

IT was a day of mixed fortunes for the national mixed doubles squash players on the first day of the individual events at the Hangzhou Asian Games.

Mixed doubles pair Aifa Azman-Mohd Syafiq Kamal have cleared two of their Pool B hurdles by defeating China’s Li Dongjin-Zhou Zhitao 11-7, 11-5 in 16 minutes and Chanithma Sinaly Veera Samiyel-Mohomed Shamil Mukthar Wakeel of Sri Lanka 11-4, 11-7 in 19 minutes at the Hangzhou Olympics Sports Centre Squash Court yesterday.