Eain Yeow and Sivasangari through to third round of World C'ships in Chicago

PETALING JAYA: Top national squash players Ng Eain Yow and S. Sivasangari continued their march at the World Championships in Chicago after making it to the third round on Sunday (May 11).

World No. 10 Eain Yow made quick work of world No. 58 Mohd Asim Khan of Pakistan, winning 11-4, 11-2, 11-4 in just 32 minutes at the University Club of Chicago.

The third round will see Eain Yow take on world No. 1 Mostafa Asal of Egypt, whom he has only beaten once in three previous encounters.

In the women’s category, world No. 9 Sivasangari got past world No. 17 Sana Ibrahim of Egypt 11-4, 11-6, 5-11, 11-5.

Seventh seed Sivasangari notched her fifth straight win against Ibrahim, and will meet world No. 8 Amanda Sobhy of the United States in the third round.

However, the journey ended for Aira Azman and Rachel Arnold in the second round.

World No. 26 Aira was defeated by world No. 12 Salma Hany of Egypt 11-6, 12-10, 11-4, while world No. 19 Rachel was defeated by world No. 4 Olivia Weaver of the United States 11-5, 11-2, 11-13, 11-5.