Gritty Ameeshenraj beats Yassin to book a place in semis

By NG CHIA YIN

PETALING JAYA: National squash player C. Ameeshenraj showed nerves of steel as he staged a brilliant comeback to storm into the semi-finals of the Tuanku Muhriz Trophy.

Yesterday, the world No. 87 Ameeshenraj was forced to dig deep, rallying from two games down to defeat world No. 98 Yassin Shohdy of Egypt 9-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-1, 11-7 in a thrilling 61-minute quarter-final clash at the S2 Sports Complex in Seremban.

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