Aifa takes two hard knocks on way out of Classic 


PETALING JAYA: National squash player Aifa Azman was left bloodied and bruised en route to losing in the second round of the Qatar Classic yesterday.

World No. 23 Aifa went down 3-11, 9-11, 11-8, 6-11 to world No. 7 Fayrouz Aboelkheir of Egypt in a 56-minute match that saw the Malaysian require two injury timeouts at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha.

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