PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s mixed doubles squash pair Syafiq Kamal-Aifa Azman suffered a shock quarter-final exit at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games, going down to Hong Kong’s Tang Ming Hong-Lee Ka Yi on Friday (Sept 25).
Top seeds Syafiq-Aifa went down 7-11, 5-11 in just 22 minutes to the eighth seeds at the Nagoya Kinjo Futo Arena.
Syafiq-Aifa, who won silver at the 2022 Hangzhou Games, came to Japan as the favourites but walked away empty-handed instead.
Malaysia’s hopes of a medal in the mixed doubles now rest on second seeds C. Ameeshenraj-Rachel Arnold, who will face seventh seeds Oh Seo-jin-Heo Ming-yeong of South Korea next.
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