Sivasangari and Aira Azman advance at the PSA World Championships, setting up an all-Malaysian second-round match in Giza.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian women squash players – S Sivasangari and Aira Azman – cruised into the second round of Professional Squash Association (PSA) World Championships campaign in Giza, Eygpt afte scoring convincing wins on Friday.
Fifth-seeded Sivasangari advanced comfortably after defeating France’s Marie Stephan 11-9, 11-6, 11-4 in just 21 minutes at the Palm Hills Sports Club.
She will take on her compatriot Aira, who battled past Hong Kong’s Lee Ka Yi in a five-game encounter, winning 11-8, 10-12, 11-13, 11-6, 11-9.
However, it was the end of the road for Noor Ainaa Amani Ampandi, who was eliminated in the first round by Egypt’s Hana Ramadan after a closely fought match, 11-9, 9-11, 11-5, 9-11, 9-11.
