KUALA LUMPUR: Defending champion S. Sivasangari marched into the quarter-finals of the London Squash Classic with a win over Hong Kong’s Tomoto Ho yesterday.
The Malaysian world No. 8 won 11-7, 12-10 in 22 minutes against world No. 30 Tomoto, and will face England’s world No. 18 Jasmine Hutton next.
Hutton upset world No. 7 and fourth seed Tinnes Gilis of Belgium 6-11, 11-7, 11-5.
In men’s competition, world No. 12 Ng Eain Yow slogged past Qatar’s world No. 22 Abdulla Mohd Al-Tamimi 8-11, 12-10, 11-9 to reach the quarter-finals.
The Malaysian will battle world No. 5 Marwan El Shorbagy of England for a place in the semi-finals. Marwan defeated England’s Adrian Waller 11-5, 10-12, 11-3. Eain Yow lost to Marwan in their last four meetings.
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