KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 (Bernama) — National top women’s squash player S. Sivasangari is now Malaysia’s sole representative at the Egyptian Open 2025 after advancing to the third round in Giza today.
Her progress came after the exits of three other Malaysian players namely Rachel Arnold, Aira Azman, and national men’s number one Ng Eain Yow, who were all eliminated in the second round.
Sivasangari, seventh seed, needed just 29 minutes to dispatch Egypt’s Nour Heikal 13-11, 11-9, 11-5.
The 26-year-old will next face England’s Jasmine Hutton, who overcame her compatriot Grace Gear 11-3, 11-5, 11-7.
Hopes of an all-Malaysian clash between world number 19 Rachel Arnold and world number 28 Aira Azman in the third round failed to materialise, as both players fell to their respective opponents.
Rachel, once again unable to overcome Egypt’s Salma Hany, suffered her fifth consecutive defeat to the world number 15, losing 5-11, 11-2, 4-11, 15-17 while Aira went down to world number three Hania El Hammamy, 9-11, 9-11, 5-11.
Salma and Hania will now face off in an all-Egyptian third-round encounter tomorrow.
Meanwhile, Eain Yow crashed out after he let slip the first set win, 11-8 before falling to Kareem El Torkey of Egypt, 9-11, 8-11, 5-11.
— BERNAMA
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