WORLD SQUASH NEWS
RESULTS: NSC Squash Satellite No2, Bukit Jalil, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Women's 1st round:
[1] Line Hansen (DEN) bt [Q] Sun-Mi Song (KOR) 9-1, 9-4, 9-4 (23m)
[7] Shin Nga Leung (HKG) bt Zulhijjah Binti Azan (MAS) 9-5, 9-2, 9-5 (22m)
[3] Delia Arnold (MAS) bt Surbhi Misra (IND) 9-6, 9-1, 9-3 (20m)
[6] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) bt Anwesha Reddy (IND) 9-3, 9-5, 5-9, 9-3 (32m)
[5] Annie Au (HKG) bt [Q] Pushppa Devi (MAS) 9-0, 9-5, 9-1 (22m)
[4] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS) bt Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) 9-0, 9-5, 9-1 (19m)
Nessrine Ariffin (MAS) bt [8] Josefa Bertilsson (SWE) 9-6, 9-2, 9-6 (22m)
[2] Margriet Huisman (NED) bt Tan Yan Xin (MAS) 9-1, 9-6, 9-6 (20m)
The youngest triumph was achieved in the women's event where 15-year-old Nessrine Ariffin beat Sweden's No8 seed Josefa Bertilsson 9-6, 9-2, 9-6. The unseeded teenager will now face second seed Margriet Huisman.
Women's quarter-final line-up:
[1] Line Hansen (DEN) v [7] Shin Nga Leung (HKG)
[3] Delia Arnold (MAS) v [6] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS)
[4] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS) v [5] Annie Au (HKG)
[2] Margriet Huisman (NED) v Nessrine Ariffin (MAS)
Issued on behalf of: PSA/WISPA
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WSQ 3878 Email: [email protected] 15 May 2007