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Ainaa-Xin Ying reach Asian squash doubles semi-finals
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's top seeds Ainaa Amani-Yee Xin Ying beat India's Pooja Arthi Raghu-Rathika Suthanthira Seelan 11-7, 11-8 in the women's quarter-finals of the Asian Doubles Championships at the Sarawak Squash Centre in Kuching today.
They will face Hong Kong's third seeds Ho Tze Lok-Fung Ching He in the semi-finals.
In the men's quarter-finals, Malaysia's third seeds Syafiq Kamal- Duncan Lee beat compatriots and fourth seeds Sanjay Jeeva- C. Ameeshenraj 11-6, 7-11, 11-4, and will next face Pakistan's second seeds Noor Zaman-Nasir Iqbal. The Pakistani beat South Koreans Ryu Jeongmin-Yoo Jaejin 11-3, 5-11 11-4.
Three Malaysian mixed doubles pairs reached the quarter-finals.
Joachim Chuah-Aira Azman beat compatriots Harith Danial-Nathalie Sim 11-10, 11-8, and will face India's second seeds Velavan Senthilkumar-Joshna Chinappa.
Ameeshenraj-Rachel Arnold will play Hong Kong's Wong Chi Him-Lee Ka Yi while Syafiq Kamal-Ainaa Amani will meet Hong Kong's Tang Ming Hong-Tong Tsz Wing.
Ainaa, who bagged the women's doubles silver and mixed doubles bronze in last year's inaugural Asian Doubles in Johor Baru, said this was the first time she partnered Xin Ying, and they got positive results in the first two days of the Asian meet.
