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New Straits Times
12-07-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Coach backs Aira to crack squash's top 20
KUALA LUMPUR: Two-time national champion Aira Azman has set her sights on cracking the top 20 in the women's PSA Tour rankings. The 21-year-old has made steady progress this season, climbing from world No. 36 last August to a career-high No. 26 after winning the Bermuda Open in May. She currently sits at No. 27. Aira also claimed the Tuanku Muhriz Trophy in Seremban last September and bagged a bronze medal at the inaugural Under-23 World Championship in Karachi in April. She is now Malaysia's third-highest ranked player behind S. Sivasangari (No. 8) and Rachel Arnold (No. 19). National coach Ajaz Azmat is happy with Aira's progress. "She is still young and hardworking. I believe she can break into the top 20 by next year."
New Straits Times
01-05-2025
- Sport
- New Straits Times
Azman sisters cruise into Bermuda last eight
KUALA LUMPUR: The Azman sisters, Aira and Aifa, cruised into the quarter-finals of the US$28,750 Bermuda Open in Devonshire yesterday. Top seed Aira, who received a first round bye, routed Colombia's world No. 146 Laura Tovar 11-4, 11-5, 11-8 in the second round. World No. 30 Aira will face world No. 50 Nour Heikal of Egypt next. Two-time national women's champion Aira had beaten Heikal in the Tuanku Muhriz Trophy quarter-finals in five games in Seremban in 2022. World No. 42 Aifa and fourth seed, who received a first round bye, beat world No. 93 Asia Harris of England 11-8, 11-8, 11-5 in the second round, and will meet Australia's world No. 63 Alex Haydon next. Aifa had defeated Haydon in the first round of the Australian Open in March. In the men's competition, world No. 69 Sanjay Jeeva, who received a first round bye, was shown the exit by Colombia's world No. 23 and top seed Miguel Rodriguez in the second round.
