Tougher road for Malaysian men in Asian meet
National squash athletes, Mohd Nafiizwan Mohd Adnan, Mohamad Syafiq Mohd Kamal and Ng Eain Yow celebrate their victory at the 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Asian Games men’s final squash event at Arena Gelora Bung Karno. — Bernama pic
Drawn in the top half of the draw, Eain Yow, 21, is slated to meet defending champion Max Lee of Hong Kong in the quarter-finals. The hot favourite for the men’s title is India’s Saurav Ghosal. The 32-year-old is enjoying a purple patch in his career, having powered to a career-high ranking of number 10 in the world this month.
But it will not be a walk in the park for Saurav as Hong Kong have sent a strong team featuring three players seeded in the top four, led by world number 21 Yip Tsz Fung. The 28-year-old Penangite, who reached the final in Macau, will be eager to put two years of nightmare recovering from knee surgery behind her when she faces local lass Chan Yiwen in the second round.The Asian Games silver medallist is seeded sixth and starts against Pranghatai Phongrattana of Thailand in the second round and should ease through to the quarter-finals, where she is expected to meet Joey Chan of Hong Kong.
“This is also the one time I feel that the championship is quite open. We may have a top-10 player in Saurav but all the top men’s players have beaten one another, and I feel that it will be a closely contested affair.
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