AIFA BACK WITH A BANG
Kedah lass wins title after returning from ankle injury
IT was a day to high-five national backup squad squash player Aifa Azman. Back in action after recovering from a right ankle injury, Kedah’s Aifa won her fifth REDtone KL Junior Open title at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil yesterday.
Aifa, who turns 16 on Dec 18, overpowered Lai Wen Li 11-3, 11-7, 13-11 in the final.
“The game was tough for me because I just started training three weeks ago.”
In the boys’ under-17 final, Muhammad Harris Ramlee from Selangor upset first seed Mohd Amir Amirul Azhar of BJSS/SRAM 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 4-11, 11-5.
“I was enduring pain in my right leg while playing. I hung on until he (Mohd Amir) got tired,” said 16-year-old Harris.
RESULTS — Boys, Under-9: Jaydeen Oon (KL) bt Sheik Muhammad Darwish (Pahang) 11-5, 11-4, 11-4; Under-11: Abdul Fahmi Abd Basir (Kedah) bt Lee Hong Wong (Sarawak) 2-11, 2-11, 11-6, 13-11, 12-10;
Under-13: Mohammad Hamza Khan (Pakistan) bt Harith Daniel Jefri (Sarawak) 116, 11-6, 11-6; Under-15: Asad Ullah Khan (Pakistan) bt Joachim Chuah (KL) 12-10, 12-14, 12-10, 11-7; Under-17: Muhammad Harris Ramlee (Selangor) bt Mohd Amir Amirul Azhar (SSBJ/SRAM) 8-11, 11-9, 11-8, 4-11, 11-5; Under-19: Matthew Lucante (New Zealand) bt Yee Xian Siow (SSBJ/SRAM) 6-11, 11-8, 11-6, 11-8.
Girls, Under-9: Harleein Tan (Negri Sembilan) bt Amanda Nur Mumtazah Muhammad (Kedah) 11-6, 11-5, 4-11, 5-11, 114; Under-11: C Sashmini (Perak) bt Doyce Ye San Lee (Sabah) 11-5, 11-3, 11-6; Under13: K Sehveetrraa (Kedah) bt Yu Jie Chen (Negri Sembilan) 11-4, 11-9, 11-6; Under-15:
Aira Azman (Kedah) bt N Shasmithaa (Selangor) 10-2, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8; Under-17: M Kiroshanna (Negri Sembilan) bt Ayumi Watanabe (Jepun) 11-5, 11-3, 11-4; Under-19:
Aifa Azman (SSBJ/SRAM) bt Lai Wen Li (SSBJ/SRAM) 11-3, 11-7, 13-11.