Chuah, the seventh seed
from Kuala Lumpur who celebrates a career-high world No29 ranking this month,
brushed aside compatriot Siti Munirah Jusoh, a qualifier, 9-0, 9-0,
9-1.
Hong Kong's unseeded Christina Mak pulled off a significant upset
when she beat sixth seed Melissa Martin in five games. The Australian also
recorded a career-best ranking this month by leaping four places to 27 – but Mak
ultimately proved the more powerful as she secured her 6-9, 9-3, 9-3, 8-10, 9-1
victory.
Mak will now meet fellow countrywoman Rebecca Chiu, the third
seed who dashed Japan's quarter-final hopes with a 9-5, 9-6, 9-1 defeat of
Kawasaki-based qualifier Chinatsu Matsui.
New Zealand's Louise Crome
fought back from 2/1 down to upset Australia's fifth seed Amelia Pittock 9-7,
3-9, 7-9, 9-4, 9-3. The Amsterdam-based 28-year-old from Auckland will now face
another Australian, second seed Rachael Grinham, who beat Malaysian qualifier
Lim Yoke Wah 9-2, 9-6, 9-1.
RESULTS: Women's Hotel Equatorial Penang Open Squash
Championship, Penang, Malaysia
1st round:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt
Jenna Gates (ENG) 9-0, 9-3, 9-0
[7]
Tricia Chuah (MAS) bt [Q] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) 9-0, 9-0,
9-1
[3] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt [Q] Chinatsu Matsui
(JPN) 9-5, 9-6, 9-1
Christina Mak (HKG) bt [6] Melissa
Martin (AUS) 6-9, 9-3, 9-3, 8-10, 9-1
[8]
Raneem El Weleily (EGY) bt [Q] Delia Arnold (MAS) 9-7, 9-7,
10-8
[4] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt Line Hansen
(DEN) 9-0, 9-7, 9-3
Louise Crome (NZL) bt
[5] Amelia Pittock (AUS) 9-7, 3-9, 7-9, 9-4, 9-3
[2] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [Q] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS) 9-2,
9-6, 9-1