RESULTS: Women's WISPA Hangzhou Squash Open, Hangzhou, China
1st round:
[1] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt Nabilla Ariffin (MAS) 9-6, 9-3, 9-4 (23m)
[8] Eun Ok Park (KOR) bt Josefa Bertilsson (SWE) 9-6, 9-0, 9-6 (27m)
[4] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) 9-7, 9-4, 9-0 (28m)
[7] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) bt Xu Li (CHN) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (14m)
[6] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS) bt Jiang Li (CHN) 9-2, 9-3, 9-3 (23m)
[3] Elise Ng (HKG) bt Wu Zhenzhen (CHN) 9-5, 9-0, 9-1 (26m)
[5] Delia Arnold (MAS) bt Sun-Mi Song (KOR) 9-10, 9-3, 9-3, 9-3 (47m)
[2] Christina Mak (HKG) bt Xiu Chen (CHN) 9-1, 9-3, 9-2 (16m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt [8] Eun Ok Park (KOR) 9-2, 9-1, 9-3 (26m)
[4] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [7] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) 5-9, 9-2, 9-5, 9-0 (40m)
[6] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS) bt [3] Elise Ng (HKG) 9-3, 9-5, 9-2 (24m)
[2] Christina Mak (HKG) bt [5] Delia Arnold (MAS) 6-9, 9-0, 9-10, 9-5, 9-6 (79m)
Sixth seed Lim Yoke Wah made a breakthrough in the Women's WISPA Hangzhou Open when she upset Hong Kong's third seed Elise Ng 9-3, 9-5, 9-2 in today's (Wednesday) quarter-finals of the first WISPA Premiere Series squash event of the year being staged in the Hangzhou Gymnasium in the Chinese city of Hangzhou.
In only the second international squash event ever to be held in China, the Hangzhou Open has attracted a strong field of players from all over Asia, joining four local players in the city in the Zheijiang province - southwest of Shanghai - at the a multi sport centre which features four glass-back-walled courts,
The first round saw the demise of the four Chinese players, but only after gaining experience and the opportunity to soak up the technique, preparation and rhythm of the international girls.
Malaysian Lim Yoke Wah will now face Christina Mak for a place in the final after the No2 seed from Hong Kong twice came from behind to beat fifth-seeded Malaysian Delia Arnold 6-9, 9-0, 9-10, 9-5, 9-6 in 79 minutes
Favourite Rebecca Chiu, also from Hong Kong, will face India's fourth seed Joshna Chinappa in the other semi-final.
Semi-final line-up:
[1] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) v [4] Joshna Chinappa (IND)
[2] Christina Mak (HKG) v [6] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS)