RESULTS: CIMB KL Open Squash Championships, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Men's qualifying finals:
Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt Wade Johnstone (AUS) 11-7, 11-5, 11-6 (22m)
Nafzahizam Adnan (MAS) bt Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 10-11 (0-2), 11-3, 11-5, 11-10 (2-0) (35m)
Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK) bt Campbell Grayson (NZL) 4-11, 11-5, 11-4, 5-11, 11-8 (50m)
Matthew Karwalski (AUS) bt Ryan Cuskelly (AUS) 11-8, 11-8 ret. (23m)
Women's qualifying finals:
Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt Low Wee Wern (MAS) 9-2, 9-3, 9-2 (20m)
Kasey Brown (AUS) bt Lisa Camilleri (AUS) 9-6, 9-0, 9-0 (29m)
Donna Urquhart (AUS) bt Engy Kheirallah (EGY) 9-3, 9-3, 9-1 (23m)
Madeline Perry (IRL) bt Raneem El Weleily (EGY) 9-1, 9-7, 9-3 (21m)
After two recent Tour defeats by his younger brother, Nafzahizam Adnan restored family pride by beating Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan in today's (Tuesday) qualifying finals of the CIMB KL Open Squash Championships to earn a place in the main draw of the 5-star PSA Tour event in their hometown Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia.
Nafzahizam, aged 23 and ranked 123 in the world, recovered from a game down to upset 21-year-old world No77 Nafiizwan 10-11 (0-2), 11-3, 11-5, 11-10 (2-0) - and joins Australian Matthew Karwalski and Pakistanis Farhan Mehboob and Shamsul Islam Khan in the first round.
There was Malaysian disappointment in the final qualifying round of the women's WISPA Gold event when 17-year-old Low Wee Wern went down 9-2, 9-3, 9-2 to Hong Kong's experienced Rebecca Chiu.
Chiu came through the qualifiers alongside Ireland's Madeline Perry and Australians Kasey Brown and Donna Urquhart - who pulled off a surprise 9-3, 9-3, 9-1 win over Egypt's world No16 Engy Kheirallah.
Updated men's 1st round draw:
[1] Stewart Boswell (AUS) v Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS)
[7] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK) v [Q] Farhan Mehboob (PAK)
[4] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) v [Q] Shamsul Islam Khan (PAK)
[6] Omar Mosaad (EGY) v [Q] Matthew Karwalski (AUS)
[5] Jonathan Kemp (ENG) v Dylan Bennett (NED)
[3] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) v Tarek Momen (EGY)
[8] Mansoor Zaman (PAK) v Kashif Shuja (NZL)
[2] Adrian Grant (ENG) v [Q] Nafzahizam Adnan (MAS)
Updated women's 1st round draw:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) v Sharon Wee (MAS)
[6] Shelley Kitchen (NZL) v Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (ENG)
[3] Rachael Grinham (AUS) v [Q] Kasey Brown (AUS)
[5] Vicky Botwright (ENG) v Alison Waters (ENG)
[8] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) v [Q] Donna Urquhart (AUS)
[4] Tania Bailey (ENG) v Vanessa Atkinson (NED)
[7] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) v [Q] Rebecca Chiu (HKG)
[2] Natalie Grinham (NED) v [Q] Madeline Perry (IRL)