KUALA LUMPUR: Arnie Goh upset joint third seed R. Darsyanaa 11-0, 11-4, 11-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the WSF Satellite No.3 tournament at the National Squash Centre yesterday,
In the first round in the morning, joint ninth seed Arnie came from two sets down to beat Najwa Zara 10-12, 9-11, 11-1, 11-9, 11-5. Arnie will face joint fifth seed Abhitha Shanraj next.
Abhitha, who received a bye in the first round, did not raise a sweat in the second round when her opponent, Vinosagi Monn, gave a walkover due to injury.
Arnie, a Form Five student of Bukit Jalil Sports School who was competing in a satellite tournament for the first time, said: "My match against Najwa Zara was really tough. I was stretched to the limit but I never gave up and won in five sets.
"And I never expected to beat Darsyanaa in straight sets in the second round. I'm feeling confident and I hope to beat Abhitha to reach the semis," said Arnie whose coach is Jess Tay.
Joint ninth seed Jessica Keng entered the quarter-finals by upsetting joint fifth seed Whitney Isabelle 12-10, 11-8, 11-6 to set up a date with South Korean Kim Ha Eun.
Ha Eun, the joint ninth seed, stunned second seed Vinikasheinie 11-6, 11-4, 11-7 in the second round.
In men's competition, Altamis Aqhar Sallam upset joint fifth seed Shamiel Haeyzad 11-9, 11-7, 1-11, 9-11, 11-8, and will face joint ninth seed Low Wa Sern in the second round.
RESULTS (Malaysians unless stated)
Men's first round: Andrik Lim bt Jethro Im 11-6, 11-8, 11-4; Yuki Tokuhara (Jpn) bt Yassin Tamer Raafat (Egy) 11-7, 11-8, 11-8; Shamlan Ali (Kuw) bt Lim Jae Hyeon (Kor) 11-6, 6-11, 11-9, 14-12; Harith Danial Jefri bt Deshrat Rakesh 11-4, 11-0, 11-4; Altamis Aqhar Sallam bt Shamiel Haeyzad 11-9, 11-7, 1-11, 9-11, 11-8; Low Wa Sern bt Micaiah Ronen Raj 11-2, 11-2, 11-0; Hi Jia Rong bt Hashvind Kugan 11-8, 12-10, 11-4; Yuta Ando (Jpn) bt Shaun Low Qing Xen 11-2, 11-4, 11-9; Shota Yasunari (Jpn) bt Kreethi Pillay 11-6, 11-2, 7-11, 11-9; Lee Jong Hyeok (Kor) bt Kim Jun Hee (Can) 11-6, 11-8, 11-6; Lee Dong Min (Kor) bt Abinaash S. Anbarasu 11-4, 11-9, 11-3; Ryu Jeong Min (Kor) bt Ji Dong Hyun (Kor) 8-11, 11-1, 11-8, 11-8; Seung Yong Yoo (Kor) bt Aqil Mirza Naim 11-3, 11-7, 11-9; Sunil Kumar Sivanesan bt Hwang Joong Chan (Kor) 10-12, 8-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-7; Kuhen Ravendran bt Ronan King Yuent 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-6; Fathan Azzikri (Ina) bt Erwin Kros Christopher 10-12, 11-5, 11-3, 11-9.
Women first round: Puteri Rania Zahirah bt Rashmika Shre Ragu 11-7, 11-7, 11-4; Vinosagi Monn bt Wassan Al-Qun (Kuw) 11-1, 11-9, 11-3; Anrie Goh Chu Yu bt Najwa Zara 10-12, 9-11, 11-1, 11-9, 11-5; Sang Eun Park (Kor) bt Shirjah Jagdish Kumar 11-6, 11-2, 11-3; Sanggeethapriya bt Shalini Muriges 11-6, 11-8, 11-8; Jessica Keng bt Keertty Haridharan 11-3, 11-5, 11-2; Kim Ha Hun (Kor) bt Dakshayani Thangaraja 11-5, 8-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-9.
Second round: N. Shasmithaa bt Puteri Rania Zahirah 11-6, 11-8, 11-5; Doyce Lee vs Mona Tamer (Egy) 11-4, 11-4, 11-7; Abhitha Shanraj bt Vinosagi Monn Walkover; Arnie Goh Chu Yu bt Darsyanaa 11-0, 11-4, 11-2; Sang Eun Park (Kor) bt Vitrikashenie 11-7, 11-9, 11-6; Ain Jun (Kor) bt Sanggeethapriya 11-7, 1-6, 11-3; Jessica Keng bt Whitney Isabelle 12-10, 11-8, 11-6; Kim Ha Hun (Kor) bt Vinikasheinie 11-6, 11-4, 11-7