KUALA LUMPUR: National No. 1 Ng Eain Yow reached the Ace Malaysia Squash Cup quarter-finals by beating Egypt's Ibrahim Elkabbani 11-8, 11-8, 11-8 at Mohd Said Sports Complex in Seremban 2 yesterday,
The fourth seeded Malaysian won the second round match in 46 minutes to set up a date with France's
sixth seed Sebastien Bonmalais.
World No. 20 Eain Yow said: "It was not an easy win over the young Egyptian whom I played for the first time.
"It was also the first time I played at the venue, and for me it was about getting used to the glass court," said the Asian champion.
Eain Yow will have a psychological edge against Bonmalais, having beaten the latter 3-1 in the Cleveland Open final last year.
National player Addeen Idrakie went down 7-11, 6-11, 4-11 to India's fifth seed Saurav Ghosal while teammate Ivan Yuen were edged 14-12, 5-11, 7-11, 11-7, 11-13 by Swiss Dimitri Steinmann.
In the women's competition, seventh seed S. Sivasangari beat England's Alicia Mead 11-4, 11-3, 12-10, and will face Hong Konger Lee Ka Yi, who upset fourth seed Aifa Azman 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-4, for a place in the semi-finals.
Sivasangari said: "I had played the Hong Kong player a few times. She plays an attacking game."
The other Malaysian to reach the last eight was national No. 2 Rachel Arnold, who overcame compatriot Aira Azman 11-6, 10-12, 11-8, 5-11, 15-13.
World No. 39 Rachel will face Egypt's world No. 19 Farida Mohamed next. Second seed Farida defeated Low Wee Wern 11-3, 11-0, 11-4.
Second round results (Malaysian unless stated)
Men: Mostafa Asal (Egy) bt Ryunosukue Tsukue (Jpn) 11-8, 11-5, 11-4; Saurav Ghosal (Ind) bt Addeen Idrakie 11-7, 11-6, 11-4; Ramit Tandon (Ind) bt Bernat Jaume (Spn) 11-7, 13-11, 9-11, 12-10; Victor Crouin (Fra) bt Henry Leung (Hkg) 11-3, 11-2, 11-5; Ng Eain Yow bt Ibrahim Elkabbani (Egy) 11-8, 11-8, 11-8; Sebastien Bonmalais (Fra) bt Ben Smith (Eng) 11-6, 11-4, 11-4; Dimitri Steinmann (Sui) bt Ivan Yuen 12-14, 11-5, 11-7, 7-11, 13-11; Karim Abdel Gawad (Egy) bt Alex Lau (Hkg)11-6, 11-7, 11-6.
Women: Nour El Tayeb (Egy) bt Tong Tsz Wing (Hkg) 11-5, 11-5, 11-6; Amina Orfi (Egy) bt Marta Dominguez (Spn) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6; S. Sivasangari bt Alicia Mead (Eng) 11-4, 11-3, 12-10; Lee Kai Yi (Hkg) bt Aifa Azman 11-8, 11-7, 7-11, 11-4; Malak Khagafy (Egy) bt Nadine Shahin (Egy) 10-12, 11-5, 11-6, 11-8; Kenzy Ayman (Egy) bt Sana Ibrahim (Egy) 11-13, 9-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6; Rachel Arnold bt Aira Azman 11-6, 10-12, 11-8, 5-11, 15-13; Farida Mohamed (Egy) bt Low Wee Wern 11-3, 11-0, 11-4.