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21st April 2013 - Finals
[3/4] Timothy Arnold 3-0 [5/8] Mohd Syafiq Kamal 11/9,
11/8, 11/3
[1] Noor Shadira 3-0 [2] Heng Yi Lian
11/4, 12/10, 11/6
5th LEG SSJM IN KOTA BHARU,
KELANTAN
The 5th leg was held at Explorefit Squash and Fitness Center,
Perbadanan Tower Kota Bharu, Kelantan from the
19th to the 21st April 2013.
 The
5th Leg men's and women's finals were played in front of Mr.
Ammady Nawi (President of Kelantan Squash Association),
Mr. Razuki A.Rahim (Head Unit of Kelantan Education
Department), Mr. Ismail Hamid (Chairman of Explorefit
Squash and Fitness Center), Mr. Fizzo Omar (Youth Icon of
Ministry of Youth & Sports) and Sportspin Event’s and Athlete
Management Sdn Bhd Chief Director Mr.Mohd Azlan Iskandar.
In the men’s competition, we had two upsets in the semis,
as none of the top seeds reached the finals! finals.
Mohd Addeen Idrakie, seed 1, bowed to Mohd Syafiq Kamal
in 4 long and disputed games. But Tim Arnold, seeded 5/8,
had to go to five games to upset seed 2, Choong Kam Hing,
remarkably coming from heavily losing the first game 11/1 to
finally take the match, 1/11, 11/5, 7/11, 11/9, 11/9!
As for the finals, it started off really close as the
players were playing their own game. Syafiq was always
looking for opportunity to cut the ball to the front court while
Timothy was hitting hard to the back to avoid Syafiq from
playing his attacking game. They were shoulder to shoulder until
9 all, but 2 errors from Syafiq gave the first blood away to
Timothy, 11-9.
In the 2nd and 3rd game Timothy played fast pace and keep all
the ball out of Syafiq’s reach Syafiq struggled to keep up and
prone to errors. In the end Timothy easily won the last two
games and beat Syafiq by 3-0.
In the women's draw Noor Shadira from ATM has no problem
at all to win her 1st and title when she easily beat Heng Yi
Lian, a new comer for the Malaysian Tour Squash Circuit 3-0
in 23 minutes. Shadira dominated most of the rallies and making
her opponent ran to all the 4 corners. |
Men's draw
Ladies' Draw
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