Liu Tsz-Ling Takes Malaysian Tour Title
by Howard Harding

April 28, 2014 - Top seed Liu Tsz-Ling denied the hosts a home winner of the Women's Malaysian Tour Squash Circuit No.4 when she beat Penang teenager Vanessa Raj in the final of the Women's Squash Association World Tour 5 event at the Perlis Sports Complex in Kangar, the state capital of Perlis.

Liu, the 22-year-old world No45 from Hong Kong, reached the final - her eighth on the WSA Tour - after surviving a five-game semi-final battle with Lotte Eriksen, the No4 seed from Norway.

Eighth seed Raj made her breakthrough in the quarter-finals where she upset third-seeded compatriot Rachel Arnold. The 18-year-old Asian Youth Games champion then set up her maiden appearance in a WSA Tour final after overcoming Hong Kong's No2 seed Tong Tsz-Wing in another marathon which went the full distance.

RESULTS: Women's Malaysian Tour Squash Circuit No.4, Kangar, Perlis, Malaysia

1st round:
[1] Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG) bt [Q] Satomi Watanabe (JPN) 9-11, 11-3, 12-10, 11-8
[6] Eun Chan Ahn (KOR) bt [Q] S Sivasangari (MAS) 11-6, 12-10, 11-7
[4] Lotte Eriksen (NOR) bt [WC] Nazihah Hanis (MAS) 12-10, 11-6, 9-11, 11-8
[Q] Andrea Lee (MAS) bt [7] Jessica Turnbull (AUS) 11-9, 9-11, 13-11, 6-11, 16-14
[8] Vanessa Raj (MAS) bt [Q] Aifa Azman (MAS) 11-4, 12-10, 11-9
[3] Rachel Arnold (MAS) bt Celine Yeap (MAS) 11-9, 11-9, 11-5
[5] Kim Ga-Hye (KOR) bt Teh Min Jie (MAS) 11-8, 11-7, 8-11, 11-5
[2] Tong Tsz-Wing (HKG) bt Pushppa Devi (MAS) 11-8, 11-4, 11-4

Quarter-finals:
[1] Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG) bt [6] Eun Chan Ahn (KOR) 11-7, 11-6, 11-6
[4] Lotte Eriksen (NOR) bt [Q] Andrea Lee (MAS) 11-7, 9-11, 12-10, 17-15
[8] Vanessa Raj (MAS) bt [3] Rachel Arnold (MAS) 11-6, 11-8, 5-11, 9-11, 11-5
[2] Tong Tsz-Wing (HKG) bt [5] Kim Ga-Hye (KOR) 11-4, 11-3, 11-3

Semi-finals:
[1] Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG) bt [4] Lotte Eriksen (NOR) 8-11, 11-5, 9-11, 11-3, 11-4
[8] Vanessa Raj (MAS) bt [2] Tong Tsz-Wing (HKG) 4-11, 11-9, 12-10, 9-11, 11-6

Final:
[1] Liu Tsz-Ling (HKG) bt [8] Vanessa Raj (MAS) 11-9, 11-8, 11-5







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