Vanessa Chu Victorious in Malaysia for Second WSA Title in a Week by Howard Harding May 29, 2015
- A second WSA World Tour title in a week is the reward for Hong Kong's
Vanessa Chu after triumphing in today's final of the Women's Malaysian
Squash Tour Leg 4 at the Bukit Jalil National Squash Centre in the
Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur.
After winning last week's third leg in Penang, third seed Chu made it
two Malaysian Tour finals in a row after recovering from two games down
in the country's latest WSA Challenger 5 event semi-final to beat
lower-ranked compatriot Lee Ka Yi in five games.
The 20-year-old's opponent in the final was Teh Min Jie, the No.4 seed
from Malaysia who upset second-seeded compatriot Vanessa Raj in
straight games in the other semi.
19-year-old Teh, celebrating her second Tour final, drew level after
her higher-seeded opponent took the opening game - but Chu struck back
to close out the match 11-4, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7 to extend her Tour
winning streak to eight matches.
"I'm so, so, happy because I won my second WSA title in a row," said Chu. "I played so well within these two weeks!"
RESULTS: Women's Malaysian Squash Tour Leg 4, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1st round:
[1] Rachel Arnold (MAS) bt Satomi Watanabe (JPN) 11-7, 10-12, 11-4, 13-11 (44m)
[5] Lee Ka Yi (HKG) bt [Q] Aifa Azman (MAS) 11-8, 11-7, 11-5 (23m)
[7] Zoe Foo Yuk Han (MAS) bt Marie Stephan (FRA) 11-4, 5-11, 11-8, 12-14, 11-5 (47m)
[3] Vanessa Chu (HKG) bt Andrea Lee (MAS) 11-3, 11-7, 13-11 (23m)
[4] Teh Min Jie (MAS) bt Sadia Gul (PAK) 5-11, 8-11, 11-3, 11-9, 11-6 (49m)
[Q] Nazihah Hanis (MAS) bt [6] Aika Azman (MAS) 10-12, 11-6, 11-2, 11-6 (32m)
[8] Sivasangari Subramanian (MAS) bt [Q] Sammer Anjum (PAK) 11-7, 11-2, 11-5 (16m)
[2] Vanessa Raj (MAS) bt [Q] Chan YiWen (MAS) 8-11, 11-2, 11-4, 11-0 (30m)
Quarter-finals:
[5] Lee Ka Yi (HKG) bt [1] Rachel Arnold (MAS) 11-8, 13-15, 11-8, 7-11, 11-4 (58m)
[3] Vanessa Chu (HKG) bt [7] Zoe Foo Yuk Han (MAS) 11-5, 11-3, 11-4 (19m)
[4] Teh Min Jie (MAS) bt [Q] Nazihah Hanis (MAS) 11-6, 4-11, 11-2, 11-5 (29m)
[2] Vanessa Raj (MAS) bt [8] Sivasangari Subramanian (MAS) 11-8, 9-11, 11-4, 11-4 (30m)
Semi-finals:
[3] Vanessa Chu (HKG) bt [5] Lee Ka Yi (HKG) 4-11, 10-12, 11-3, 11-7, 11-5 (54m)
[4] Teh Min Jie (MAS) bt [2] Vanessa Raj (MAS) 11-8, 11-2, 11-3 (25m) Final: [3] Vanessa Chu (HKG) bt [4] Teh Min Jie (MAS) 11-4, 6-11, 11-8, 11-7 (36m)
