KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia made a clean sweep of the men’s and women’s titles in the Hong Kong Professional Squash Association Challenge Cup, with victories by both young players Joachim Chuah and Sehveetrraa Kumar.
The unseeded Joachim, 19, pulled off a stunning upset victory against seventh seed Harley Lam of Hong Kong, winning 11-6, 11-6, 11-4.
Sehveetrraa, 19 on Monday, downed Hong Kong’s Ching Hei Fung, 11-7, 11-4, 11-3, to take home a second women’s squash title after winning the Bondi Open in Sydney last November.
“I think my game plan made my opponent to commit a lot of mistakes so I had a bit of advantage,” she said in a statement shared by Squash Racquets Association of Malaysia to the media today.
Joachim and Sehveetrraa each pocketed US$6,000 (approximately RM28,242) in prize money.