Malaysian squash stars Sivasangari and Ng Eain Yow win their opening matches at the Tournament of Champions in New York.
NATIONAL squash player S. Sivasangari began her 2026 Tournament of Champions campaign with a commanding first-round victory.
The fifth seed defeated Scotland’s Georgia Adderley 11-8, 11-4, 11-4 in just 28 minutes on Friday.
She will now face American favourite Amanda Sobhy in the second round of the Platinum-tier event.
Malaysia’s other women’s contenders, Aifa Azman and Aira Azman, were both eliminated in their opening matches.
Aifa lost to Belgium’s Nele Gilis 8-11, 3-11, 5-11.
Aira was defeated by American Marina Stefanoni 7-11, 8-11, 5-11.
In the men’s category, Ng Eain Yow also progressed with a convincing win.
He overcame England’s Curtis Malik 11-7, 11-3, 11-2 to clear the first hurdle.
His victory sets up a second-round clash against eighth seed Mohamed El Shorbagy of England.
