Subramaniam enters CAS Int’l Squash semis

ISLAMABAD: Sivasangari Subramaniam (Mas) surprised Hania El Hammamy (Egy) in a four-game thriller to move into the semifinals of CAS International Women Squash Championship at the Mushaf Ali Mir Complex Wednesday. Subramaniam won 8-11, 14-12, 12-10, 11-9.

Hania won the first game with the game score of 11-8 but her Malaysian rival came back strongly and won the nail biting second game 14-12. She consolidated her grip on the match by winning the third game 12-10. The fourth game also turned out to be a close affair. Malaysian girl however stayed cool and managed to win 11-9. The match lasted for 54 minutes.Top seed Annie Au also breezed into the semi-final with 11-2, 11-2, 11-8 win over Hana Moataz (Egy).

Also moving into semis were Rachael Gringham, Rowan Elaraby and Sivasangari Subramaniam. The second quarterfinal was played between Rowan Elaraby (Egy) and Mayar Hany (Egy) which was won by Rowan Elaraby with the game score of 2-11,11-7, 11-5, 11/3. The match lasted 21 minutes.

Rachael Gringham (Aus) overwhelmed Nadine Shahin (Egy) in a hard fought four games 11-4, 9-11, 12-10, 11-7 to make it to last four stage .

Results: Ainie Au (HKG) bt Hana Moataz (Egy) 11-2, 11-2, 11-8; Rowan Elaraby (Egy) bt Mayar Hany (Egy) 2-11, 11-7, 11-5, 11-3; Rachael Gringham (Aus) bt Nadine Shahin 11-4, 9-11, 12-10, 11-7; Sivasangari Subramaniam (Mas) Hania El Hammamy (Egy) 8-11, 14-12, 12-10, 11-9.