Chiu Chases Fifth Title Of The Year

Rebecca Chiu made a confident start in her bid to win a fifth WISPA World Tour squash title of the year - and the second on home soil - when she dismissed Malaysian qualifier Siti Munirah Jusoh in straight games in the first round of the Crocodile Challenge Cup in Hong Kong.

The former Asian Games champion's 9-3, 9-1, 9-1 win takes her into a quarter-finals clash with compatriot Elise Ng, who beat Japan's Sachiko Shinta 9-5, 9-6, 9-2.

There will be Hong Kong interest in two of the other three quarter-finals of the WISPA Tour 10 event after No3 seed Christina Mak beat South Korean qualifier Sun-Mi Song 9-6, 9-6, 9-4 and eighth seed Annie Au battled to a 9-6, 5-9, 9-5, 9-5 victory over Australian Lisa Camilleri.

There were upsets aplenty in the men's Satellite event: Local star Roger Ngan produced the biggest shock by defeating third-seeded Malaysian Nafzahizam Adnan 11-10 (2-0), 1-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-9 in 50 minutes.

Malaysia's No5 seed Elvinn Keo also made an early exit - beaten 11-7, 11-10 (3-1), 10-11 (0-2), 9-11, 11-6 by unseeded compatriot Muhammad Azfar Azan.

Men's 1st round:
[1] Mike Corren (AUS) bt [Q] Choong Kam Hing (MAS) 11-10 (3-1), 11-5, 11-9 (25m)
Yasunori Ishiwata (JPN) bt [7] Joe Millman (ENG) 11-4, 11-3, 11-2 (33m)
Roger Ngan (HKG) bt [3] Nafzahizam Adnan (MAS) 11-10 (2-0), 1-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-9 (50m)
[8] Kamran Khan (MAS) bt [Q] Chiu Ho Fai (HKG) 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 (28m)
Muhammad Azfar Azan (MAS) bt [5] Elvinn Keo (MAS) 11-7, 11-10 (3-1), 10-11 (0-2), 9-11, 11-6 (54m)
[4] Dick Lau (HKG) bt [Q] Yuta Fukui (JPN) 11-3, 11-3, 11-9 (28m)
[6] Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) bt [Q] Max Lee (HKG) 11-10 (3-1), 11-6, 8-11, 11-6 (46m)
[2] Wai Hang Wong (HKG) bt Anson Kwong (HKG) 9-11, 11-5, 6-11, 11-6, 11-10 (4-2) (49m)

Women's 1st round:
[1] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt [Q] Siti Munirah Jusoh (MAS) 9-3, 9-1, 9-1 (25m)
[5] Elise Ng (HKG) bt Sachiko Shinta (JPN) 9-5, 9-6, 9-2 (33m)
[4] Peta Hughes (AUS) bt [Q] Tong Tsz Wing (HKG) 9-2, 9-3, 9-2 (30m)
[6] Delia Arnold (MAS) bt [Q] Joey Chan (HKG) 9-4, 9-4, 2-9, 7-9, 9-7 (56m)
[7] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS) bt Eun Ok Park (KOR) 9-2, 10-8, 2-9, 7-9, 9-0 (55m)
[3] Christina Mak (HKG) bt [Q] Sun-Mi Song (KOR) 9-6, 9-6, 9-4 (27m)
[8] Annie Au (HKG) bt Lisa Camilleri (AUS) 9-6, 5-9, 9-5, 9-5 (50m)
[2] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt Mami Nishio (JPN) 9-3, 9-6, 9-3 (27m)