Nicol cruises into two semifinals

16/05/1998

IT was a walk in the park for Nicol David in the Under-19 and Under-16
categories in the Malaysian Junior Open at the Jalan Duta courts
yesterday.
Nicol hardly broke a sweat as she thrashed Singapore's Tan Hui Shan 9-1,
9-1, 9-0 and Leong Yie Mun 9-1, 9-1, 9-1 in the Under-16 age-group.
Today, Nicol will play sister Cheryl in the semifinals of the Under-19
and Karen Lau Siu Ying of Hong Kong in the last four of the Under-16.
In the Boys' Under-19 quarterfinals, Aussie Kane Ingham beat Ng Teng
Kuan 9-2, 9-0, 9-6 while Kenny Ng beat Ong Poh Kwang of Singapore 10-8, 9-
1, 9-2.
RESULTS (all q-finals) Malaysian unless stated - Boys' Under-19: Kane
Ingham (Aus) bt Ng Teng Kuan 9-2, 9-0, 9-6; Teng Kean Guan bt Ray
Paramalingam 9-3, 9-0, 9-0; Wong Wan San bt Low Kok Ping 9-0, 9-1, 5-9, 9-
3; Kenny Ng bt Ong Poh Kwang (Sin) 10-8, 9-1, 9-2.
Under-16: Marcus Yeap bt Aaron Chee 9-1, 9-4, 9-6; Navin Samarasinghe
(SL) bt Kenny Khoo 9-6, 9-3, 9-3; Kelvin Ho bt Ray Paramalingam 9-6, 9-1,
9-5; Junaid Nanthani (Ind) bt Loo Fon Sow 9-3, 9-5, 9-1.
Under-14: Soo Pak Hei (HK) bt Mihir Seth (Ind) 9-0, 9-2, 5-9, 9-3; Roger
Loh bt Anurag Gill (Ind) 10-9, 9-7, 9-0; Sahil Vora (Ind) bt Theng Tong
Sern 9-4, 9-1, 5-9, 9-4; Siddarth Suchde (Ind) bt Ashwin Nesan 9-1, 9-4,
9-4.
Under-12: Kwong Yu Shan (HK) bt Rushaph Vora (Ind) 9-0, 9-4, 9-3;
Hillman Ruzainee bt Clavito Supsup 9-2, 9-6, 9-7; Karan Path Sethi (Ind)
bt Hilmi Ramzee 9-6, 9-5, 9-2; Kapil Nesan bt Mohamed Afrizal 9-6, 9-6, 9-
5.
Girls' Under-19: Nicol David bt Tan Hui Shan (Sin) 9-1, 9-1, 9-0; Cheryl
David w.o Geraldine Read; Serene Lee (Sin) bt Tricia Chuah 9-5, 9-5, 9-4;
Daphine Ting bt Tan Wah Siew 9-1, 9-1, 9-2.
Under-16: Nicol bt Leong Yie Mun 9-1, 9-1, 9-1; Karen Lau (HK) bt Sahar
Jasmina 9-5, 9-3, 9-0; Teng Ooi Ean w.o. Lum Shih Loong; Tricia Chuah bt
Lim Yoke Wah 9-3, 9-7, 9-1.
Under-14: Teng Ooi w.o. Sharmila Andy; Sally Looi bt Delia Arnold 9-3,
9-2, 9-3; Lim Yoke Wah bt Supriya Balsekar (Ind) 9-6, 9-7, 3-9, 9-5; Sahar
Jasmina bt Theng Mei Yee 9-6, 9-0, 9-2.
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