Hong Kong\u2019s Tang Ming Hong and Pakistan\u2019s Muhammad Asim Khan both prevailed in five-game thrillers to advance to the semi-finals of the PSA World Championships Asian Qualifying at the Hong Kong Football Club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unseeded Ming Hong, who downed No.7 seed Hamza Khan with an impressive display in the previous round, continued his dream run of securing a spot at the flagship PSA Squash Tour event following an 11-9, 6-11, 11-2, 5-11, 11-9 victory over compatriot Lam Sing Fung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite twice being pegged back from a game up, World No.144 Ming Hong held his nerve in the deciding moments of the fifth game to book his spot in the last four.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ming Hong will face Muhammad in the next round, after the No.2 seed came through an equally thrilling five-game bout with No.6 seed Chi Him Wong. In similar circumstances to Ming Hong, Muhammad twice let leads slip to see the match head to a deciding game, but from 9-9 clinched two points to seal the victory after 59 minutes of play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Top seed Sanjay Jeeva and No.8 seed Joachim Chuah were the other two players to advance in the men\u2019s event, after they claimed respective wins over No.5 seed Duncan Lee and unseeded Malaysian Mohammad Syafiq Kamal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, in the women\u2019s event, unseeded Hong Konger Heylie Fung joined top seed Ainaa Amani, No.2 seed Toby Tse and No.6 seed Helen Tang in the semi-finals of the qualifying event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Heylie, who stunned No.4 seed Yasshmita Jadishkumar in the previous round, continued her fine form thanks to a straight-games win over Malaysia\u2019s Sehveetrraa Kumar, taking the match by an 11-3, 11-9, 11-7 scoreline. Heylie will face Malaysia\u2019s Ainaa in the last four, after the latter defeated No.5 seed Tanvi Khanna in three games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The bottom half of the draw saw No.6 seed Helen claim a 3-0 win over Hong Kong compatriot Kirstie Wong Po Yui , and No.2 Tse hold off Japan\u2019s Akari Midorikawa in four games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Men\u2019s:<\/strong> [1] Sanjay Jeeva (MAS) bt [5] Duncan Lee (MAS) 3-0: 11-5, 15-13, 11-9 (44m); [8] Joachim Chuah (MAS) bt Mohammad Syafiq Kamal (MAS) 3-1: 11-6, 11-6, 10-12, 11-9 (46m); Tang Ming Hong (HKG) bt Lam Shing Fung (HKG) 3-2: 11-9, 6-11, 11-2, 5-11, 11-9 (43m); [2] Muhammad Asim Khan (PAK) bt [6] Wong Chi Him (HKG) 3-2: 11-8, 7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 11-9 (59m)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s:<\/strong> [1] Ainaa Amani (MAS) bt [5] Tanvi Khanna (IND) 3-0: 11-8, 11-7, 11-3 (25m); Heylie Fung (HKG) bt Sehveetrraa Kumar (MAS) 3-0: 11-3, 11-9, 11-7 (27m); [6] Helen Tang (HKG) bt Po Yui Kirstie Wong (HKG) 3-0: 13-11, 11-8, 14-12 (37m); [2] Toby Tse (HKG) bt Akari Midorikawa (JPN) 3-1: 13-11, 7-11, 11-6, 11-7 (33m)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Men\u2019s Semi-Finals:<\/strong> [1] Sanjay Jeeva (MAS) v [8] Joachim Chuah (MAS); Ming Hong Tang (HKG) v [2] Muhammad Asim Khan (PAK)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women\u2019s Semi-Finals:<\/strong> [1] Ainaa Amani (MAS) v [5] Tanvi Khanna (IND); [6] Helen Tang (HKG) v [2] Toby Tse (HKG)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hong Kong\u2019s Tang Ming Hong and Pakistan\u2019s Muhammad Asim Khan both prevailed in five-game thrillers to advance to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[37],"class_list":["post-11195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-newsbeat","tag-squash"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\tDraw<\/h2>\n\n\n\n