Eain Yow turns man of steel to stun ‘Superman’ Coll


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s top squash professional Ng Eain Yow (pic) was on cloud nine after securing the biggest scalp of his career when he stunned world No. 2 Paul Coll of New Zealand to storm into the Singapore Open quarter-finals yesterday.

Eain Yow, ranked world No. 24, wasn’t given a ghost of a chance against Coll, the Commonwealth Games champion, but the Malaysian staged a superb comeback from two games down to prevail 9-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-5, 11-4 in 54 minutes.

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