Eain Yow Captures Inaugural USD50,000 German Open Title
Making Malaysia proud!
National men's squash player Ng Eain Yow has claimed his first World Tour title by defeating Switzerland's Dimitri Steinmann at the inaugural USD50,000 German Open 2024 in Hamburg on Sunday, 7 April
Ng started strong and dominated the first half of the match. Steinmann fought back in the first set, forcing a tie-break, but he eventually lost. The second set was close, with Ng ultimately edging out Steinmann.
The third set was another tight battle that went to a tie-break, which Steinmann won. However, Ng dominated the fourth set as Steinmann appeared exhausted, winning the match in four games.
The fourth-seeded Ng defeated sixth-seeded Steinmann 12-10, 11-8, 10-12, 11-3.
Image via German Open Squash
After bringing glory to Malaysia just days after Sivasangari Subramaniam's triumph at the 2024 London Squash Classic, Ng expressed happiness at winning the title for his country
"It was a big relief to get through today," PSA World Tour quoted Ng as saying.
"I think I played amazing all week so I was happy to pull through it. The final is always different. There's always some added pressure, there were different people messaging all day about my win [at the semis] so for me I knew [the final] was going to be tough, especially against [Steinmann].
"He was just firing it in from everywhere and he wasn't missing much, so I had to dig deep — keep running, keep getting all the balls back and sticking to my game plan and I think I did that. Just happy to get the title this week," he said.
Image via PSA World Tour
Last week, Sivasangari took down World No. 2 Hania El Hammamy of Egypt to win her first-ever PSA World Tour Gold-level title:
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