KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian squash player Yasshmita Jadish Kumar continued her giant-killing run to reach the third round of the Egypt Open in Cairo on Sunday.
World No. 62 Yasshmita, who upset Egypt's world No. 34 Marian Metwally in the first round, came back from the brink of defeat to stun Egypt's world No. 20 Farida Mohamed 3-11, 9-11, 11-8, 11-9, 11-9 in 53 minutes.
It was the first time Yasshmita, who sacrificed two years of her business management studies in England to train in Cairo, beat a player ranked in the world top 20.
Yasshmita, who trains under coaches Andrew Shoukry and Ahmed Faragallah, will next face Japan's world No. 7 Satomi Watanabe.
