TheStar Oct 19 '05 Malaysian top seed Mohd Hafiz Hashim cruised into the quarter-finals of the Dutch Open with a 15-4, 15-4 win over India’s Arvind Bhat in a third round match here yesterday. Hafiz, competing in his first international tournament since losing in the third round of the World Championships in Anaheim two months ago, had defeated Kasper Odeum of Belgium 15-7, 15-8 in the second round on Wednesday. Another Malaysian in the men’s singles field, Pei Wei Chung, was beaten 15-1, 4-15, 3-15 by Lang Ville of Finland in the first round. Veteran men’s doubles pair of Choong Tan Fook-Lee Wan Wah reached the last eight without lifting their racquets after their second round opponents – German pair Danny Schwarz-Kestatis Navicky conceded a walkover. Tan Fook-Wan Wah began their campaign with a 15-8, 15-2 win over Frederic Mawet-Wouter Claes of Belgium earlier. Mixed doubles pair Mohd Fairuzizuan Mohd Tazari-Ooi Sock Ai are also through to the quarter-finals after beating Japan’s Shinichi Nakao-Tomomi Matsuda 15-6, 15-7. The Malaysians will face English top seeds Anthony Clark-Donna Kellogg today. However, Wong Mew Choo failed in her bid to reach the last eight of the women’s singles competition when she lost 6-11, 6-11 to Japan’s Kanako Yonekura. Mew Choo, a semi-finalist in the Indonesian Open last month, defeated Canadian Anna Rice 11-5, 11-8 in the first round on Wednesday. In the women’s doubles first round match yesterday, Malaysia’s Ooi Sock Ai-Mooi Hing Yau defeated Holland’s Karin Schnaase-Paulien Van Dooremalen 15-1, 15-3.
