Sport in Short: Squash

TONY HANDS yesterday reached his first major international semi-final by defeating Australia's Mark Carlyon 9-15, 17-14, 15-10, 15-7 in the Sharp Malaysian Open in Kuala Lumpur. The 20-year-old from Colchester, ranked 10th in England, meets the world champion, Rodney Martin, today, having already achieved a career-best win over the Australian's elder brother Brett - the world No 6 - in the second round.

MALAYSIAN OPEN (Kuala Lumpur): MEN: Second round: C Dittmar (Aus) bt P Whitlock (Eng) 15-7 15-9 15-10; M Carlyon (Aus) bt M Cairns (Eng) 15-9 15-5 15-10; T Hands (Eng) bt B Martin (Aus) 13-15 15-6 15-11 15-12; J Nicolle (Eng) bt S Parke (Eng) 15-12 15-9 13-15 15-7; R Martin (Aus) bt A Davies (Wal) 15-8 15-6 15-11; Faheem Khan (HK) bt S Elopuro (Fin) 15-13 14-17 15-12 10-15 15-6; T Nancarrow (Aus) bt A Adarraga (Sp) 17-15 17-14 15-8; G Waite (Can) bt A Hill (Aus) 15-11 15-5 15-5. Quarter-finals: Dittmar bt Faheem Khan 15-4 15-7 15-10; Nancarrow bt Waite 15-9 8-15 15-11 15-8; Hands bt Carlyon 9-15 17-14 15-10 15-7; R Martin (Aus) bt Nicolle 15-10 15-4 15-10. WOMEN: Second round: M Le Moignan (Eng) bt F Geaves (Eng) 15-7 15-5 15-10; L Opie (Eng) bt R O'Callaghan (Irl) 15-6 15-12 17-16; S Wright (Eng) bt C Nitch (SA) 15-6 11-15 14-15 15-11 15-12; C Jackman (Eng) bt C Owens (Aus) 17-16 15-10 13-15 15-13; S FitzGerald (Aus) bt S Horner (Eng) 15-7 15-13 15-12; M Martin (Aus) bt S Schone (Ger) 15-9 11-15 15-9 15-11; R Lambourne (Aus) bt T Myllyniemi (Fin) 4-15 15-11 15-12 15-5. Quarter-finals: Le Moignan bt Opie 4-15 17-16 17-15 3-15 15-10; Martin bt Wright 15-12 15-4 15-7; Jackman bt Irving 12-15 15-13 15-9 15-14; Lambourne bt FitzGerald ret inj.

WORLD JUNIOR MEN'S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP (Hong Kong): Qualifying rounds: Pool A: England 3 Egypt 0 (N Cash bt M Morsi 9-4 9-6 9-5; J Rennie bt A Barada 9-2 10-8 9-7; C Clare bt O El Borolossi 9-2 9-1 9-1); Scotland 3 Ireland 0 (C McMaster bt N Murphy 9-5 1-9 9-0 9-3, M Morton bt B Hession 5-9 9-5 9-0 9-4, R Campbell bt K Flynn 9-2 9-3 9-0); Finland 3 New Zealand 0. Pool B: Australia 3 Pakistan 0; Germany 3 Malaysia 0; Canada 2 Sweden 1. Pool C: Hong Kong 2 Switzerland 1; USA 3 Bermuda 0; India 2 Kuwait 1. Pool D: France 3 Kenya 0; South Africa 3 Spain 0; Argentina 3 Singapore 0.