Kuala Lumpur

Indian squash player Veer Chotrani advanced to the semifinals of the World Championship Qualifying Event (Asia) after logging a come-from-behind win over home favourite Mohammad Syafiq Kamal here on Friday.

The second seeded Chotrani prevailed 9-11 11-6 11-6 11-7 against his sixth-seeded opponent to make the last-four stage.

However, Tanvi Khanna bowed out of the women's singles competition after going down 5-11 6-11 12-10 9-11 against Hong Kong's Helen Tang in a quarterfinal game.

Khanna had upstaged top seed N Ching Cheng of Hong Kong in her previous match.

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The winners of the tournament will qualify for the world championships scheduled in Chicago from May 9 to 17.