Chengdu, Aug. 9 -- China's squash player Liu Ziyi made history at The World Games 2025 here on Saturday, beating Australia's Emily Lamb 3-2 in the women's singles round of 16 plate, the host nation's first squash victory at the multi-sport event.
The 18-year-old, competing in her first World Games, lost the opening game 11-7, but nailed down the next two 11-9, 11-3, before Lamb pulled back on level terms with an 11-5 win in the fourth game.
Trailing 3-0 at the beginning of the decisive fifth game, Liu quickly made adjustments by driving the ball deep and waiting for errors from her opponent, and overtook the lead 10-5.
She then denied a late comeback from Lamb, who fended off three match points but committed a foul to hand Liu an 11-8...