SEA Games 2019: Squash brings silver, bronze for PHL

The Philippine squash team added two more medals in the Philippines' medal haul in the 30th Southeast Asian (SEA) Games on Tuesday at Manila Polo Club.

Robert Andrew Garcia settled for silver in the men's singles finals against Malaysia's Bahtiar Muhammad Addeen, 11-7, 3-11, 11-9, 11-5.

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In the women's singles, Jemyca Aribado got bronze after falling short against Malaysia's Chan Yiwen in the semis last night, 11-6, 11-7, 13-11. Yiwen eventually won silver after losing to fellow Malaysian Rachel Arnold in the finals match.

Malaysia tops the medal count in squash with two golds, a silver, and a bronze.

Mixed team squash matches will be held tomorrow.

According to the 2019 SEA Games website, squash is "a ball sport played by two (singles) or four players (doubles squash) in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball." —Justin Kenneth Carandang/JST, GMA News