Coachless Jinoreeka captures another title
After winning the girls' Under-15 Asian Junior Championships in Gimcheon, South Korea recently, she added the Penang International Junior Open Under-17 title to her collection today.
Joint fifth seed Jinoreeka, who is from Perak, stunned Hong Kong's top seed Chloe Lo 12-10, 11-7, 11-4 in the final at the Nicol David International Squash Centre.
Though Jinoreeka does not have a coach in Malaysia, she follows a training programme given by Egyptian Omar Aziz. Her parents, R. Manivannan and Toh Chee Kuan have spent RM250,000 for her to train under Omar in Cairo eight times since 2023.
Jinoreeka said although she is 14, she did not feel nervous playing against older opponents. "My goal is to feature in the 2027 Junior World Cup," she said.
Manivannan said he hopes Jinoreeka would be able to get sponsors as she has won a total of 22 titles.
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