Muqtadir Nimji beat Luca Reich of the Virgin Islands 3-0 to advance to the quarterfinals of the squash category at the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.
Nimji dominated the match from the start and made light work of his opponent, winning 11-2 in all three sets.
Khaaliqa Sadruddin Nimji qualified after earning a walkover over Emma Keane from Bermuda. Khaliqa is the youngest athlete to have represented Kenya at a multi-sport event, at the age of 12, in the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.
The win saw Nimji siblings proceed to the singles quarter-finals, where Muqtadir will face Uganda's Paul Kadoma at 10:15 pm while Khaaliqa will face Mary Fung-A-Fat from Guyana at 8 pm at Birmingham University. The winners will proceed to the semi-finals.
In the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Khaaliqa was knocked out of Round of 32 by Nikki Todd from Canada. She has also represented Kenya in the 2010 and 2018 Commonwealth Games.
