Tag: Squash
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El Sherbini sets up World clash in the Women’s Tub O’Towels
Pepper Pike, Ohio, USA, Feb 01, 2014: Egypt’s world junior champion Nour El Sherbini will face Malaysia’s senior world champion Nicol David in the opening round of the Women’s Tub O’Towels Cleveland Classic after prevailing in the qualifiers of the Women’s Squash Association Gold 50 event at Cleveland Racquet Club in Pepper Pike, Ohio, USA.…
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Dominant David claims first tournament of champions title
New York, Jan 25, 2014: World number one Nicol David claimed her first J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions title with a resounding 11-4, 13 -11, 11-8 victory over world No 2 Laura Massaro on the iconic glass court in Grand Central Terminal in New York. “The ToC is huge,” said the Malaysian superstar after the…
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Kasey Brown has been elected President
New York, Jan 21, 2014: Australia’s world No11 Kasey Brown has been elected President of a new board of directors of the Women’s Squash Association following a meeting of WSA members during the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions this week in New York. “As the newly-appointed President of WSA, I would just like to say…
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Nicol relishes tournament of champions
London, Jan 17, 2014: Malaysian squash star Nicol David is set to make her long-awaited debut at this week’s JP Morgan Tournament of Champions in New York – and admits that competing in the Women’s Squash Association Gold event at Grand Central Terminal will be “the highlight of the year”. David, the 30-year-old from Penang…
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Six Qualifiers to make Hong Kong Open debuts
Hong Kong, Dec 2, 2013: All but two of the players who survived today’s qualifying finals of the Women’s Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai Financial Hong Kong Open will be making their debuts in the WSA World Series Gold squash event at the Hong Kong Squash Centre. Teenagers Mariam Ibrahim Metwally, Yathreb Adel and Salma…
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Nicol David in ninth Hong Kong title bid
London, Nov 30, 2013: 18 years after winning her first junior international title there as a 12-year-old, Malaysia’s world number one Nicol David returns next week to Hong Kong where she is seeded to win her ninth successive title in the Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai Financial Hong Kong Open. The WSA World Series Gold…
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WSA in historic WDSA link in LA
London, Nov 8, 2013: The Women’s Squash Association (WSA) will be celebrating a historic first in Los Angeles next week when the Women’s L.A. Open will feature both a WSA World Tour 10 singles championship and a $10,000 Women’s Doubles Squash Association (WDSA) event under one roof. The L.A. Open, sponsored by Harrow Sports and…
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Historic win by Malaysian squash queen Nicol David
Drexel University in Philadelphia – USA, Oct 19, 2013: In her longest title triumph since the introduction of PAR (point-a-rally) scoring, favourite Nicol David overcame second seed Laura Massaro in the final of the Women’s Delaware Investments U.S. Open Squash Championship at Drexel University in Philadelphia to become the first player in the event’s history…
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WSF launches (SPIN) for players Worldwide
London, Oct 11, 2013: The World Squash Federation today launches a new worldwide player registration service that will require players competing internationally to have a Squash Player Identification Number (SPIN). With effect from 1st January 2014, all players who wish to play in all WSF World Individual and Team Championships, Regional Championships, and World Junior…
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Nicol David Celebrates Carol Weymuller Double
New York – USA, Oct 06, 2013: Malaysia’s world number one Nicol David ended unseeded French star Camille Serme’s giant-killing run in the final of the Carol Weymuller Open in New York to win the Women’s Squash Association Gold 50 event, celebrating its 40th anniversary at The Heights Casino in Brooklyn, for the second time…