Tag: women squash
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England’s Emily Whitlock & Egypt’s Nour El Tayeb
London, Mar 13, 2014: Players from 16 nations – covering five continents – will be fighting for the eight qualifying slots in next week’s Penang CIMB Women’s World Squash Championship in Penang, Malaysia, according to the draw released today by the Women’s Squash Association (WSA). Qualifying in the $120,000 event gets underway at the Nicol…
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High Hopes for low in home World Championship
London, Mar 12, 2014: Hopes, While the world’s attention may well be focused on Penang superstar Nicol David in next week’s Women’s World Squash Championship in the Malaysian state, local hope Low Wee Wern is seeded to achieve a fourth successive quarter-final berth in the $120,000 Women’s Squash Association (WSA) event which gets underway at…
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Sobhy Soars to biggest WSA title in Toronto
Toronto, Mar 8, 2014: Just days after winning the US Colleges title, and 24 hours before beginning her US National Championship title bid, US number one Amanda Sobhy secured the 11th and biggest WSA World Tour title of her career when she upset top seed Omneya Abdel Kawy in the final of the Women’s Granite…
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Eun Chan Ahn of Korea upsets lead
Malaysia, Mar 04, 2014: Eun Chan Ahn claimed a notable place in squash history when she beat Hong Kong’s Tong Tsz-Wing in the final of the Women’s Malaysian Tour Squash Circuit 1 to become the first man or woman from the Republic of Korea to win three Tour titles. The 28-year-old from Incheon was making…
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Egyptian Heba El Torky beat New Zealander Amanda
Montreal, Mar 04, 2014: After two years in Canadian hands, the 2014 Women’s Montreal Open title went overseas when top-seeded Egyptian Heba El Torky beat New Zealander Amanda Landers-Murphy in the final of the WSA World Tour 5 squash event at Club Sportif MAA in Montreal. And it took the 23-year-old from Alexandria just eight…
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England’s world No 2 Laura Massaro
Chicago, Mar 04, 2014: England’s world No 2 Laura Massaro stormed to her 13th title on the WSA World Tour when she beat Raneem El Welily, the world No3 from Egypt, in the final of the Women’s METROsquash Windy City Open, the Women’s Squash Association (WSA) Gold 50 event at the University Club of Chicago…
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Kippax Conquers Grinham to make windy city draw
Chicago, Feb 28, 2014: It was sixth time lucky for England’s Sarah Kippax in the qualifying finals of the Women’s METROsquash Windy City Open when she claimed her first ever win over Australia’s former world number one Rachael Grinham – the highest-ranked player in the qualifying draw – to make the main draw of the…
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WSA Marks 30th Anniversary
London, Feb 26, 2014: The Women’s Squash Association (WSA) is marking the 30th anniversary of its formation this week with celebrations at the British Open in May and the US Open later in the year. Founded in February 1984 at the Belfast Boat Club in Ireland, the originally-named Women’s Squash Players’ Association (WSPA) boasted 23…
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Record top 20 spread in latest WSA world rankings
London, Feb 05, 2014: Today’s publication of the February Women’s Squash Association World Rankings shows a record 13 nations represented in the top 20. Malaysian Nicol David heads the list – extending to 91 months the longest ever unbroken reign as world number one. The unchanged top five sees England’s Laura Massaro at two; Egyptian Raneem…
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Nicol David reclaims Cleveland Classic Trophy
Cleveland – USA, Feb 05, 2014: Malaysia’s world number one Nicol David continued to demonstrate her domination of women’s squash by clinching the Tub O’Towels Cleveland Classic trophy in the USA without dropping a game throughout the tournament. The 30-year-old from Penang beat Hong Kong’s Annie Au – celebrating her fourth successive appearance in the…