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Malaysian Open 2009 - A day with Nicol David!

Malaysian Open 2009 - A day with Nicol David!
From AzuanZahdi.com **** It’s squash time once again. The annual Malaysian Open 2009 Squash tournament was held last weekend at its usual venue of National Squash Center Bukit Jalil and the final rounds at The Curve Damansara. Every year I always make an attempt to attend the two tournaments held...

World’s Top Squash Players To Compete In Kaohsiung World Games

Players from 24 nations - more than ever before - will compete in the Squash championships in this month’s World Games, the multi-sport event which is being staged in the Chinese Taipei city of Kaohsiung under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee (IOC). The Squash events, which...

Nicol out to continue world domination

Nicol out to continue world domination
AFTER a slow start to the year, tournaments are coming thick and fast for Nicol David who celebrated her 37th month as the women’s World No 1 when the latest Wispa Tour rankings were released on Friday. Nicol, who has reigned uninterrupted at the top of the rankings for the last 34 months, will...

WISPA World Tour Boosted By New Cayman Islands Stopover

Image via WikipediaThe exotic location of the Cayman Islands provides the setting for a brand new event on the WISPA World Squash Tour when the Women’s Cayman Islands Open takes place on Grand Cayman next month. Hosted by the South Sound Squash Club from 7-10 May, following two days of qualifying,...

So much squashed in

The 2009 Cayman Squash opens is less than a week away, and the organisers are focusing on how to ensure anyone can see the world’s best players for free. Seven of the world’s top 10 female players will be playing in the Cayman Open, along with the three best male players from the Caribbean. The...

Nicol gets chance to put things right

NICOL David returns to action at two Wispa Tour tournaments in North America — the Cayman Islands Open and Texas Open next month. The World No 1 has featured in only one tournament this season, the Kuala Lumpur Open, and the swing through the Caribbean and Texas offers Nicol a chance for some...

2009 Cayman Open gets green light

2009 Cayman Open gets green light
Image by Getty Images via DaylifeThe Cayman Islands Squash Open has been officially launched and the best players in the world will be coming to Cayman in a couple of months. Minister of Sport Alden McLaughlin launched the 2009 pro squash tournament with the announcement that the world No.2 and world...

Dominant David comes to terms with rare defeat

BANGKOK (Reuters) - After almost three years on top of the world rankings and 17 months unbeaten, defeat tastes all the more bitter for Nicol David. They do not come often for the three-times World Open champion, who looks set to establish a run as world number one to rival those of golf sensation Tiger...

Nicol vows to fix flaws after rare defeat in KL

It will be back to the drawing board for world number one Nicol David after her 56-match unbeaten run came to an end in the final of the CIMB Kuala Lumpur Open squash championships at the Berjaya Times Square on Saturday. World No. 4 Natalie Grainger of America upset defending champion Nicol 11-8, 10-12,...

Grainger Upsets Nicol, Barker Rules Men’s Final

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 (Bernama) — Malaysian squash queen and world no. 1 Datuk Nicol David suffered an unexpected defeat to world No.4 Natalie Grainger in the women’s final of the 2009 CIMB Kuala Lumpur Open Squash Championship at Berjaya Times Square, here today. Nicol, the top seed and...

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