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Posted by wmsiew in Everything on Nicol, News on Nicol, Tournaments, WISPA, World Championships, World Squash News on 01 24th, 2009 | No Comments

World Open Venue Announced

Amsterdam Frans Otten Stadion To Host 2009 Women’s World OpenThe Forexx Women’s World Open Squash 2009, the most prestigious event on the Women’s International Squash Players’ Association (WISPA) World Tour, will be staged in the Frans Otten Stadion in Amsterdam. The championship will take...
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Posted by wmsiew in Everything on Nicol, Tournaments, World Championships on 12 17th, 2008 | No Comments

Squash score worth millions

By Penny MilesManawutu Standard Palmerston North will host the 2010 World Women’s Teams Squash Championships - an event that will bring up to $3 million and world exposure to the city. The city’s beaten Auckland and Nelson to get the event. Palmerston North’s bid was helped by an endorsement...
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Posted by wmsiew in Awards and Honours, Everything on Nicol, News on Nicol, Off the T, Tournaments, World Championships on 10 23rd, 2008 | 1 Comment

World Squash Awards 2008 [Updated]

The world’s leading players were honoured at the fourth annual World Squash Awards took place at the stunning Manchester Town Hall on Saturday the 18th of October, during the Hi-Tec World Squash Championships. The presentations took place in the appropriate setting of the Great Hall in the historic...
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Posted by wmsiew in Everything on Nicol, News on Nicol, Tournaments, World Championships on 10 19th, 2008 | 2 Comments

Nicol is World Champion

MANCHESTER (AFP) — Malaysian golden girl Nicol David clinched a third World Open here on Sunday while Egypt’s Ramy Ashour claimed the men’s title. David, the world number one, endured a career crisis last year when she lost both the British and World Open titles and had set her heart on...
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Posted by wmsiew in Everything on Nicol, News on Nicol, Tournaments, World Championships on 10 19th, 2008 | No Comments

Botwright To Face David In Dream Manchester World Final

After consistently failing to live up to expectations on her ‘home’ court at the National Squash Centre in Manchester for the past ten years, Vicky Botwright provided the dream outcome for the organisers of the Hi-Tec World Open Squash Championships by earning a place in tomorrow’s...
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Posted by wmsiew in Everything on Nicol, News on Nicol, Tournaments, World Championships on 10 18th, 2008 | No Comments

English World Finalist Guaranteed After Duncalf Downs Grinham

It was 13th time lucky for England’s Jenny Duncalf in the women’s quarter-finals of the Hi-Tec World Open Squash Championships when the world No5 from Yorkshire upset Dutch star Natalie Grinham to ensure the event’s first English finalist for five years.With 12 successive wins over...
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Posted by wmsiew in Everything on Nicol, Tournaments, World Championships on 10 17th, 2008 | No Comments

David escapes cull of World Open seeds

MANCHESTER, England (AFP) — Nicol David, who aims to follow her recapture of the British Open title by regaining the World Open as well, reached the quarter-finals with a solid win over one of her most memorable adversaries. The world number one from Malaysia was given one of her biggest shocks in...
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Posted by wmsiew in Everything on Nicol, News on Nicol, Tournaments, World Championships on 10 16th, 2008 | No Comments

World Open Day 3&4 Highlights

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Posted by wmsiew in Everything on Nicol, News on Nicol, Tournaments, World Championships on 10 16th, 2008 | No Comments

Aussie world champion Grinham beaten

MANCHESTER, England (AFP) — World Open champion Rachael Grinham suffered one of the most astonishing defeats of her career as her title defence ended in the second round against an opponent who is about to retire. The second-seeded Australian was beaten 5-11, 13-11, 11-8, 11-8 by Vicky Botwright, who...
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Posted by wmsiew in Everything on Nicol, Tournaments, World Championships on 10 15th, 2008 | No Comments

Nicol through to Round Two

Main draw action in the women’s World Open got underway today with world number one Nicol David confidently beginning her bid to reclaim the title she lost last year by crushing compatriot Sharon Wee 11-6, 11-3, 11-2 in just 19 minutes. David now goes on to face Asian rival Rebecca Chiu, the 13th...
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