Nicol back as World No. 1
Nicol David’s focus was only on retaining her CIMB Malaysian Open squash title but thanks to the Netherland’s Vanessa Atkinson’s shock loss in the quarter-finals, Nicol is back as World No 1. Vanessa, who wrested the World No 1 ranking from Nicol after the Melbourne Commonwealth Games in March, was shown the exit by Tania Bailey of England. Tania won 9-3, 9-0, 9-2. Nicol had earlier booked her place in the semi-finals when she beat World No 7 Madaline Perry of Ireland 9-2, 9-1, 9-4 at the National Squash Centre in Bukit Jalil yesterday.
According to Women’s International Squash Players Association (WISPA) executive director Andrew Shelley, Nicol only had to finish ahead of Vanessa in the Malaysian Open to regain her No 1 ranking. However, Nicol will only be officially ranked No 1 next month. Way to go, Nicol!
As an aside, Nicol is my youngest sister’s god sister. Both my dad and Nicol’s mum were colleagues in the same secondary school years back. When Nicol was a kid, her mum used to bring her to our house and she plays with my youngest sister. I was in Singapore studying at that time. When young Nicol played squash with my sister, she was way too fast for my sister even at that age and despite being smaller in size. And Nicol would ask my youngest sister to state how many points she wants before each school tournament in Penang. And Nicol would bring more points than my sister’s quote. Those were the days of squash and friendship.
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pablopabla said,
July 31, 2006 @ 11:39 am
She is TRULY a WORLD CHAMPION! I am a fan of hers (though I don’t play squash)!
philin said,
July 31, 2006 @ 11:57 am
From today’s newspaper, Nicol has won the Malaysian Open squash crown again and will be playing in Penang soon. Thanks for the positive comment. It is an encouragement for me to blog even more.
pablopabla said,
August 1, 2006 @ 11:05 am
You are doing great with your blog. I am also a fan of yours
philin said,
August 1, 2006 @ 3:21 pm
Thanks. Hope to write something newsworthy and original
pablopabla said,
August 2, 2006 @ 11:32 am
You might want to quote your sources (if you have taken from somewhere) first and then give your 2-cents worth on the item you have quoted. That way, you will have originality and have lesser fear of having infringed on copyright laws.
philin said,
August 2, 2006 @ 12:19 pm
That’s a good idea. I will try to implement this. Thanks. By the way, I am also a fan of yours.
pablopabla said,
August 2, 2006 @ 6:03 pm