PETALING JAYA: Nicol David will be gunning for her ninth Women’s International Squash Players Association (Wispa) title of the year when she competes in the Qatar Classic in Doha today.
The world No. 1, who bagged her eighth title in last month’s Torneo International Bicentenario in Mexico, will open her campaign against Emma Beddoes of England.
Top seeded Nicol, who won the title three consecutive times since 2006, will be seeking to regain the title after losing to current world No. 2 Jenny Duncalf of England in the semi-finals last November.
Nicol’s loss in Doha was her second by Duncalf, who also beat the Penangite in the Carol Weymuller Open in the United States a week earlier.
On a roll: Malaysia’s Nicol David holding the gold medal she won at last month’s New Delhi Commonwealth Games. She will be out to win her third Asiad title in Guangzhou this month. However, Nicol has since set the record straight and has not lost to Duncalf in five meetings thus far this year, including in the final of the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi last month.
Besides looking to reclaim the title, Nicol is bidding for a timely boost ahead of the Asian Games in Guangzhou, where she is seeking to bag her third Asiad gold medal.
Others in the fray for the US$74,000 Qatar Classic are Egypt’s Omneya Abdel Kawy (world No. 4), Australians Rachael Grinham (No. 5) and Kasey Brown (No. 7) and England’s Laura Massaro (No. 9).
Duncalf, the second seed in the tournament this year, will face a qualifier in the first round today.
The world No. 1, who bagged her eighth title in last month’s Torneo International Bicentenario in Mexico, will open her campaign against Emma Beddoes of England.
Top seeded Nicol, who won the title three consecutive times since 2006, will be seeking to regain the title after losing to current world No. 2 Jenny Duncalf of England in the semi-finals last November.
Nicol’s loss in Doha was her second by Duncalf, who also beat the Penangite in the Carol Weymuller Open in the United States a week earlier.
On a roll: Malaysia’s Nicol David holding the gold medal she won at last month’s New Delhi Commonwealth Games. She will be out to win her third Asiad title in Guangzhou this month.Besides looking to reclaim the title, Nicol is bidding for a timely boost ahead of the Asian Games in Guangzhou, where she is seeking to bag her third Asiad gold medal.
Others in the fray for the US$74,000 Qatar Classic are Egypt’s Omneya Abdel Kawy (world No. 4), Australians Rachael Grinham (No. 5) and Kasey Brown (No. 7) and England’s Laura Massaro (No. 9).
Duncalf, the second seed in the tournament this year, will face a qualifier in the first round today.
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