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WORLD SQUASH NEWS: WORLD No1 RANKING BECKONS FOR PALMER IN HONG KONG
The shock early departures of the world's top two players Peter Nicol and Jonathon Power from this week's Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Squash Open have left the door open for Australia's David Palmer to become world No1 for the first time should he win the PSA Tour's first 'Super Series Platinum' event on Sunday (26 August).

Palmer, who in June became the first Australian for twenty years to win the British Open title, is third seed in Hong Kong - but following Tuesday's first round loss by defending champion Peter Nicol, and Wednesday's withdrawal of four-times finalist Jonathon Power after being rushed to hospital suffering with 'enteritis and severe tonsillitis', the world No3 has become the new men's favourite for the $120,000 event.

Despite missing out on Hong Kong action this year, Power will overtake Nicol in the September Dunlop PSA World Rankings. Only a Hong Kong Open win by Palmer could prevent the Canadian from reclaiming the world No1 slot he surrendered to Nicol on 1st August. Whilst Palmer's world ranking would remain unchanged if he failed to reach the final, a win would take him to No1, and runner-up to a career-high No2. In today's (Thursday) second round match at the Hong Kong Park Indoor Games Hall, Palmer had to fight back from a game down to overcome English qualifier Nick Matthew 12-15 15-2 15-14 15-6 to reach tomorrow's quarter-finals where he will meet Malaysia's 7th seed Ong Beng Hee.

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