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WISPA "rising star" rankings - Nicol David #1, Egypt
& Malaysia dominate; two Americans break in.
4.9.00. WISPA World Squash News
NICOL DAVID HEADS FIRST 'RISING STARS' WORLD RANKING Nicol David, the world junior squash champion from Malaysia, heads the first ever women's world junior rankings, announced today (5th September) by the Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA).
The first Rising Stars list is part of the recent initiative launched by WISPA, which offers maximum encouragement for young players and added prestige for national junior open championships.
THREE TIMES YEARLY
RANKINGS
The new ranking list will be published three times a year, featuring
full, regional and 'rising stars' members of WISPA who are under the age of
19 on the publication date. Nicol David, just seventeen years old, successfully
retained her senior Asian Championships' title in July, after becoming the
youngest ever WISPA World Tour champion in February when she won the Finnish
Open.
In second place in the September WISPA Rising Stars Rankings is Egyptian Omneya Abdel Kawy - at 15, the youngest 'rising star' - ahead of third-placed compatriot Engy Kheirallah, aged 18.
JUNIOR WOMEN
AND PRO SQUASH
To help develop the link between junior and professional squash,
national junior open championships around the world can become part of the
scheme and offer world ranking points to their entries - these points forming
the basis of Rising Stars rankings. Hi-Tec Sports will provide shoe terms
for the top five players each year as listed on 1st January. Similar support
has been offered by Ashaway, the official string of WISPA.
1 Nicol David MAS
2 Omneya Abdel Kawy EGY
3 Engy Kheirallah EGY
4 Tricia Chuah MAS
5 Samantha Teran MEX
6 Dianne Desira AUS
7 Daphine Ting MAS
8 Kylie Lindsay NZL
9 Karen Lau HKG
10 Natasha Fowles NZL
11 Louisa Hall USA
12 Amelia Pittock AUS
13= Frania Gillen-Buchert SCO
13= Olivia Hauser SWI
13= Amina Helal ENG
13= Laura-Jane Lengthorn ENG
13= Alexandra Pearson USA
13= Jennifer Post GER
13= Tina Rix ENG
13= Alison Waters ENG
Nicol David, Rising Star #1, (Right) against established WISPA player Rachel Grinham.
Louisa Hall (Rising Star #11) stretches against WISPA regular Latasha Khan
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- Golestan Radwan: Egypt
- Tomas Barva, Czech Republic
- David Blick, Alaska USA
- Kim Tunney: Midwest USA
- Andre Maur: Atlanta USA
- Paul Ansdell: Massachusetts USA
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