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Nicol David's WISPA Debut: Reaches semi-finals as qualifier, to meet Thacker today.


WORLD SQUASH NEWS. 2/19/2000. by WISPA

RESULTS: Sonderborg Women's Danish Open, Sonderborg, Denmark

Quarter-finals:
[1] Maha Zein (EGY) bt Annelize Naude (RSA) 9-1 7-9 9-3 8-10 9-7
[3] Natalie Grinham (AUS) bt Madeline Perry (IRL) 9-4 9-2 9-4
[Q] Nicol David (MAS) bt [Q] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) 9-4 9-2 9-4
[2] Janie Thacker (ENG) bt [Q] Julie Dorn-Jensen (DEN) 9-4 9-3 9-2

1st round:
[1] Maha Zein (EGY) bt [Q] Agnes Muller (SWI) 10-8 9-5 5-9 9-3
Annelize Naude (RSA) bt [6] Ivy Pochoda (USA) 9-1 9-2 9-2
[3] Natalie Grinham (AUS) bt Laura Hamilton (SCO) 9-0 9-3 9-2
Madeline Perry (IRL) bt Sally-Anne Hunt (AUS) 9-3 9-0 9-1
[Q] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt [7] Daphne Jelgersma (NED) 9-1 9-5 9-2
[Q] Nicol David (MAS) bt [4] Ellen Petersen (DEN) 1-9 6-9 9-7 9-4 9-5
[Q] Julie Dorn-Jensen (DEN) bt [8] Elin Blikra (NOR) 9-4 5-9 9-5 9-0
[2] Janie Thacker (ENG) bt Vicky Lankester (ENG) 9-2 9-4 9-5


Malaysia's world junior champion Nicol David made an impressive debut on the
WISPA World Tour when she reached the semi-finals of the Sonderborg Women's
Danish Squash Open in Sonderborg, Denmark, as a qualifier.

The 16-year-old from Penang had to fight back from two games down to overcome
the host country's 4th seed Ellen Petersen 1-9 6-9 9-7 9-4 9-5 in the first
round, then dismissed fellow qualifier Omneya Abdel Kawy, from Egypt, 9-4 9-2
9-4 in the quarter-finals.


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