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World Jr Women's Reports Participants Teams USA Team Reports Photos-1 Photos-2 Individual Event Draw/Results Day One Day Two Day Three Day Four Quarter-finals Semis Finals Plate Classic Plate Consol Plate Team Event: Draw/Results Pool Draws Day One Day Two Day Three Quarter-finals Semis Finals 1999 EVENT History		*2001 World Junior Women's Championships:* *Second day results: David, Kawy, Quibell, Gross advance*

		Martin Bronstein, Squashtalk reporter on the scene in Penang's Squash Centre. [also: Press report] All content © 2001 Squashtalk

		by Martin Bronstein, Penang, 16 July 2001 All content © 2001 Squashtalk. Photos with permission of Malaysian Star -- All day two results posted on draw pages -- IN MALAYSIA SQUASH IS A MAJOR SPORT Amidst tremendous press coverage in the Malaysian and Singaporean newspapers. The second round of the individual tournament unfolded as it should with 14 of the 16 seeds ensuring their participation in the round of 32. Whereas the Brit newspapers don't think junior sport is worth covering, in this part of the world they do. The pages are full of large photographs of reigning world junior champion - and hometown girl - Nicol David, who beat Orla Noom (no, it's is not an anagram) of the Netherlands for the loss of just one point. She simply looks unbeatable and unstoppable on her way to winning the title again. Indeed the thought just struck me that if she continues her progress over the coming years, and makes that difficult transition from junior to senior squash, around the year 2005 this small country of 22million people could well boast two world senior squash champions. The other being Ong Beng Hee, another Penang native son, who made a wonderful transition from junior to senior and now resides in the world's top ten, with every chance of taking the world title within the next three or four years. Remember it was Peter Nicol who called Beng Hee, the next world champion. David Palmer is the other contender for the title once Nicol and Power have faded from the picture. (Remember New Zealand, another small country did the double when Ross Norman had that historic win over Jahangir and joined the other great Kiwi Susan Devoy as world champion). ARE THE AUSSIES THE DARK HORSES? While we watched David, Ooiean Teng, Tricia Chuah, and Sally Looi chalk up wins for the host nation, and England put their four players into the second round, nobody was actually noting the Australian entrants. Watch these five names: Felicity Goodall, Lisa Camilleri, Kasey Brown, Amelia Pittock and Georgina Davis, all of them into the third round. The only other country with five players through is Egypt. It is developing nicely. INDIA TAKES OUT THE SEEDS The two seeds who did not make it through both fell to Indian players: Joshna Chinappa beat Denmark's Dagmar Feddern, seeded 9/16, and Vaidehi Reddy knocked out Milja Dorenbos of the Netherlands, also a 9/16 seed. US BEATING CANADA In the on-going war of the 49th parallel it's the Yanks' turn to beat the Cannucks. All the Canadian players have been knocked out while the US's most promising player ever, Michelle Quibell, seeded 5/8 knocked out Tracy Michell of Australia and is scheduled to play Egypt's great Omneya Abdel Kawy in the quarters. Amy Gross is also through to the third round with a straight games win over Switzerland's Melanie Scarlato. Amy's next opponent is England's Alison Waters and she will have her work cut out to beat this fast improving player who is seeded 9-16. Tomorrow there are only 16 matches to keep an eye on, a little more manageable. Stay tuned. DUNLOP HEADED Dunlop's sales team must be having nightmares and muttering things like "off with her head" . They've been scattering contracts around like confetti, but now they have to face the fact that Head rackets are giving them a good run. While Dunlop have Jonathon Power and Sarah Fitz-Gerald, Head have world champion Carol Owens and British Open champion David Palmer. And to add insult to injury, yesterday Head stole Nicol David away from Dunlop, giving Head the reigning women's senior and junior champions.

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