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Preview press release

Howard Harding, WSF Press officer, previews the event.

All content © 2001 Squashtalk

by Howard Harding, London, 10 July 2001
All content © 2001 Squashtalk

NICOL DAVID IN HISTORIC WORLD JUNIOR HOME BID
Malaysia's Nicol David, who two years ago became the youngest ever women's world junior squash champion at 15 years old, is seeded to become the first player in history to retain the title in the 2001 Women's World Junior Championships, which will be staged in her home town Penang from 15-21 July.

Since winning the world junior title in Antwerp, Belgium, in July 1999 - without conceding a game throughout the tournament - Nicol David has enjoyed remarkable senior success. She claimed the Finnish Open crown in February 2000 to become the youngest ever winner of a WISPA World Tour title, then five months later added the senior Asian Championships title to the junior Asian trophy she secured the previous year.

Last month she celebrated her return to the WISPA Tour after completing school exams by rising to a career-high No21 in the WISPA world rankings. David is expected to meet Egypt's Omneya Abdel Kawy in the world individual final on Saturday 21st July. Kawy, still just 15, also boasts a best-ever senior world ranking of 21, though has slipped to a current 26 since recently taking time off to concentrate on school work.

The predicted clash between David & Kawy would be the first world junior final to feature two world top thirty ranked players.

The anticipated line-up of the last sixteen in the individual event, based on the draw, is: [1] Nicol David (MAS) v [9/16] Tina Rix (ENG), [5/8] Kathrin Rohrmuller (GER) v [9/16] Alison Waters (ENG), [3] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) v [9/16] Milja Dorenbos (NED), [5/8] Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG) v [9/16] Line Hansen (DEN), [5/8] Lisa Camilleri (AUS) v [9/16] Dagmar Feddern (DEN), [4] Tricia Chuah (MAS) v [9/16] Manuela Zehnder (SUI), [5/8] Michelle Quibell (USA) v [9/16] Nadine Bahgat (EGY), [2] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) v [9/16] Amelia Pittock (AUS).

Hosts Malaysia are top seeds in the provisional seedings for the Women's World Junior Team Championships, which will immediately follow the individual event in Penang, from 22-28 July. Defending champions Egypt are expected to meet the favourites in the final, whilst four-times winners England, who have only once failed to make the final since the inaugural event in 1985, are third seeds, ahead of USA at four.

The team event seeding will be finalised following the quarter-finals of the individual event. The fourteen countries competing in the team event, in seeding order, are: 1 Malaysia, 2 Egypt, 3 England, 4 USA, 5 Australia, 6 Germany, 7 Switzerland, 8 Canada, 9 Netherlands, 10 India, 11 New Zealand, 12 Hong Kong, 13 Ireland, 14 Singapore.

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