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2001
World Junior Women's Championship
MALAYSIA TEAM PREVIEW
Penang, Malaysia
July 15-28
[last update was 13-jul-01
]
Can they live up to their expection on home territory?
The
Malaysian Team: Stars at the top, can the depth hold up?
Expectations are very high for the Malaysian Junior Women's team. With Nicol David a very strong favorite to win all her matches at the number one position, her teammates are under a lot of pressure to perform. Tricia Chuah, Teng Ooi Ean and Sally Looi make up the rest of this talented team.
Nicol David, defending champion of the
individual championship will be a strong 
favorite
to repeat in the individual event. She brings unmatched international experience,
including a year of WISPA competition under her built. Nicol brings court
coverage, accuracy, and a great competitive mentality to the table. She has
not yet been able to handle the level of power and pressure that the likes
of the top WISPA pros can marshall --- but she probably won't need those to
succeed in Penang.
She will need to reserve significant energy after the individual event if Malaysia is going to prevail. She probably will need to win all her matches at the #1 position in the team event for Malaysia to earn the team title.
Tricia Chuah, an experienced international performer, comes in as the #4 rated player overall. She provides a strong #2 punch behind Nicol. Tricia, has been competing in regional WISPA events and will be favored to win most of her matches at the #2 position --- the key challenges being, of course, how she will fare against England, Egypt, and the USA.
With Nicol and Tricia known quantities on the international stage, Teng Ooi Ean and Sally Looi become the keys to Malaysia's success. How will those two, relatively unknown performers, fare against the famous depth of the Egyptian and England squads?
These players, on home territory, have the weight of the Malaysian squash program on their shoulders.
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