Egypt retained the men’s and women’s squash titles in the Arab Games after first-time triumphs by Tarek Momen and Raneem El Weleily in the 2011 championships’ finals at the Khalifa International Tennis & Squash Complex in the Qatar capital Doha.
Farah Abdel Meguid had taken out two higher seeds on her way to the Coronation London Open final, and she wasted no time at all in setting about adding the no1 seed to her hit list. Read the outcome in this post.
Nicol David, the Malaysian who has topped the women’s world squash rankings unopposed since 2006, is to be feted by the country’s Prime Minister for her outstanding achievements.
The December rankings were bound to feature some big changes due to the World Open and Hong Kong Open taking place in November. There were career highs aplenty throughout the top 100 and the highest of those was at number 3.
The World Squash Federation’s inaugural WSF Ambassador Programme in Latvia last week was hailed as an “inspiration” to the country’s squash community at the end of the three-day visit to the Baltic country’s capital Riga featuring leading international players Nicol David and John White.
