After a quite month for the top girls on the WSA tour, there wasn’t too much movement in the top 20 for the first rankings of 2012.
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.
Three Asians make the semis and Raneem fends off strong opposition from Hong Kong’s Joey Chan in five sets to fill the last berth in the final four.
The opening women’s match of the day brought exactly what the packed crowd at the Hong Kong Squash Centre wanted, a win for local favourite Annie Au.
Round 1 is complete with one upset in the all-English match between Emma Beddoes and Sarah Kippax. Onto Round 2 now!
3 tournaments around the globe held between 9th to 13th November 2012. Read the summary updates from the Macau Open, Indian Summer and Caboolture.
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27 Jan - 1 Feb: Cleveland Racquet Classic, Ohio | US$ 50,000 6 - 11 Mar: The Nicol David Classic, Malaysia | US$ 55,000 13 - 19 Mar: Sinai International Open, Sharm El Sheikh | US$ 25,000 18 - 21 Mar: Atwater Cup, Montreal | US$ 25,000 26 - 31 Mar: CIMB KL Open, Kuala Lumpur | US$ 50,000
