Donna Urquhart and Amanda Sobhy claimed the only two shock results in the first round of the WSA Cleveland Classic.

Top seed Madeline Perry was sent out of the $35,000 competition at the hand of last year’s finalist and No8 seed Joelle King. The New Zealand international played a precise game to counter the accuracy of her Irish opponent and claimed a strong 11-7, 11-3, 5-11, 11-7 win.

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.

Round 1 is complete with one upset in the all-English match between Emma Beddoes and Sarah Kippax. Onto Round 2 now!

Nicol David summarises her tournament experiences over the past months, her ups and downs, and the factors that were instrumental in achieving her historic 6th World Open title.