Sunday, August 7, 2011

ToP PLaYeRs

Now, that we have already learn the game, we should now get to know the top players in the world ranking. According to PSA world rankings (the Official World Ranking for men's squash) the person (men category) who is now on top of the world is Nick Matthew.

 

Full Name      :  Nick Matthew
Date of Birth  : 25th July 1980  
Place of Birth : Sheffield
Residence       : Sheffield, England
Height            : 1.83 m
Weight            :77 kg
Racquet used  :Dunlop






He is a professional squash player who has won the British Open in 2006 and 2009. He is now the one who hold the title of squash world champion since June 2010. 

His home squash club is Hallamshire Tennis and Squash Club in Sheffield which has named a squash court 'The Nick Matthew Showcourt'. He started to become  a professional player in 1998. Since then, there are many tournaments that he involved in, including British Closed Championship, British Open Championship, England World Team Championship, European Team Championship, and Commonwealth games. 

In women squash sport arena, Datuk Nicol Ann David is the one who reign the title and the first Asean woman to achieve this.

Full Name      : Nicol Ann David
Date of Birth : 26 August 1983
Place of Birth: Penang,Malaysia
Residence      : Amsterdam
Height            : 1.63 m
Weight           : 50 kg
Racquet Used: Prince


She become a professional squash player in 2000, when she won her first WISPA title after defeating Salma Shabana in the Final of  Savcir Finnish open.  She is the first squash player to have won World Junior title twice, and remained to be the one before Raneem El Weleily emulatedNicol's feat by winning her second World Junior Championship in 2007. Nicol has also obtained the WISPA Player Of The Year on six consecutive occasions, from 2005 until 2010.

Aren't they great? :) See you in the next entry on Major Squash Tournament.






















Source:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Matthew 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_Men%27s_Squash_World_Ranking 
http://www.wispa.net/rankings.asp
http://www.psa-squash.com/entry/ranking.php?player=T00275&page=biog
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicol_David
Images:
http://www.isportgroup.com/Home/iSPORTmanagement-%281%29/iSPORTmanagement/Player-Profiles/Nick-Matthew/NICK-MATTHEW-SIGNS-TO-DUNLOP.aspx
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5fLx4tct-9o57meJcr5dSfwX6HH0-4IwvFgzoHNqIDiqGpV4ZnBikyNdkTOFtV1f99KdrnYoCf6bLKbkitUDKvRgi91BYsPusGhQBBEV4WrFwMv_XzzxOaNAEG1mUYj5IvZGYPvjCYw4z/s400/Nicol_David.jpg 

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