RESULTS: Asian Squash Championships, Kuwait
Women's 1st round:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bye
[9/16] Kim Jin-Hee (KOR) bt Xu Li (CHN) 9-2, 9-0, 9-0 (12m)
[9/16] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt Li Chun Ping (TPE) 9-0, 9-1, 9-0 (9m)
[5/8] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) bt Harita Omprakash (IND) 9-4, 9-0, 9-3 (32m)
[5/8] Elise Ng (HKG) bt Jiang Li (CHN) 9-1, 9-4, 9-1 (19m)
[9/16] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) bt Maria Estela Gageiro Madeira (MAC) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (10m)
[9/16] Song Sun-Mi (KOR) bt Pan Kuei Yeh (TPE) 10-8, 9-0, 9-0 (13m)
[3/4] Christina Mak (HKG) bt Surbhi Misra (IND) 9-0, 9-6, 9-7 (21m)
[3/4] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt Xiu Chen (CHN) 9-1, 9-1, 9-1 (12m)
[9/16] Anwesha Reddy (IND) bt Hsieh Ssu Han (TPE) 9-1, 9-0, 9-1 (10m)
[9/16] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) bt Sam Hei Tong (MAC) 9-0, 9-0, 9-2 (10m)
[5/8] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt Wu Zhenzhen (CHN) 9-0, 9-4, 9-1 (17m)
[5/8] Delia Arnold (MAS) bt Hung Ning Yu (TPE) 9-3, 9-1, 9-0 (20m)
[9/16] Park Eun Ok (KOR) bt Kozue Onizawa (JPN) 9-5, 9-0, 9-2 (29m)
[9/16] Ahn Eun Ok (KOR) bt Si Man Wendy Chan (MAC) 9-0, 9-0, 9-0 (8m)
[2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt Yuki Omiya (JPN) 9-2, 9-1, 9-0 (23m)
2nd round:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [9/16] Kim Jin-Hee (KOR) 9-3, 9-0, 9-0 (20m)
[9/16] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt [5/8] Chinatsu Matsui (JPN) 4-9, 9-6, 6-9, 9-2, 9-2 (65m)
[5/8] Elise Ng (HKG) bt [9/16] Misaki Kobayashi (JPN) 9-2, 9-7, 9-2 (26m)
[3/4] Christina Mak (HKG) bt [9/16] Song Sun-Mi (KOR) 9-5, 4-9, 9-7, 9-4 (55m)
[3/4] Sharon Wee (MAS) bt [9/16] Anwesha Reddy (IND) 9-1, 9-4, 9-6 (34m)
[5/8] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [9/16] Maria Toor Pakay (PAK) 9-1, 9-6, 9-2 (31m)
[5/8] Delia Arnold (MAS) bt [9/16] Park Eun Ok (KOR) 9-2, 3-9, 9-2, 9-4 (41m)
[2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt [9/16] Ahn Eun Ok (KOR) 9-5, 9-1, 9-1 (23m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [9/16] Low Wee Wern (MAS) 9-2, 9-4, 9-4 (25m)
[3/4] Christina Mak (HKG) bt [5/8] Elise Ng (HKG) 9-4, 9-6, 9-3 (35m)
[5/8] Joshna Chinappa (IND) bt [3/4] Sharon Wee (MAS) 9-5, 4-9, 9-7, 9-5 (55m)
[2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt [5/8] Delia Arnold (MAS) 9-7, 9-4, 9-1 (33m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [3/4] Christina Mak (HKG) 9-0, 9-2, 9-0 (16m)
[2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) bt [5/8] Joshna Chinappa (IND) 9-0, 9-2 ret. (10m)
Final:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [2] Rebecca Chiu (HKG) 9-5, 9-2, 9-2 (34m)
Top seed Nicol David celebrated her fifth successive Malaysian title at the Asian Squash Championships - but did so in contrasting style at the 14th staging of the biennial event in Kuwait.
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The women's event saw Malaysia's Nicol David confirm her status as the undisputed Queen of Asian Squash when she beat long-time Hong Kong rival Rebecca Chiu 9-5, 9-2, 9-2 in 34 minutes in the final.
David, voted the 'Asian Sportswoman of the Year' in December, has now won the prestigious title for a remarkable six times in a row - since first claiming the crown in 1998 as a 14-year-old!
The triumph also marks the fourth Asian Championship final in which David has beaten Chiu - and brings the total of her regional singles titles (including the Asian Games and Asian Junior Championships) to ten!
