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 Wadi
Degla Women's
World Championship 2014
12-20 Dec, Cairo, Egypt, $k |
Women's Worlds Draw revealed in Cairo
With Egypt's tallest building the Cairo Tower as the backdrop, the
draw for the Wadi Degla Women's World Squash Championship 2014 has
been made in the Egyptian capital - signalling that Malaysia's world
number one Nicol David is seeded to reclaim the most
prestigious WSA title and extend her remarkable record to eight
titles.
Backed by Wadi Degla Holding and boasting a USD $150,000
prize-fund, the 2014 championship will take place at the Wadi
Degla club in Cairo, from 15-20 December, following three
days' of qualifying. The 30th edition of the tournament will be
staged in Egypt for only the second time since the inaugural event
in 1979.
The draw was conducted by promoter Karim Darwish, WSA CEO
Tommy Berden and leading Egyptian player Raneem El Welily,
the world No3, and witnessed by Maged Helmy, the CEO of Wadi
Degla; Assem Khalifa, President of the Egyptian Squash
Federation; and Ashraf Sobhy, Egypt's Vice Minister of Sport.
The press conference attracted an excellent turnout of media
including all the country's leading TV stations and newspapers.
Both top seed David and defending champion Laura Massaro, the
second seed and world No2 from England, will begin their campaigns
against qualifiers.
Egyptians take up seven places in the initial main draw - more than
any other country - but the draw did little to favour the hosts.
Third seed El Welily, who is based at Wadi Degla Cairo, faces
compatriot Habiba Mohamed, the 15-year-old 'child prodigy'
from Alexandria who has already achieved a world No24 ranking -
while fourth seed Nour El Sherbini, the 19-year-old who
denied Nicol David a sixth successive appearance in the final in a
shock upset in the 2013 event, also faces a fellow Egyptian in the
opening round, Cairo-based 17-year-old Nouran Gohar who this
month celebrated a best-ever world No22 ranking.
Australian veteran Rachael Grinham will also be bidding to
win a further world title after claiming the trophy in Madrid in
2007. More than 20 years after making her world championship debut
in Guernsey in 1994, the 37-year-old 11th seed takes on a qualifier
in the first round.
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Boasting 48 courts, Wadi Degla
is the biggest chain of squash clubs in Egypt - and one of the
biggest groups of sporting clubs in the world, with a combined
membership worldwide in excess of 500,000.
2013 Worlds KL
2012 Worlds Cayman |
  Wadi
Degla Women's
World Squash Champs 2014
12-20 Dec, Wadi Degla, Cairo,
Egypt, $150k |
Round One
15 Dec 12.00-19.45 |
Round Two
16/17 Dec |
Quarters
18
Dec |
Semis
19
Dec |
Final
20 Dec |
[1] Nicol David (Mas)
Qualifier |
17.30 |
17.30 |
18.00 |
18.00 |
[13] Jenny Duncalf (Eng)
Qualifier |
[16] Emma Beddoes (Eng)
Qualifier |
18.15 |
[6] Camille Serme (Fra)
Qualifier |
[7] Low Wee Wern (Mas)
Nicolette Fernandes (Guy) |
19.00 |
18.15 |
[12] Madeline Perry (Irl)
Joshana Chinappa (Ind) |
[10] Omneya Abdel Kawy (Egy)
Sarah Kippax (Eng) |
19.45 |
[4] Nour El Sherbini (Egy)
Nouran Gohar (Egy) |
Habiba Mohamed (Egy)
[3] Raneem El Welily (Egy) |
17.30 |
19.00 |
19.00 |
Qualifier
[14] Dipika Pallikal (Ind) |
Qualifier
[11] Rachael Grinham (Aus) |
18.15 |
Mayar Hany Mohamed (Egy)
[8] Nour El Tayeb (Egy) |
Qualifier
[5] Alison Waters (Eng) |
19.00 |
19.45 |
Joey Chan (Hkg)
[15] Sarah-Jane Perry (Eng) |
Line Hansen (Den)
[9] Annie Au (Hkg) |
19.45 |
Qualifier
[2] Laura Massaro (Eng) |
Qualifying,
12-14 Dec:
13 Dec Round Two,
12.00-15.45: Round
Three 12.00-14.15 on 14th
Salma Hany Ibrahim (Egy) v 1*
Milou van der Heijden (Ned) v Mariam Metwally (Egy)
Samantha Teran (Mex) v 2*
Misaki Kobayashi (Jpn) v Zeina Farid Mickewy (Egy)
Heba El Torky (Egy) v 3*
Nadine Shahin (Egy) v Farah Abdel Meguid (Egy)
Delia Arnold (Mas( v 4*
Coline Aumard (Fra) v Menna Nasser (Egy)
Siyoli Waters (Rsa) v 5*
Yathreb Adel (Egy) v Kanze El Dafrawy (Egy)
Emily Whitlock (Eng) v 6*
Deon Saffery (Wal) v Rachel Arnold (Mas)
Sam Cornett (Can) v 7*
Nouran El Torky (Egy) v Vanessa Raj (Mas)
Aisling Blake (Irl) v Hana Basem Ramadan (Egy)
Tesni Evans (Wal) v *8
12 Dec Round One, 14.00-16.15
1* Engy Hammouda (Egy) v Jailan El Gabbas (Egy)
2* Nouran Abdelnaby (Egy) v Malak Fayed (Egy)
3* Nadine Kotb (Egy) v Hana Essam Khedr (Egy)
4* Nihal Alaa Bayoumi (Egy) v Neda Abbas (Egy)
5* Hana Moataz (Egy) v Amina Yasser (Egy)
6* Salma El Dafrawy (Egy) v Menna Hamed (Egy)
7* Salma Tarek (Egy) v Hania El Hammamy (Egy)
8* Karina Heredia (Mex) v Rawan Reda (Egy)
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