National champion Delia Arnold earned a great start at the NAZA PSA Women’s World Championship after defeating Mariam Metwally at the National Squash Centre yesterday.
The world No. 15 player was forced to go through a number of hurdles in her match against the Egyptian world No. 39 before finally winning 12-10, 10-12, 12-10, 11-9 in Bukit Jalil.
“I played well today (yesterday) despite losing the rhythm in the second set but I know that I can perform much better than this,” Delia Arnold said as quoted by Sinar Harian.
The Kuala Lumpur-born player will face Egypt’s Omneya Abdel Kawy (No. 6) on Wednesday.
On the other hand, Low Wee Wern was handed an early exit after losing to New Zealand’s Joelle King in straight sets (9-11, 6-11, 7-11). However, she was happy to be back on the squash court after a lengthy lay-off as the world No. 42 was recovering from a knee surgery.
“It is not easy to go against Joelle, who is one of the best squash players around, especially when I just returned from an injury. I must say that I enjoyed being back on the court.”
Datuk Nicol David will face New Zealand’s Rachael Grinham later today.
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