Women’s World Squash Championship to be held in Egypt this year

The Women's Squash Association (WSA) and Wadi Degla Holding, have decided that the 2014 Women’s World Squash Championship will take place in Egypt this December. This is the 30th edition of the premier tournament on the WSA World Tour. It is also the second time that the tournament will be hosted by the country, initially being in 1979 for the inaugural games.

Hosted by the Wadi Degla club in Cairo, the tournament will be a five day event starting from December 15^th to 20th, followed by three days of qualifying. With 48 courts, Wadi Degla is the biggest chain of squash clubs in Egypt and has a combined membership of over 500, 000 people across the world.

According to a report by Times of India, the prize money offered will be USD 150,000. The compan’s sports director Karim Darwish, whose current world rank is 10 and was formerly the no. 1 player, told TOI, “Wadi Degla is pleased to host the world's most prestigious women's squash event.”

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The CEOof WSA, Tommy Berden said, “We are delighted to take the Women's World Championship to Egypt. Squash is one of the most popular sports in Egypt and there a lot of young Egyptian players coming up rapidly, so it will be great to see them in action on home soil.”

The tournament this year will see the first Englishwoman in 15 years to win the world crown, Laura Massaro face El Welily and eight other home players in the current world top 50, along with Nicol David, the world number one from Malaysia.

ORIGINAL SOURCE: Times of India

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