David Snubs Brit Open Squash Organizers
Word’s # 1 squash lady Nicol David has expressed great discontent towards the very discriminatory attitude of Brit Open squash organizers towards the women’s sport. The great Malaysian was forced to play the inaugural match on traditional plaster courts that was afar from the principle arena.
Nicol secured good in her 11-8 12-10 11-8 triumph over the very talented Egyptian contender Heba Torky. But she had to go through radical adjustments for playing on the male dominated all-glass court for the 2nd round on Wednesday- this is the edgy court where the male players got the opportunity to game since their inaugural match at the championship.
Arguably, the elite-most squash player of the world after being in the topmost rank for around 8 years, Nicol surely has every right to criticize the discriminations posed by Brit Open on women players which she accepted without protest last year.
“Today there is a female world champion”, stated David referring to opponent Laura Massaro. Massaro holds the great record of being the first ever Brit lady to hold World as well as Brit Open titles, post succeeding David as the world champ last month.
“That should be special’, continued Nicol. “There’re also a great number of English squash players in top 10 or 12 & every one of them is here- you sure you want a display?”
“Why not place everybody on glass court? This is the showcase & that is what which makes sense.”
Apart from gender equality, Nicol has also got commercial reasons for getting women’s matches at glass showcourt, alongside men’s, right from the maiden match.
5 women’s seeds got beaten on bouncier, warmer plastic courts- there was 15th seed & Aussie 4-time winner Rachael Grinham, Irish Madeline Perry, English Jenny Duncalf, India’s Dipika Pallikal & Egyptian Nour Sherbini.