WISPA Recognizes Players Of The Year
from DailySquashReport.com
Laura Massaro, photo courtesy Steve Cubbins
November 11, 2011 - WISPA has announced the following three 2011 award winners:
WISPA Player of the Year - Laura Massaro
2011 has been an outstanding year for the 28-year-old from England. After steadily rising in the World Rankings, she has now reached the giddy heights of World # 4 after outstanding victories in Cleveland, where she beat both Jenny Duncalf and Nicol David. She beat Nicol David once again to reach the Singapore Masters final and most recently won her first World Series event at the US Open. Massaro now has 9 WISPA titles to her name.
WISPA Young Player of the Year - Nour El Tayeb
Still only 18, the highly-promising young Egyptian is already ranked # 12 in the world. In 2011 she won the World Junior title and the Irish Open, beating Jaclyn Hawkes in the longest women’s match in history under the current scoring system. Tayeb was a semi-finalist in the Qatar Classic. Nour also won this prestigious award in 2010.
WISPA Most Improved Player of the Year - Raneem El Weleily
22-year-old Raneem’s impressive year has brought her victories in both the Hurghada International and Carol Weymuller Open, where she beat the world number’s 5, 7, 3 and 2 on her way to the title and a world ranking high of #7. She was twice WISPA Young Player of the Year in 2004 and 2005.
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