"I was playing for my life out there. It felt great to come out on the winning end knowing that all the hard work that you put in does pay off", 5 times champion David concluded (pic: Steve Cubbins) Nicol David took back the British Open title, avenging last year’s final defeat by Laura Massaro to make it 5 times the World No1 held the famous trophy in her hands.
From 1 game down the Malaysian injected the pace and got the better of the next 3 games, by taking the 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8 victory in 64 minutes of play.
Final:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [2] Laura Massaro (ENG) 8-11, 11-5, 11-7, 11-8 (64m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [5] Alison Waters (ENG) 8-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-2 (43m)
[2] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [3] Raneem El Welily (EGY) 6-11, 11-8, 11-4, 11-7 (44m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [11] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) 11-7, 12-10, 11-4 (39m)
[5] Alison Waters (ENG) bt [4] Joelle King (NZL) 11-4, 8-11, 11-5, 11-1 (46m)
[3] Raneem El Welily (EGY) bt [7] Low Wee Wern (MAS) 11-5, 11-6, 11-8 (32m)
[2] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt Sarah Kippax (ENG) 11-8, 12-10, 11-8 (41m)
2nd round:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [16] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) 11-6, 13-11, 11-4 (40m)
[11] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt [6] Camille Serme (FRA) 8-11, 9-11, 11-6, 11-9, 13-11 (62m)
[5] Alison Waters (ENG) bt [Q] Tesni Evans (WAL) 11-7, 11-9, 11-6 (31m)
[4] Joelle King (NZL) bt Joshana Chinappa (IND) 11-6, 11-7, 8-11, 11-1 (43m)
[3] Raneem El Welily (EGY) bt [14] Kasey Brown (AUS) 11-5, 11-6, 11-3 (20m)
[7] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt Emma Beddoes (ENG) 11-9, 11-9, 6-11, 6-11, 11-9 (76m)
Sarah Kippax (ENG) bt Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) 15-17, 11-7, 13-15, 11-3, 12-10 (84m)
[2] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [9] Annie Au (HKG) 11-7, 11-4, 11-6 (31m)
1st round:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [Q] Heba El Torky (EGY) 11-8, 12-10, 11-8 (36m)
[16] Sarah-Jane Perry (ENG) bt Line Hansen (DEN) 11-6, 13-11, 10-12, 11-8 (50m)
[11] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt [Q] Deon Saffery (WAL) 12-10, 11-4, 11-9 (30m)
[6] Camille Serme (FRA) bt Nour El Tayeb (EGY) 13-11, 11-3, 11-2 (31m)
[5] Alison Waters (ENG) bt [Q] Samantha Cornett (CAN) 9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 6-11, 11-6 (62m)
[Q] Tesni Evans (WAL) bt [12] Dipika Pallikal (IND) 6-11, 12-10, 11-7, 4-11, 13-11 (65m)
Joshana Chinappa (IND) bt [15] Rachael Grinham (AUS) 7-11, 11-7, 5-11, 11-2, 11-6 (44m)
[4] Joelle King (NZL) bt [Q] Siyoli Waters (RSA) 11-2, 11-5, 11-5 (33m)
[3] Raneem El Welily (EGY) bt [Q] Nouran Ahmed Gohar (EGY) 11-4, 11-6, 8-11, 9-11, 11-4 (42m)
[14] Kasey Brown (AUS) bt [WC] Emily Whitlock (ENG) 11-8, 11-4, 7-11, 11-4 (47m)
Emma Beddoes (ENG) bt [13] Nour El Sherbini (EGY) 11-5, 7-11, 11-6, 11-9 (50m)
[7] Low Wee Wern (MAS) bt [Q] Delia Arnold (MAS) 11-6, 7-11, 11-1, 11-13, 11-7 (64m)
Nicolette Fernandes (GUY) bt [8] Madeline Perry (IRL) 11-8, 11-4, 11-4 (33m)
Sarah Kippax (ENG) bt [10] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 11-6, 2-11, 6-11, 13-11, 11-8 (57m)
[9] Annie Au (HKG) bt [Q] Donna Urquhart (AUS) 7-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-3 (41m)
[2] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt Joey Chan (HKG) 11-3, 11-4, 11-7 (26m)
