Joelle King

Unexpected final line-up at Greenwich Open!

At the Greenwich Open two players made the final who were not expected to be there. On the way into the final Australian 4th seed Kasey Brown overcame Manuela Manetta from Italy, 6th seed Raneem El Weleily from Egypt and 2nd seed Madeline Perry from Ir...

New Zealand home hopes still alive!

The fairytale continues for home favourites New Zealand. The fifth seeded kiwis beat France 2/1 to set up a semi-final with top seeds England. Once again Joelle King who gave the hosts a positive start. The world No17 raced to a 11-9, 11-3, 11-4 win ov...

New Zealand overcome Malaysia in World Championship Upset!

Hosts New Zealand (pic) pulled off their third successive win in the pool stages of the Women's World Team Squash Championship by upsetting Malaysia to finish in top place in Pool D in Palmerston North. The fifth-seeded Kiwis beat fourth seeds Malaysia...

El Tayeb moves on in Qatar!

Nour El Tayeb downed another seeded player, when she beat her Egyptian team-mate Nour El Sherbini in four games (11-7, 4-11, 11-2, 11-4) after 29 minutes. Second upset in round No.2 was produced by New Zealand’s Joelle King, as she took out the 5th s...

New Zealand takes women’s doubles gold!

After Carol Owens and Leilani Rorani won the women’s doubles gold medal in 2002 in Manchester, it was the 2nd time in Commonwealth Games history, that a New Zealand women’s team won the title. 4th seeded Jaclyn Hawkes (pic le) and Joelle King (pic ...

Matthew and King In Double Gold Bid In Delhi!

England's Nick Matthew and New Zealander Joelle King (pic) will be going for double gold in the Commonwealth Games Squash Doubles finals after both survived arduous semi-finals in Delhi. Matthew, the world No2 who won singles gold for the first time, p...