David Despatches Teran In Pursuit Of Singapore Hat-Trick Bid

It took top seed Nicol David just 27 minutes to overcome Mexican opponent Samantha Teran at the Kallang Squash Centre in Singapore today as the world number one from Malaysia began her bid to win a successive hat-trick of titles in the CIMB Women's Singapore Masters, the $53,500 Gold event on the WISPA World Squash Tour.

The 25-year-old from Penang shot off like a rocket, taking the first game 11-5, before taking the next two 11-8 and 11-7.

The favourite was pleased to get over the first hurdle: "Samantha has been playing well lately, she keeps going and going. So I wanted to start off strong and keep the mistakes to the minimum."

Second seed Rachael Grinham was equally clinical in despatching Malaysia's Sharon Wee 11-9, 11-3, 11-3 to stay on course for a repeat of last year's final. The Australian next meets Omneya Abdel Kawy, the sixth seed from Egypt who downed Isabelle Stoehr 11-7, 11-3, 11-3.

Madeline Perry attended a radio recording in the morning, alongside WISPA Chief Executive Andrew Shelley, and Singapore players Mao Shi Hui and Pamela Chua.

The Irish number one not only put up a good performance during at the 938LIVE radio studios in the morning, but in the evening took just 17 minutes to brush aside Singapore hope Pamela Chua.

Perry, the world No8, now lines up against 3rd-ranked Natalie Grinham, while her Singaporean opponent, ranked 137 in the world, heads next to the United States for tertiary studies. And while Madeline will continue as a touring pro to study the angles of a squash court, Pamela will be doing undergraduate studies in Mathematical and Computational Science!

England's Laura Lengthorn-Massaro defeated Malaysia's Delia Arnold 11-8, 11-6, 12-10 to earn a meeting with favourite Nicol David.

1st round:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [Q] Samantha Teran (MEX) 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 (27m)
[7] Laura Lengthorn-Massaro (ENG) bt [Q] Delia Arnold (MAS) 11-8, 11-6, 12-10 (27m)
[4] Alison Waters (ENG) bt [Q] Donna Urquhart (AUS) 12-10, 11-5, 11-4 (33m)
[5] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt Vanessa Atkinson (NED) 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 (35m)
[8] Madeline Perry (IRL) bt Pamela Chua (SIN) 11-2, 11-1, 11-2 (17m)
[3] Natalie Grinham (NED) bt Kasey Brown (AUS) 11-7, 11-3, 11-3 (25m)
[6] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt Isabelle Stoehr (FRA) 11-3, 12-10, 11-9 (31m)
[2] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [Q] Sharon Wee (MAS) 11-9, 11-3, 11-3 (30m)