RESULTS: Women's Cayman Islands Open, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
Final:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [2] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) 11-8, 11-8, 11-4 (32m)
Nicol David successfully defended her tile - and endorsed her status as the world's number one woman squash player – by beating world No2 Jenny Duncalf in the final of the Cayman Islands Open, the $55,300 WISPA World Tour Gold event – the third of the year – at Camana Bay on Grand Cayman.
Despite going into the match 2/19 down in their career head-to-head tally, England's Jenny Duncalf had won two of their last three meetings and was hoping to become the first player for many years to record three wins over the formidable Malaysian.
The 27-year-old from Harrogate in Yorkshire matched world champion David point for point for the vast majority of the first two games, but the defending champion closed out both tight games.
David, 26, from Penang, came out bouncing for the third, quickly going 5-1 up and looking in control. Duncalf pulled a few points back, but from 6-3 she put three balls quickly into the tin and shortly afterwards David clinched her tile-winning 11-8, 11-8, 11-4 victory after 32 minutes.
"It's always tough against Jenny," David told the official website www.squashsite.co.uk/cayman afterwards. "It felt more like a 3/2 than a 3/0, the first games were really tight.
"It's so great to be able to defend my title here. Dan (Kneipp) and his team have done another fantastic job - it's ten times better than I could have imagined, and the sponsors and the government have put so much in to make the event a success.
"Hopefully I'll be back to defend my title next year - and if my body's still well I'll definitely be here for the World Open in 2012!"
The triumph takes Nicol David to her third successive Tour title of the year and the 44th of her career.
Official website: www.squashsite.co.uk/cayman