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Nicolette Fernandes up to #19 in WISPA latest rankings
– competing in the Carol Weymuller Open in NY
Guyana’s leading squash player Nicolette Fernandes achieved her highest ever ranking after she moved three places up to #19 from her 22nd ranked position which was released in the September issue of the World International Squash Players Association (WISPA) rankings.
Nicolette Fernandes
The 30-year-old Fernandes, who is easily Guyana’s most decorated player, has steadily moved up the world rankings since her return from a career threatening injury that forced an extended layoff from the sport.
Fernandes returned home in August to lead Guyana to the women’s and overall titles at the Caribbean Area Squash Association Senior Championships and in the process claimed her fifth Caribbean senior title after disposing of Barbados’ Karen Meakins in the final.
The Caribbean Queen of Squash is currently playing in Carol Weymuller Open, a tournament that has attracted ten of the world’s top 12 players, led by Malaysia’s world number one Nicol David.
Fernandes is celebrating a remarkable comeback after a career-threatening knee injury which saw her ranking plummet to 249! Now a best-ever 19 after starting the year outside the top 30, Fernandes dispatched Australian Sarah Cardwell 11-7, 11-5, 11-6 and will now meet US star Amanda Sobhy for a place in the main draw
“I feel good,” said Fernandes after her first round win. “I’m happy, last year I came and lost in the first round of qualifying. It’s always nice to come back to a tournament and do better. I’m really looking forward to playing Amanda tomorrow. These courts are nice and hot!!!!”
Sobhy, a 20-year-old Harvard student and a former world No17, took on Lucie Fialova, the world No44 from the Czech Republic.
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