2012
ATCO World Series Finals Returns To Queen's
The
ATCO World Series Squash Finals will return to The Queen's Club
in London for the third time next year, from 4-8 January.
The
flagship Professional Squash Association event, which celebrates
its 18th staging since 1993, will feature the top eight players from the
2011 Dunlop PSA World Series Standings following their
achievements in this year's nine PSA World Series events (two of
which have yet to be completed).
But
new for 2012 will be the simultaneous staging of the WISPA World
Series Finals - featuring the top eight women in the now-completed
2011 WISPA World Series programme, led by Malaysia's record six-time
world champion Nicol David.
The
women's event, launched in 1998, has not been staged since 2004 - and
never before in England. It will be run alongside the men's championship
for the first time.
Nick Matthew,
the men's world number one and world champion from England who currently
leads this year's PSA World Series Standings, said: "The ATCO World
Series Finals are a culmination of a year's hard work and graft on tour
and you truly have to earn the right to be amongst the eight players in
the finals.
"Queen's has proved to be an amazing venue for the last couple of years
and it would be a great honour to become Tour champion in this iconic
British venue."
Nicol David
added: "This is such an important event for women's squash as the top
eight women are going to be joining with the top eight men in the ATCO
World Series Finals. We have been playing hard all year around the world
and it will be great to come together with the men to fight for this
title, especially somewhere as well known as the Queen's Club and where
our association is now based.
"I'm
very glad to be part of this event for the first time and looking
forward to a spectacular event in London."
Tickets for the ATCO World Series Finals will be available later
this week from Ticketmaster at
www.Ticketmaster.co.uk
or 0844 847 2419
All
matches will be covered live on the PSA's dedicated Squash TV channel
www.psasquashtv.com
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