Dutch Squash Players - Annelize Naude, Natalie Grinham, Vanessa Atkinson, Laurens Jan Anjema, Dylan Bennett, Orla Noom, Hendrik Timmer (Paperback)

Chapters: Annelize Naude, Natalie Grinham, Vanessa Atkinson, Laurens Jan Anjema, Dylan Bennett, Orla Noom, Hendrik Timmer. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Annelize Naude (born 1 January 1977, in Kempton Park, South Africa) is a professional squash player from the Netherlands. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 13 in January 2006, and has won five WISPA tour titles as well as having been the runner-up nine times since 1996. Naude's international squash career began in 1996; her world ranking after her first year was No. 53. She climbed up the rankings to No. 36 two years later, but her rankings then fell to a career low of No. 86 on May 2000. Her ranking rose again to No. 25 in late 2001; and she reached No. 20 a year later. She achieved her career best ranking of No. 13 four years later; in January, 2006. Naude reached her first final in an international tournament in 1999 in the Danish Open, but she was subsequently defeated by Pamela Nimmo. Naude won her first professional title in 2002, also in the Danish Open, when she beats Senga Macfie in the final which lasts in five sets 39, 49, 95, 93, 94. She then had to wait for two years for her second title, this time in the Swiss Open, beating Laura-Jane Lengthorn in the final. Naude then lost to former world No. 1 Vanessa Atkinson in the final of Mexican Open. Naude appeared in her 12th WISPA World Tour final at the Internationaux de Creteil in France; she then won the match by beating Englands Lauren Siddall to her fourth title of her career. Naude grew up in South Africa before moving to the Netherlands. She was based at Kempton Park Country Club, and was coached in her early days by Phillip Schelbusch and Jean Grainger, which took her to national titles at various junior le...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2072533