CIMB KL Open 2007

i went to berjaya times yesterday to catch abbas-boswell as well as nicol-natalie's match... left at 1pm after having brunch cuz i was pretty sure that if i left later just to catch nicol's match, it would be so pack that you have just no place to stand or sit..

i thought the seatings were free like last year.. last year was at bkt jalil seeing a final betw beng hee -wael el hindi.. and seatings were free.. but this time i guess that it's because it's held in times square so the entrance was RM30 a person.. damn expensive lar cuz it's not just me but my mum and my sis went as well... so it's like RM90.. we decided to stand and watch.. which in the end turned out to be rather tiring and packed.. cuz we stood thruout the 5 hours (men's final and women's final)

the boswell and abbas match was not a really an entertaining one.. cuz prob boswell was so worned out after his previous round match against karim darwish.. but then abbas, who beat nick matthews was just fabulous.. i've never seen such wonderful play of drops before my entire life.. abbas just kept playing safe, straight drives and straight drops that were so tight and so low i sometimes thought boswell would be done in less than 30 mins... boswell did lose in the end without much fight and the match was won 3-0

then the most anticipated match was by our very own nicol david and natalie grinham.. that match was a major sellout cuz by the time the match started, the seats were all snapped up and best was all the levels at the concourse area was packed by our malaysians giving their support.. however the ugly side of msians did surface when twice natalie had to ask for a let cuz some stupid idiot malaysian shouted 'go nicol' when a rally was at play.. and the worst is that the rally was going on for like 2 mins straight and some idiot shouted out and had the game stalled... of course the umpire did give whoever that fella some warning and told the crowd not to make any noises...

it was a great match this one with natalie pushing nicol to the edge.. there were couple of times i thought nicol couldn't have got the ball but she showed superd agility and fitness and speed as well.. well, world no 1 is still no 1.. it was a much better match that the grinhams themselves during the semis.. rachel grinham like handed the match to natalie during the semis..

anyway these are the pics that i've taken with my handphone camera.. it's not very clear though and can't zoom in.. but it just gives a rough idea on the support and the atmosphere of the game...

nicol throwing the CIMB sponsored T shirts into the outstretched arm of the crowd...

Natalie interviewed by Jamie Hickox at the end of her match with Nicol
And now Jamie interviewing Nicol on her win in the game...
During the match... Nicol taking on Natalie with her forehand drives
And this time with the backhand
Boswell against Abbas... Boswell was just soo darn tired... even my mum could see that..
Jamie Hickox introducing Boswell into the courts..

The sellout crowd that came to see Nicol's match.. all the way to the top of the concourse area..

Finally, I'll be playing in the CIMB KL open 2007 in Jalan Duta squash courts on the 22nd -25th march.. this time this com is opened to the public... and also for those who played in the preliminary rounds of this KL open and didn't make it into the main draw... neways, do give me ur support yar...=)