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Fernandes receives 2013 WSA Sportsmanship Award
Guyana’s world class squash player Nicolette Fernandes added another international accolade to her collection after receiving the Women’s Squash Association’s (WSA) 2013 Sportsmanship Award earlier this week in Malaysia.
Fernandes, who was ranked 20th in the world up to last month’s ranking, advanced to the last 16 at the Women’s World Championship in Penang, Malaysia. Fernandes completed one of the biggest upsets of the
WSA legend Sarah Fitzgerald (left) presents the award to Nicolette Fernandes.
competition when she came from two games down to topple 2007 World Champion and former world number one Rachael Grinham. She later crashed out to Nicole Serme of France.
While her excellence on court has been phenomenal, the world body WSA, recognised and rewarded her for her general decorum. According to the WSA website, the Sportsmanship Award is given to “a player who shows great fairness, respect and ethics on and off the court.”
The winners were chosen by an independent expert panel made up of journalists, former players and squash experts. The presentation ceremony was held during the World Championship in Penang.
England’s number one and world number two player Laura Massaro won the 2013 Heather McKay Player of the year, while Australia’s Lisa Camilleri won the ’ ‘Vicki Cardwell’ Comeback Player of the Year. Seven-time world champion Nicol David of Malaysia was not left out and she took home the Platinum Service Award, while Sarah Jane Perry of England was adjudged Breakthrough Player of the Year.
Fernandes and the other awardees had the privilege of receiving their awards from five-time World Champion and WSA legend Sarah Fitzgerald. In 2006 Fernandes was named Most Improved Player of the Year by the Women’s International Squash Players Association (WISPA).
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