Joelle King, (born 30 September 1988) is a professional squash player who represents New Zealand. She reached a career-high world ranking of World No. 4 in April 2014.
JoelleKing has made history at the New ZealandSquashOpen, claiming her 10th national title to equal the record set by squash great Dame Susan Devoy in 1992 ... "This is always a special tournament for me, I can remember being a 10-year-old watching the nationals so to be here equalling Susie with 10 titles is pretty cool," King said.
Just seven months after being consigned to a wheelchair with a serious heel injury, unseeded Karim Abdel Gawad reached the final of the men’s event at the WorldSquash Championships in Chicago... El Sherbini sealed her place in the final with an 11-8, 11-6, 6-11, 11-4 victory against New Zealand’sJoelleKing. The finals are due to take place tomorrow.
In the women’s singles, New Zealand’sJoelleKing defeated top-ranked BelgianNele Gilis 11-9, 11-8, 11-7. "It was a bit of a mental battle," King revealed ... King, who had twice won world doubles and mixed doubles titles was the first New Zealander to reach the last four in the women's singles since Carol Owens won her second World title in 2003.
Several of squash's stars are set to be absent because their countries have not entered a team, including men's world number two DiegoElias of Peru and the men's and women's number four PaulColl and JoelleKing, both of New Zealand ... .