JAKARTA: Squash queen Nicol David secured a second gold medal for Malaysia in the 2018 Asian Games Jakarta-Palembang by winning the individual event here today.
The top seed defeated national junior player S Sivansangari in the five-set thriller winning in 11-13, 11-9, 5-11, 11-6 and 11-8 in the final match at the Gelora Bung Karno Sports Complex Squash Arena.
It was Nicol’s fifth gold medal at the Asian Games, having won the gold medal four times, in 1998, 2006, 2010 and 2014.
She finished as runner-up after losing to Rebecca Chiu of Hong Kong in the 2002 edition held in Busan, South Korea.