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Sport | Joelle King

Joelle King off to a flying start at squash world championships in US

Source: Facebook / Squash New Zealand

Joelle King (Ngāti Porou) is through to the third round of the PSA World Championships in Chicago.

King swept past England's Lucy Beecroft three games to zip, 11-5, 11-8, 11-7 in 31 minutes, on Saturday morning (NZ time).

The world no. 4 has made a flying start to the tournament, powering past Enora Villard of France in the opening round, 11-8, 11-4, 11-2 in 28 minutes, in another three-game clean sweep.

King next meets Welsh no. 1 Tesni Evans for a place in the quarter-finals.

Kelvin McDonald
Kelvin McDonald

Kelvin McDonald has been part of our Whakaata Māori newsroom since 2007. Formerly a researcher for Native Affairs, Kelvin has since moved across to our Online News Team where his new role as Digital Video Editor utilises his years of experience and skills in research, editing and reporting.