She also held a 13-month, 51-match winning streak, from March 2006 until April 2007, when she finally lost to Natalie Grinham in the final of the 2007 Seoul Open. Nicol David's other notable achievements include the Asian Squash Championship, which she won with a record of eight times (in 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 20). Nicol was also invited to carry the Olympic torch for Malaysia during the build up to the Athens Olympics in 2004 and being appointed as UNDP National Goodwill Ambassador for Malaysia. She was the first recipient of the award which was established on June 26, 1975. in conjunction with the birthday of the His Majesty Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin.
On June 7, 2008, Nicol David was honoured with the Order of Merit (Darjah Bakti) or D.B. The victory came in February, when she defeated Salma Shabana in the final of the Savcor Finnish Open.
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Nicol joined WISPA and turned professional in 2000 when she won her first WISPA title, after only a month in the tour. She remained the only female squash player to have achieved this, until Raneem El Weleily emulated Nicol's feat by winning her second World Junior Championship in 2007. Nicol is the first squash player to have won the World Junior title twice in 19 under the tutelage of Richard Glanfield. She won the British Open title in 2005, 20, as well as the World Open title in 2005, 2006, 2008, 20. She is currently ranked world number 1 in women's squash, and is the first Asian woman to achieve this. Datuk Nicol Ann David is a Malaysian female professional squash player.
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