The Xodus 7 Continent Challenge - KL Leg

I have to admit. I don't play much squash. I gave it a try when I was 10 but gave up after 15 minutes and switched to badminton instead.

Still, that did not deterred my interest in watching squash and I can not understand how a majority of sports fans out there say it's boring to watch.

So you can imagine my excitement when I learned that Peter Nicol - 2 time British Open champ, World Open winner in 1999 and also twice Commonwealth Games singles gold medalist - was making the trip to KL along with another retired pro - Tim Garner.

Managed to get a pic with Peter

Reason - to promote squash and to show support for the Olympic 2020 bid #BackTheBid2020 #vote4squash.

It was a part of the The Xodus 7 Continent Challenge in which both Peter and Tim would play 7 matches in 7 days on continents.

Anyway, Peter won (hooray!!) in five sets to level the tie at 2-2 by the time they took off.

For more updates on the event you can always read the event blog here. I believe Tim updates it regularly.

Also it was a great moment when I finally cornered Peter and confessed my fanboy-ism for him *glows*

Plus, I also got to confess how star-struck I was when I had the opportunity to call him up a couple of weeks back just for an interview. Read that story here.

For a wrap, Peter and Tim really entertained the small but awesome crowd. Shame that I was the only journalist there. Guess not everyone's into squash after-all. Unless Nicol David plays.

For more reads regarding the Xodus 7 Continent Challenge, check out my report on it at The Star.

Do tune in for the best (if possible) coverage on squash in Malaysia.

Zhengguan hopes to see more sports writers in Malaysia showing their support for squash and hopefully it gets into the Olympics 2020.