Nick Kyme's last-minute invitation to next month's Commonwealth Games could eventually lead to a match against former training partner David Palmer.

The pair were together in Belgium as professionals in 2006, with Kyme joining the Australian in Europe as he looked to improve his world ranking.

A lot has changed in the intervening four years. Kyme has since retired from the professional ranks while Palmer is his country's top player and ranked 12 in the world.

Both will be in India for the Games though, and while Kyme isn't expecting to beat the likes of Palmer, and Englishman Nick Matthews, who is the world number two, he does fancy his chances against the rest of the field.

"Australia and England are sending all their top players, I mean Dave Palmer is still the top Australian. I trained with him in Belgium, he's about 12 in world now. Nick Matthews, the English guy, he's number two in the world, he was number one. All the big countries are sending their top players," said Kyme.

"All the Caribbean countries are sending their players as well. There's basically two levels, there's the guys who are top 30 in the world, and then you get the amateur level, which is the level I'm in.

"There's one big draw, I guess it depends how many you get in. Depending on my draw, I should actually win my first round, I'd hope that I'm still the top amateur going. But I wouldn't expect to be beating Nick Matthews, not any more."

Kyme hadn't planned on going to India at all, but then an invitation from the Games organisers came, and coincided nicely with Bermuda's impressive showing at the Caribbean Squash Championships. The Island won the team event and Kyme rose to fifth in the regional rankings.

"I'm excited about that," said Kyme. "It was almost last minute, they (the Commonwealth Games organisers) had been trying to contact Ross Triffitt and they finally contacted Pat (Foster) and he was like 'yeah, we can go to the Games'.

"And because we had set the standards for the last Commonwealth Games by me going to the Caribbean, I had actually qualified. It was kind of interesting too because a lot of guys from the Caribbean Championships are going as well. So I'll be seeing them in a couple of weeks.

"Qualifying standard is either the top 100 in the world, which I'm no longer a part of, or top eight in the Caribbean, and I'm fifth right now as a result of the championships. So I qualified and it's actually a shame that none of the other guys had a more favourable draw because then I could have a doubles partner."

However, qualifying seems to have been a breeze in comparison to actually getting to the Games and only finding out at the last minute hasn't helped.

"It's all been a little bit last minute, and I'm struggling with the visa," said Kyme."The visa requirements are ridiculous, you would have thought they would have wanted you to come. But I've had to send off my passport and they called me yesterday telling me I need an invitation from the Commonwealth Games saying that you're invited as an athlete. It's been a painful process."