Gaultier Takes Two In New World Rankings France's
Gregory Gaultier reclaims the No2 slot in the new May
World Squash Rankings – moving from fourth position to break
up the Egyptian trio of Karim Darwish, Amr Shabana and
Ramy Ashour who occupied the top three places in last
month's list.
The 26-year-old from Aix-en-Provence has enjoyed a
sensational run on the PSA World Tour since November,
reaching the final in six of eight events in a row and
lifting the title in the Macau Open and the JP Morgan
Tournament of Champions. In March, Gaultier successfully
retained his ATCO Super Series Finals crown – becoming only
the third player in history to defend the flagship PSA
title.
Darwish moves into his fifth month as world number one, with
former world champion Shabana slipping to three and Ashour,
the reigning World Open champion, down to four.
Peter Barker also has much to celebrate – rising two
places to a career-high No7 to become the
second-highest-ranked Englishman for the first time. The
25-year-old left-hander from London secured his 13th – and
biggest - Tour title in March, winning the CIMB KL Open in
Malaysia.
Rising
Pakistan star Farhan Mehboob also make notable
progress – jumping two places to a best-ever 16th place. The
20-year-old from Peshawar made four Tour finals in his home
country last year – recording title triumphs in the
President PSF International and CNS International.
But the most impressive achievement in the new top 20 list
is made by Egyptian teenager Mohamed El Shorbagy. The
18-year-old world junior champion from Alexandria, who made
a stunning mark on the senior circuit by reaching the
quarter-finals of the 2008 Hi-Tec World Open in his maiden
appearance in the event as a qualifier, storms into the
world top 20 for the first time at No18.
France's
Gregory Gaultier reclaims the No2 slot in the new May
World Squash Rankings – moving from fourth position to break
up the Egyptian trio of Karim Darwish, Amr Shabana and
Ramy Ashour who occupied the top three places in last
month's list.
Rising
Pakistan star Farhan Mehboob also make notable
progress – jumping two places to a best-ever 16th place. The
20-year-old from Peshawar made four Tour finals in his home
country last year – recording title triumphs in the
President PSF International and CNS International.
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