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World Rankings, March 2009 |
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Lucky
Seven For Laura
Whilst the top six is unchanged in the new March Women's
World Squash Rankings, England's Laura Lengthorn-Massaro
rises to a career-high No7.
Malaysia's Nicol David heads the rankings to extend
her unbroken reign as world number one since August 2006.
Natalie Grinham (Netherlands) remains at two, ahead of her
older sister Rachael Grinham (Australia) in third place,
while Natalie Grainger, of the USA, at number four; and
England's Jenny Duncalf and Alison Waters are at five and
six, respectively.
Lengthorn-Massaro enjoyed a distinguished 2008, reaching
three WISPA finals and rounding off the year by winning the
Monte Carlo Classic in Monaco in December. Laura's 2009
campaign has already featured two semi-finals berths - the
latter at the National City Burning River Classic in
Cleveland, USA, where she upset Egypt's Omneya Abdel Kawy to
claim an unexpected place in the last four.
Hong Kong's Annie Au also leaps to a best-ever ranking -
re-entering the top 20 to secure 17th place. The
20-year-old, the youngest player in the top 20, won three
Tour titles last year and claimed her sixth appearance in a
final at the NSC Series No1 in Malaysia last month.
Au also tops the March Under 23 WISPA rankings for the first
time, having rocketed up from 12th spot in the last of the
three-times-a-year listings.
Matthew's Back
After being out of action with a shoulder injury for eight
months of 2008, England's Nick Matthew is now well
and truly back in action, and his performances in winning
the Swedish Open and reaching the finals of the Tournament
of Champions and North American Opens - in addition to
recapturing the British National title - have been rewarded
with a rise to number five in the new PSA rankings,
equalling his best-ever position.
Matthew jumps four places to lead the group chasing the top
four, who have a healthy points lead over the rest. Karim
Darwish retains top spot, one of three Egyptians in the
top four.
Other notable rises for Englishman Alister Walker,
reaching a career-best #16, while Pakistan's Farhan
Mehboob returns to the top twenty.
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 TOP
20 PSA
MARCH 2009 |
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Rank |
$ Prev |
Player |
Pts |
Ctry |
| 1 |
[1] |
Karim
Darwish |
1097 |
Egy |
| 2 |
[2] |
Amr
Shabana |
973 |
Egy |
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3 |
[3] |
Gregory
Gaultier |
954 |
Fra |
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4 |
[4] |
Ramy Ashour |
917 |
Egy |
| 5é |
[9] |
Nick
Matthew |
667 |
Eng |
| 6 |
[6] |
David Palmer |
651 |
Aus |
|
7ê |
[5] |
James
Willstrop |
640 |
Eng |
| 8ê |
[7] |
Thierry Lincou |
530 |
Fra |
| 9ê |
[8] |
Wael El Hindi |
477 |
Egy |
| 10 |
[10] |
Peter Barker |
437 |
Eng |
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11 |
[11] |
Ong Beng Hee |
400 |
Mas |
|
12 |
[12] |
Azlan Iskandar |
396 |
Mas |
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13 |
[13] |
Adrian Grant |
376 |
Eng |
| 14 |
[14] |
Borja Golan |
369 |
Esp |
| 15 |
[15] |
Aamir Atlas Khan |
310 |
Pak |
| 16é |
[18] |
Alister Walker |
296 |
Eng |
| 17ê |
[16] |
Laurens Jan Anjema |
273 |
Ned |
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18ê |
[17] |
Cameron Pilley |
270 |
Aus |
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19 |
[19] |
Stewart Boswell |
262 |
Aus |
| 20 |
[21] |
Farhan Mehboob |
255 |
Pak |
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 TOP
20 WISPA
MARCH 2009 |
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Rank |
Prev |
Player |
Pts |
Ctry |
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1 |
[1] |
Nicol
David |
3547 |
Mas |
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2 |
[2] |
Natalie Grinham
|
1385 |
Aus |
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3 |
[3] |
Rachael Grinham
|
1350 |
Aus |
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4 |
[4] |
Natalie
Grainger |
1341 |
Usa |
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5 |
[5] |
Jenny Duncalf |
1020 |
Eng |
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6 |
[6] |
Alison Waters
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965 |
Eng |
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7é |
[8] |
Laura Lengthorn-Massaro |
850 |
Eng |
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8ê |
[7] |
Omneya
Abdel Kawy |
834 |
Egy |
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9 |
[9] |
Madeline
Perry |
749 |
Irl |
|
10 |
[10] |
Isabelle Stoehr |
660 |
Fra |
|
11 |
[11] |
Vanessa Atkinson
|
629 |
Ned |
|
12é |
[13] |
Shelley Kitchen |
609 |
Nzl |
|
13ê |
[12] |
Kasey Brown |
574 |
Aus |
|
14 |
[14] |
Rebecca
Chiu |
535 |
Hkg |
|
15 |
[15] |
Samantha Teran |
441 |
Mex |
|
16 |
[16] |
Jaclyn Hawkes
|
437 |
Nzl |
|
17é |
[21] |
Annie Au (Hkg) |
395 |
Egy |
|
18ê |
[17] |
Tania Bailey
|
377 |
Eng |
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19 |
[19] |
Raneem El Weleily
|
369 |
Egy |
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20ê |
[18] |
Lauren Briggs
|
354 |
Eng |
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