Matthew makes fifth
month
as World Number One
England's Nick Matthew moves into his fifth
successive month as world number one, according to the May
Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings.
The world champion from Sheffield heads an unchanged top
ten, with Egyptian rival Ramy Ashour at No2; fellow
Egyptian Karim Darwish - winner of April's Kolkata
International in India - in third place; and England's
James Willstrop at No4.
Egypt's Wael El Hindi moves up three places to No16
following his successful campaign in last month's Berkshire
Open in the USA where the New York-based 30-year-old picked
up his eighth PSA World Tour title.
Fellow Egyptian Omar Mosaad also moves up in the May
list after marking his 14th Tour final appearance in the
Kolkata International. The 23-year-old from Cairo rises a
single place to No16.
 England's
Tom Richards marks a career-high world No25 ranking
after his surprise unseeded appearance in the Berkshire Open
final.
Success in April's Hibiscus Gardens Open in Australia has
also led South African Stephen Coppinger to his
career-best ranking. The 26-year-old from Cape Town, who
also won the Finnish Open in February, moves up to No35.
1 [1] Nick
Matthew ENG
1,568
2 [2] Ramy
Ashour EGY
1,296
3 [3] Karim
Darwish EGY
1,022
4 [4] James
Willstrop ENG
897
5 [5] Amr
Shabana EGY
832
6 [6] Gregory
Gaultier FRA
747
7 [7] Peter
Barker ENG
618
8 [8] Thierry
Lincou FRA
557
9 [9] Mohamed
El Shorbagy EGY
470
10 [10] Azlan
Iskandar MAS
434
11 [11] David
Palmer AUS
409
12 [12] Daryl
Selby ENG 384
13 [16] Wael
El Hindi EGY
378
14 [14] Hisham Ashour EGY 358
15 [13] Laurens
Jan Anjema NED
357
16 [17] Omar Mosaad EGY 342
17 [15] Cameron
Pilley AUS
330
18 [18] Adrian
Grant ENG 295
19 [19] Alister
Walker ENG
268
20 [20] Stewart
Boswell AUS
255
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Grinhams rise in
new World Rankings
While Australia's Rachael Grinham returns to the top
three in the new May Women's World Squash Rankings, her
younger sister Natalie Grinham also bounces back into
the top 20 after the birth of her first child last year.
Malaysian Nicol David extends her lead at the top of
the list after winning the Cayman Islands Open crown for the
third successive year last month - and boosting her career
WISPA Tour haul to 52 titles.
But though England's Jenny Duncalf, runner-up in
Grand Cayman, holds onto second place, Rachael Grinham
leapfrogs Ireland's Madeline Perry to take over the
third spot - and celebrate her 100th consecutive month in
the world's top five!
 Winner
of the World Junior title in 1993, 34-year-old Grinham
senior made her first appearance in the WISPA rankings in
July 1994 and went on to win her first Tour title in 1998.
The Amsterdam-based Queenslander topped the world rankings
for 16 unbroken months from August 2004 - and won her 31st
Tour title in the USA last month at the Texas Open.
 Natalie
Grinham was out of action for almost a year following the
birth of son Kieran in May last year - but the 33-year-old
former world No2 from the Netherlands bounced back to
celebrate a triumphant month in April, not only winning the
Atwater Cup in Canada but also reaching the quarter-finals
of both the Cayman Islands Open and Texas Open unseeded.
Grinham junior leaps 15 places to No17 in the May rankings.
Hong Kong's Annie Au also has cause for cheer after
reaching a career-high No10. The 22-year-old left-hander
delighted her national fans last month by winning the Buler
Challenge Cup on home soil - a triumph which marked her
tenth Tour title.
In a good month for left-handers, Australian Donna
Urquhart continues her rapid rise by jumping three
places to a best-ever No13 ranking. After despatching two
top-five ranked opponents to reach the Cayman Islands Open
semi-finals as a qualifier, the 24-year-old from New South
Wales went on to claim a final berth in the Buler Challenge
- then picked up her sixth WISPA Tour title at the Indian
Challenger in Chennai.
|
1 |
[1] |
Nicol David |
MAS |
3348 |
|
2 |
[2] |
Jenny Duncalf |
ENG |
1654 |
|
3 |
[4] |
Rachael Grinham |
AUS |
1251 |
|
4 |
[3] |
Madeline Perry |
IRL |
1147 |
|
5 |
[5] |
Alison Waters |
ENG |
1132 |
|
6 |
[6] |
Kasey Brown |
AUS |
1021 |
|
7 |
[7] |
Laura Massaro |
ENG |
978 |
|
8 |
[8] |
Omneya Abdel Kawy |
EGY |
956 |
|
9 |
[9] |
Camille Serme |
FRA |
788 |
|
10 |
[11] |
Annie Au |
HKG |
771 |
|
11 |
[10] |
Vanessa Atkinson |
NED |
757 |
|
12 |
[12] |
Raneem El Weleily |
EGY |
669 |
|
13 |
[16] |
Donna Urquhart |
AUS |
594 |
|
14 |
[14] |
Joelle King |
NZL |
579 |
|
15 |
[13] |
Low Wee Wern |
MAS |
564 |
|
16 |
[15] |
Jaclyn Hawkes |
NZL |
536 |
|
17 |
[32] |
Natalie Grinham |
NED |
514 |
|
18 |
[20] |
Nour El Tayeb |
EGY |
486 |
|
19 |
[18] |
Sarah Kippax |
ENG |
450 |
|
20 |
[17] |
Amanda Sobhy |
USA |
433 |
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