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31/03/2018
Men's April Rankings
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Farag & Momen Reach Career-High World Rankings
Egypt’s Ali Farag has overtaken Frenchman Gregory Gaultier to reach a
career-high World Ranking of No.2, while compatriot Tarek Momen has
moved into the world’s top five for the first time after the PSA Men’s
World Rankings were released today (April 1).
Farag, the 25-year-old Harvard-graduate from Cairo, has lifted two PSA
World Tour titles so far this season at the U.S. Open and Swedish Open,
while a semi-final finish at last month’s Canary Wharf Classic was
enough to see him move a place up the rankings to sit behind current
World No.1 Mohamed ElShorbagy.
Gaultier, whose struggles with a partial rupture of his adductor have
restricted him to just one PSA tournament appearance since January -
drops to No.3, ahead of World Championship runner-up Marwan ElShorbagy
and Momen, the latter of whom beat Farag en route to reaching the final
of the Canary Wharf Classic.
Germany’s Simon Rösner moves up to No.6 and is followed by 2016 World
Champion Karim Abdel Gawad, who drops out of the top five for the first
time since September 2016.
Three-time World Champion Ramy Ashour’s title victory at last month’s
Grasshopper Cup sees him move up two places to No.8, while New Zealand’s
Paul Coll sits behind the Egyptian, ending a three-month hiatus from the
top 10.
Egypt’s Mohamed Abouelghar rounds out the top 10 ahead of Peruvian Diego
Elias in No.11, while England’s three-time World Champion Nick Matthew
drops four places to No.12 - marking the first time since November 2005
that the Yorkshireman has not featured inside the top 10.
Meanwhile, India’s Saurav Ghosal rises a place to a career-high No.13,
with James Willstrop (No.14) and Ryan Cuskelly (No.15) also moving up.
Colombia’s Miguel Angel Rodriguez stays at No.16, while Egypt’s Fares
Dessouky, who drops five places to No.17, Switzerland’s Nicolas Mueller,
England’s Daryl Selby and Australia’s Cameron Pilley complete the top
20.
PSA Men's World Rankings Top 20 - April 2018
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Full Men's Rankings |
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Rank |
Prev |
Player............................ |
Pts |
Ctry |
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1 |
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Mohamed ElShorbagy |
1,953 |
EGY |
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2 |
↑1 |
Ali Farag |
1,343 |
EGY |
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3 |
↓1 |
Gregory Gaultier |
1,072 |
FRA |
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4 |
= |
Marwan ElShorbagy |
1,056 |
EGY |
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5 |
↑1 |
Tarek Momen |
870 |
EGY |
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6 |
↑1 |
Simon Rösner |
812 |
GER |
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7 |
↓2 |
Karim Abdel Gawad |
810 |
EGY |
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8 |
↑2 |
Ramy Ashour |
554 |
EGY |
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9 |
↑2 |
Paul Coll |
519 |
NZL |
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10 |
↓1 |
Mohamed Abouelghar |
506 |
EGY |
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11 |
↑2 |
Diego Elias |
493 |
PER |
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12 |
↓4 |
Nick Matthew |
472 |
ENG |
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13 |
↑1 |
Saurav Ghosal |
443 |
IND |
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14 |
↑1 |
James Willstrop |
416 |
ENG |
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15 |
↑4 |
Ryan Cuskelly |
407 |
AUS |
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16 |
= |
Miguel Angel Rodriguez |
397 |
COL |
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17 |
↓5 |
Fares Dessouky |
386 |
EGY |
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18 |
= |
Nicolas Mueller |
366 |
SUI |
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19 |
↓2 |
Daryl Selby |
365 |
ENG |
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20 |
= |
Cameron Pilley |
341 |
AUS |
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Full Men's Rankings |
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