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31/03/2018
Women's April Rankings
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New Zealand’s King Returns to Top Five Ahead of
Commonwealth Games
New Zealand’s Joelle King has returned to the world’s top five for the
first time since October 2014, rising three places to sit at No.4 after
the PSA Women’s World Rankings for April were released today - meaning
that she will be the highest ranked player taking place at the
Commonwealth Games later this month on the Gold Coast.
King spent 10 uninterrupted months inside the world’s top five in 2014
but slipped down the rankings after rupturing her achilles in the final
of the New Zealand Nationals in August of the same year, eventually
falling as low as World No.57 12 months later.
However, the 29-year-old Kiwi - who is seeded second in the Commonwealth
Games singles event and first in both the women's and mixed doubles
events - has displayed some of her best ever squash this season,
reaching finals at the Macau Open, U.S. Open and Windy City Open, the
latter of which saw her appear in a World Series final for the first
time in her career, while she lifted the Cleveland Classic title in
February.
King is the only non-Egyptian inside the top five, with Nour El Sherbini
heading up the rankings ahead of World Champion Raneem El Welily and
Windy City Open winner Nour El Tayeb, while Nouran Gohar stays at No.5.
Camille Serme sits at No.6 ahead of England’s Laura Massaro, who falls
three spots to No.7, which is her lowest ranking since July 2011.
Massaro’s compatriot Sarah-Jane Perry moves up a place to No.8, while
Malaysia’s eight-time World Champion Nicol David drops to No.9, her
lowest ranking since January 2004. England’s Alison Waters completes the
top 10.
Annie Au (No.11), Tesni Evans (No.12) and Olivia Blatchford (No.13)
follow Waters, while India’s Joshna Chinappa moves back inside the top
15 to No.14, ahead of England’s Victoria Lust.
Australia’s Donna Urquhart drops two places to No.16, with Egypt’s Salma
Hany rising to a career-high No.17 ranking. India’s Dipika Pallikal
Karthik moves up two places to No.18, while England’s Emily Whitlock
drops to No.19.
Egypt’s Mariam Metwally rounds off the top 20, rising three places to
claim a career-high ranking.
PSA Women's World Rankings Top 20 - April 2018
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Rank |
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Player............................ |
Pts |
Ctry |
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1 |
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Nour El Sherbini |
1,841 |
EGY |
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2 |
= |
Raneem El Welily |
1,397 |
EGY |
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3 |
= |
Nour El Tayeb |
1,203 |
EGY |
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4 |
↑3 |
Joelle King |
831 |
NZL |
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5 |
= |
Nouran Gohar |
802 |
EGY |
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6 |
= |
Camille Serme |
722 |
FRA |
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7 |
↓3 |
Laura Massaro |
581 |
ENG |
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8 |
↑1 |
Sarah-Jane Perry |
572 |
ENG |
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9 |
↓1 |
Nicol David |
543 |
MAS |
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10 |
= |
Alison Waters |
445 |
ENG |
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11 |
= |
Annie Au |
422 |
HKG |
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12 |
= |
Tesni Evans |
412 |
WAL |
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13 |
= |
Olivia Blatchford |
351 |
USA |
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14 |
↑2 |
Joshna Chinappa |
327 |
IND |
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15 |
= |
Victoria Lust |
320 |
ENG |
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16 |
↓2 |
Donna Urquhart |
295 |
AUS |
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17 |
↑4 |
Salma Hany |
263 |
EGY |
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18 |
↑2 |
Dipika Pallikal Karthik |
256 |
IND |
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19 |
↓2 |
Emily Whitlock |
255 |
ENG |
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20 |
↑3 |
Mariam Metwally |
238 |
EGY |
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Full Women's Rankings |
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