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30/04/2019
Men's May Rankings
Dessouky Returns to Top 20 in PSA Men’s World Rankings
A semi-final finish at last week’s El Gouna International Squash Open
has seen Egypt’s Fares Dessouky rise 24 places to World No.18 after the
PSA Men’s World Rankings for May were released today (May 1).
Dessouky, a former World No.8, had been ranked outside of the top 20 for
12 months as he recovered from a torn ACL sustained in November 2017.
The 24-year-old was in fine form in El Gouna as he beat the likes of
World No.2 Mohamed ElShorbagy and World No.7 Miguel Rodriguez en route
to the semi-finals as he reached the last four of a PSA Platinum
tournament for the first time in two years.
Eventual El Gouna International winner Ali Farag tops the men’s rankings
for a third successive month ahead of ElShorbagy, while Tarek Momen
ensures that it’s an all-Egyptian top three for a fourth month in a row.
El Gouna finalist Karim Abdel Gawad moves up two places to No.4, while
Germany’s Simon Rösner completes the top five.
New Zealand’s Paul Coll drops a place to No.6, with Colombia’s Rodriguez
staying at No.7. Peru’s Diego Elias rises to a career-high No.8 ranking
after winning the Macau Open in April. He swaps places with Egypt’s
Mohamed Abouelghar, while India’s Saurav Ghosal stays at No.10.
Egypt’s Omar Mosaad rises a place to No.11, with Welshman Joel Makin
rising three spots to a career-high No.12 ranking. Germany’s Raphael
Kandra also reaches a career-high ranking, moving up one place to No.13,
to sit ahead of Egyptian Zahed Salem and England’s Declan James, the
latter of whom moves up to a career-high No.15 ranking.
Frenchman Gregoire Marche is the fifth player in the top 20 to reach a
career-high ranking this month as he moves up two spots to No.16. Former
World No.1 James Willstrop, Dessouky, Australia’s Ryan Cuskelly and
England’s Daryl Selby complete the top 20.
Meanwhile, former World Champion Gregory Gaultier has dropped out of the
top 20 for the first time since April 2003. The Frenchman hasn’t played
on the PSA Tour since October 2018 due to surgery on a knee injury and
has fallen 13 places to No.26.
Egypt’s Marwan ElShorbagy also drops out of the top 20, and is at his
lowest ranking since April 2014 after falling 10 places to No.21.
PSA Men's World Rankings Top 20 – May 2019
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Full Men's Rankings |
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Rank |
Prev |
Player............................ |
Pts |
Ctry |
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1 |
= |
Ali Farag |
2,079 |
EGY |
|
2 |
= |
Mohamed ElShorbagy |
1,573 |
EGY |
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3 |
= |
Tarek Momen |
1,286 |
EGY |
|
4 |
↑2 |
Karim Abdel Gawad |
1,068 |
EGY |
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5 |
↓1 |
Simon Rösner |
1,005 |
GER |
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6 |
↓1 |
Paul Coll |
911 |
NZL |
|
7 |
= |
Miguel Rodriguez |
717 |
COL |
|
8 |
↑1 |
Diego Elias |
707 |
PER |
|
9 |
↓1 |
Mohamed Abouelghar |
686 |
EGY |
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10 |
= |
Saurav Ghosal |
505 |
IND |
|
11 |
↑1 |
Omar Mosaad |
409 |
EGY |
|
12 |
↑3 |
Joel Makin |
390 |
WAL |
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13 |
↑1 |
Raphael Kandra |
371 |
GER |
|
14 |
↑2 |
Zahed Salem |
370 |
EGY |
|
15 |
↑2 |
Declan James |
368 |
ENG |
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16 |
↑2 |
Gregoire Marche |
336 |
FRA |
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17 |
↑2 |
James Willstrop |
336 |
ENG |
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18 |
↑24 |
Fares Dessouky |
322 |
EGY |
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19 |
↑1 |
Ryan Cuskelly |
321 |
AUS |
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20 |
↑6 |
Daryl Selby |
319 |
ENG |
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Full Men's Rankings |
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