31/03/2020
April Rankings
PSA Announce Rankings to Be Frozen During Tour
Suspension
The Professional Squash Association (PSA) has announced that the PSA
World Rankings have been frozen during the ongoing suspension of the PSA
Tour due to the global outbreak of COVID-19.
As announced on March 13, both the PSA World Tour and PSA Challenger
Tour are currently suspended until the end of April and these frozen
rankings will stay in place until the tour resumes.
The rankings are frozen as of March 16 to take into account the fact
that there were three tournaments taking place over the weekend the
announcement was made to suspend the tour.
The frozen rankings mean that points accrued from the 2019 edition of
tournaments postponed or cancelled due to the suspension of the tour -
for example the Grasshopper Cup and El Gouna International - will remain
on players rankings as the 2020 edition of those events cannot take
place at present. An expiry date for these points will be finalised when
the tour resumes.
The same will apply for tournaments later in the year if the suspension
of the tour is extended.
Egyptian duo Mohamed ElShorbagy and Raneem El Welily will stay at the
summit of the PSA Men’s and Women’s World Rankings, respectively, until
the tour resumes.
Ali Farag sits less than 30 ranking points below ElShorbagy following
his defeat to the Bristol-based Egyptian in the Canary Wharf Classic
final last month, which was the last men’s PSA Tour event to take place
before the suspension.
Karim Abdel Gawad moves up a place to overtake World Champion Tarek
Momen, while Marwan ElShorbagy leapfrogs Germany’s Simon Rösner.
Other changes in the men’s top 20 include Omar Mosaad moving up two
spots to No.15, Zahed Salem rising to No.17 and England’s Adrian Waller
rising to No.19. Former World No.1 James Willstrop drops five places and
takes the last spot in the top 20.
In the women’s rankings, Nouran Gohar stays at No.2 ahead of World
Champion Nour El Sherbini, who overtakes France’s Camille Serme to make
it an all-Egyptian top three.
England’s Sarah-Jane Perry rises to a joint-career high of World No.6 to
sit ahead of Hania El Hammamy, who rises three places to a career best
No.7 ranking courtesy of her maiden Platinum title win at the Black Ball
Open in March.
Kiwi Joelle King falls three places to No.9, while Welshwoman Tesni
Evans stays at No.10. Elsewhere, Olivia Blatchford Clyne rises three
spots to No.13, while Rowan Elaraby moves up five spots to a career high
No.16 ranking.
Nada Abbas takes the final spot inside the women’s top 20, moving up
seven places to reach the top 20 for the first time.
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Full Men's Rankings |
Rank |
Prev |
Player............................ |
Pts |
Ctry |
1 |
= |
Mohamed ElShorbagy |
1,756 |
EGY |
2 |
= |
Ali Farag |
1,702 |
EGY |
3 |
= |
Tarek Momen |
1,470 |
EGY |
4 |
= |
Karim Abdel Gawad |
1,253 |
EGY |
5 |
= |
Paul Coll |
1,103 |
NZL |
6 |
↑1 |
Diego Elias |
734 |
PER |
7 |
↓1 |
Simon Rösner |
693 |
GER |
8 |
= |
Marwan ElShorbagy |
644 |
EGY |
9 |
↑1 |
Miguel Rodriguez |
575 |
COL |
10 |
↑1 |
Joel Makin |
540 |
WAL |
11 |
↓2 |
Mohamed Abouelghar |
537 |
EGY |
12 |
= |
Fares Dessouky |
512 |
EGY |
13 |
= |
Saurav Ghosal |
487 |
IND |
14 |
↑2 |
Mazen Hesham |
393 |
EGY |
15 |
↑3 |
James Willstrop |
363 |
ENG |
16 |
↓2 |
Gregoire Marche |
362 |
FRA |
17 |
= |
Omar Mosaad |
357 |
EGY |
18 |
↑1 |
Mostafa Asal |
356 |
EGY |
19 |
↓4 |
Zahed Salem |
346 |
EGY |
20 |
= |
Adrian Waller |
339 |
ENG |
Full Men's Rankings |
|
Full Women's Rankings |
Rank |
Prev |
Player............................ |
Pts |
Ctry |
1 |
= |
Raneem El Welily |
1,765 |
EGY |
2 |
= |
Nouran Gohar |
1,470 |
EGY |
3 |
= |
Camille Serme |
1,365 |
FRA |
4 |
= |
Nour El Sherbini |
1,328 |
EGY |
5 |
= |
Nour El Tayeb |
1,200 |
EGY |
6 |
= |
Joelle King |
720 |
NZL |
7 |
= |
Sarah-Jane Perry |
660 |
ENG |
8 |
= |
Amanda Sobhy |
656 |
USA |
9 |
= |
Tesni Evans |
536 |
WAL |
10 |
= |
Hania El Hammamy |
511 |
EGY |
11 |
= |
Annie Au |
506 |
HKG |
12 |
= |
Joshna Chinappa |
425 |
IND |
13 |
= |
Salma Hany |
367 |
EGY |
14 |
= |
Alison Waters |
366 |
ENG |
15 |
↑1 |
Yathreb Adel |
337 |
EGY |
16 |
↑1 |
Olivia Blatchford Clyne |
327 |
USA |
17 |
↓2 |
Victoria Lust |
303 |
ENG |
18 |
= |
Nele Gilis |
302 |
BEL |
19 |
↑2 |
Tinne Gilis |
284 |
BEL |
20 |
↓1 |
Nadine Shahin |
284 |
EGY |
Full Women's Rankings |
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