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31/03/2021
MEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - APRIL

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ElShorbagy Breaks Back Into Top Five of PSA Men's World Rankings

Egypt’s Marwan ElShorbagy has broken back into the top five for the first time since December 2018 after the PSA Men’s World Rankings for April were released today (April 1).

ElShorbagy, 27, captured the third major title of his career when he overcame defending champion Fares Dessouky in the final of the CIB PSA Black Ball Squash Open last month in Cairo.

ElShorbagy features in the top five along with World No.1 Ali Farag, his older brother, Mohamed (No.2), World Champion Tarek Momen (No.3) and New Zealand’s Paul Coll (NZL), who he defeated in the quarter-finals at the Black Ball Sporting Club.

Meanwhile, former World No.1 Karim Abdel Gawad drops out of the top five as his issues with a heel problem continued in Cairo, while Dessouky moves up to a career-high ranking of World No.7, with Peru’s Diego Elias dropping a spot to No.8.

Welshman Joel Makin - a semi-finalist in Cairo - stays at No.9, while Colombia’s Miguel Rodriguez completes the top 10.

Mohamed Abouelghar (No.11), Mostafa Asal (No.12), Saurav Ghosal (No.13), Mazen Hesham (No.14) and Gregoire Marche (No.15) retain their rankings, while Zahed Salem moves up two places after reaching a first PSA World Tour Platinum quarter-final at the Black Ball Open.

Omar Mosaad and James Willstrop both fall a place to No.17 and No.18, respectively, while Adrian Waller and Cesar Salazar round off the top 20.

The biggest mover on the men’s tour this month is 17-year-old Egyptian Ahmed Wael. He rises 462 places to No.275 after featuring as a wildcard at the Black Ball Open, while his fellow wildcard at that event, Ahmed Ismail, moves up 408 places to No.267.

PSA Men’s World Rankings Top 20 – April 2021

Full Men's Rankings

Rank Prev Player............................ Pts Ctry

1

=

Ali Farag

21,260

EGY

2

=

Mohamed ElShorbagy

18,485

EGY

3

=

Tarek Momen

14,870

EGY

4

=

Paul Coll

11,715

NZL

5

↑1

Marwan ElShorbagy

11,235

EGY

6

↓1

Karim Abdel Gawad

11,065

EGY

7

↑1

Fares Dessouky

8,250

EGY

8

↓1

Diego Elias

7,650

PER

9

=

Joel Makin

6,340

WAL

10

=

Miguel Rodriguez

5,510

COL

11

=

Mohamed Abouelghar

5,100

EGY

12

=

Mostafa Asal

4,820

EGY

13

=

Saurav Ghosal

4,680

IND

14

=

Mazen Hesham

4,290

EGY

15

=

Gregoire Marche

4,085

FRA

16

↑2

Zahed Salem

4,035

EGY

17

↓1

Omar Mosaad

3,990

EGY

18

↓1

James Willstrop

3,785

ENG

19

=

Adrian Waller

3,422

ENG

20

=

Cesar Salazar

3,240

MEX

Full Men's Rankings