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02/09/2014
MEN'S SEPTEMBER RANKINGS
#PSAWorldTour
Tarek Momen, the 26-year-old Egyptian who reached the semi-final
stage of the recent PSA World Series Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai
Financial Hong Kong Squash Open, has broken into the top 10 for the
first time in his career to occupy the No.9 slot in the September
PSA World Tour Rankings.
Momen has occupied a position in the top 15 since October 2012 but
finally makes his breakthrough into the prestigious top 10 at the
expense of compatriot Karim Darwish, who's disappointing first round
exit in Hong Kong sees him fall out of the top 10 for the first time
since October 2007.
Momen secured his three-position rise courtesy of an impressive run
in Hong Kong which saw him dispatch first James Willstrop, the
former World No.1 who drops one position in the September rankings
to No.7 after that defeat saw him fail to progress past the first
round of a tour event for the first time since the 2006 World
Championship, before getting the better of German national champion
Simon Rösner in a thrilling 3-2 encounter in the quarter-finals
which ended the German man's own hopes to breaking into the top 10.
Hong Kong Open champion Mohamed Elshorbagy, the 23-year-old from
Alexandria, Egypt, maintains his No.3 ranking but has closed the gap
on current top two Gregory Gaultier, the man he beat to to the
trophy, and current No.2 Nick Matthew while Egyptian stars Ramy
Ashour and Amr Shabana complete an unchanged top five.
Spain's highest ever ranked player Borja Golan leapfrogs Willstrop
to occupy the No.6 ranking while elsewhere in the top 20 there is a
mass of movement with Hong Kong's Max Lee securing the biggest leap,
moving up five places to occupy the No.20 slot and what is his
highest ever ranking.
PSA World Tour Rankings - September
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Rank |
Prev |
Player |
Pts |
Ctry |
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1 |
1 |
Gregory Gaultier |
1549 |
FRA |
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2 |
= |
Nick Matthew |
1368 |
ENG |
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3 |
= |
Mohamed Elshorbagy |
1336 |
EGY |
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4 |
= |
Ramy Ashour |
821 |
EGY |
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5 |
= |
Amr Shabana |
758 |
EGY |
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6 |
↑1 |
Borja Golan |
660 |
ESP |
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7 |
↓1 |
James Willstrop |
628 |
ENG |
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8 |
= |
Peter Barker |
523 |
ENG |
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9 |
↑3 |
Tarek Momen |
474 |
EGY |
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10 |
= |
Daryl Selby |
468 |
ENG |
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11 |
↓2 |
Karim Darwish |
463 |
EGY |
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12 |
↓1 |
Simon Rösner |
447 |
GER |
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13 |
↑1 |
Miguel Angel
Rodriguez |
411 |
COL |
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14 |
↓1 |
Omar Mosaad |
409 |
EGY |
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15 |
= |
Laurens Jan Anjema |
314 |
NED |
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16 |
= |
Saurav Ghosal |
313 |
IND |
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17 |
= |
Marwan Elshorbagy |
302 |
EGY |
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18 |
= |
Karim Abdel Gawad |
285 |
EGY |
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19 |
= |
Mathieu Castagnet |
282 |
FRA |
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