Just
days after helping her country achieve gold in the Asian Games in
South Korea, Low Wee Wern leaps two places to a career-high No5
in the Women's World Squash Rankings to join illustrious
compatriot Nicol David in the first ever Women's Squash
Association (WSA) list to feature two Malaysians in the top five.
Laid
low by Dengue fever in July, Wee Wern confirmed her return to top form
last month by winning the WSA Gold 50 China Open for the third
time in four years.
Seeded
three, the 24-year-old from Penang upset top seed Camille Serme
in the final - clinching her 11-8, 11-6, 8-11, 8-11, 12-10 victory in
102 minutes, her longest ever match win on the WSA World Tour!
Wee
Wern (pictured above), the only Malaysian squash international to
base herself in her home country, now boasts seven WSA World Tour titles
from 17 final appearances.
Meanwhile David, double gold medallist in the Incheon Asian Games, is
now just one month away from celebrating 100 unbroken months as the
world's number one woman squash player.
The
31-year-old Penangite, winner of her 75th World Tour title at the WSA
World Series Hong Kong Open in August, continues to hold off
second-placed English rival Laura Massaro; third-placed Egyptian
Raneem El Welily and New Zealand's No4 Joelle King.
Hong
Kong's Annie Au eases back into the top ten at No10, while
England's Sarah Kippax also moves up a single slot, from 19 to
18, after securing a quarter-final berth in the China Open.
There
is a notable surge of young Egyptians making waves lower in the October
rankings - including 17-year-old Nouran Gohar rising two places
to a career-high No24 and 18-year-old Salma Hany Ibrahim leaping
nine places to a best-ever No31, both after making the China Open
semi-finals as qualifiers; and 15-year-old Habiba Mohamed Ahmed
jumping seven places to a career-high No27 to become the youngest player
in the world top 30.
