Diego
Elias
and Nouran Gohar - from Peru and Egypt, respectively, and both
aged 17 - head the latest WSF World Junior Rankings, published
this month by the World Squash Federation.
Elias,
from Lima, made history in August by winning the 2014 WSF Men's World
Junior Individual Championship in Namibia without dropping a game -
thereby becoming Peru's first ever world squash champion.
Pakistan's Tayyab Aslam is in second place in the men's list
after winning the Asian Junior Championship, with Hong Kong's
Tsun Hei Yuen, the 2014 Hong Kong Junior Open and Dutch Junior
Open champion, at No3.
Gohar
tops the women's list after success not only in major junior events but
also in senior National Opens - criteria which now contribute towards
the WSF World Junior Rankings.
The
Cairo-based teenager was runner-up in the 2014 WSF Women's World
Junior Individual Championship - but also competed in the main draws
of the US Open, China Open, Hong Kong Open and Malaysian Open
on the WSA World Tour.
Fellow
Egyptian Habiba Mohamed, aged just 15, takes up second place in
the new list after winning the WSF World Junior Individual title in
Namibia.
In an
all-Egyptian top three, 18-year-old Salma Hany Ibrahim moves up
to third place, boosted by reaching the semi-finals of the China Open.
The WSF World Junior Rankings - based on the under-19 age
grouping - are issued quarterly, based on results achieved in national
junior and senior opens, regional championships and WSF World Junior
Individual Championships.
