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While Malaysian Nicol David and Egypt's Raneem El Welily
retain the top two spots in the April Women's World Squash Rankings,
Londoner Alison Waters leaps to No.3 to become the highest-ranked
Englishwoman in the Women's Squash Association list for the first
time for more than five years.
David
extends her unbroken reign as world number one to 105 months (since
August 2006) - but Cairo-based El Welily has closed the gap behind the
mighty Malaysian after beating David in last month's Guggenheim
Partners Windy City Open final in Chicago.
Waters
achieved her seeding in Windy City - but unexpectedly burst through to
the final of the WSA International 100 JP Morgan Tournament of
Champions in New York in January after downing David in the
quarter-finals.
The
31-year-old from London, a silver and bronze medallist in last year's
Commonwealth Games, now moves ahead of compatriot Laura Massaro
for the first time since 2011.
Nour
El Tayeb
also has cause for domestic celebration after achieving a career-high
world No.5 ranking in the latest list. The 22-year-old from Cairo, a
surprise Windy City Open semi-finalists after taking out fourth seed
Nour El Sherbini, overtakes her compatriot to become Egypt's second
highest-ranked player for the first time.
There
are further changes in the England hierarchy following the two-position
rise of Emma Beddoes to a best-ever world No.14 ranking. The
29-year-old from Leeds stunned Massaro to reach the Windy City
quarter-finals against expectations - and now becomes the third
highest-ranked English player for the first time.
April
2015
top 20 (inc. points average):
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Rank |
Prev |
Player |
Pts |
Ctry |
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1 |
[1] |
Nicol David |
3,590 |
MAS |
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2 |
[2] |
Raneem El Welily |
2,998 |
EGY |
|
3 |
[5] |
Alison Waters |
1,540 |
ENG |
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4 |
[3] |
Laura Massaro |
1,425 |
ENG |
|
5 |
[7] |
Nour El Tayeb |
1,337 |
EGY |
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6 |
[4] |
Nour El Sherbini |
1,225 |
EGY |
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7 |
[6] |
Camille Serme |
1,102 |
FRA |
|
8 |
[8] |
Low Wee Wern |
1,073 |
MAS |
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9 |
[9] |
Omneya Abdel Kawy |
980 |
EGY |
|
10 |
[10] |
Amanda Sobhy |
699 |
USA |
|
11 |
[11] |
Dipika Pallikal |
655 |
IND |
|
12 |
[12] |
Annie Au |
648 |
HKG |
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13 |
[13] |
Rachael Grinham |
640 |
AUS |
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14 |
[16] |
Emma Beddoes |
628 |
ENG |
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15 |
[14] |
Sarah-Jane Perry |
603 |
ENG |
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16 |
[18] |
Nouran Gohar |
547 |
EGY |
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17 |
[17] |
Jenny Duncalf |
508 |
ENG |
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18 |
[15] |
Madeline Perry |
508 |
IRL |
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19 |
[19] |
Sarah Kippax |
505 |
ENG |
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20 |
[20] |
Nicolette
Fernandes |
450 |
GUY |
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