ElShorbagy
And El Sherbini Top October World Rankings As Egypt Make History
25-year-old Egyptian Mohamed ElShorbagy has maintained his World
No.1 status for the 10th consecutive month to top the October 2016
Men’s PSA World Rankings during a month that sees Egypt break ground
by becoming the first country ever to boast seven players inside the
World’s Top Ten.
ElShorbagy, who has now marked 23 months as No.1 in total - taking
him to sixth in the all time rankings list - is joined by
compatriots Omar Mosaad (3), Karim Abdel Gawad (4), Ali Farag (6)
Marwan ElShorbagy (7), Ramy Ashour (8) and Tarek Momen (9) to
complete Egypt's domination and overtake the previous record mark of
six players inside the top ten which was set by Australia in 1990.
Both Gawad, who won September’s Al Ahram Squash Open NewGiza, and
Ali Farag, who lost out to Gawad in that final, have moved up to
career highs while Fares Dessouky (16) and Mohamed Abouelghar, who
breaks into the top 20 for the first time in his career at No.20,
complete a nine-strong Egyptian contingent within the Men's Top 20.
In the Women’s World Rankings 20-year-old World Champion Nour El
Sherbini has maintained her status as World No.1, holding a strong
advantage over England’s Laura Massaro at No.2, while fellow
Egyptian Nour El Tayeb has broken back into the top ten at No.10 for
the first time in six months to complete a five-strong contingent of
Egyptian players at the the summit of the women’s game, including
Nouran Gohar (4), Raneem El Welily (5) and Omneya Abdel Kawy (8).
Elsewhere inside the Women’s top ten American Amanda Sobhy has moved
up one spot to a new career high of No.6, overtaking Frenchwoman
Camille Serme, while New Zealand’s Joelle King moves up two places
to No.9.