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Nicol David Begins Fifth Year As World Number One
Malaysia's Nicol David begins her fifth
year – and her 42nd consecutive month – as world number one, according to the
January 2010 Women's World Squash Rankings, published by the Women's
International Squash Players' Association (WISPA).
The 26-year-old from Penang first took over the
top spot in January 2006 – then began her current uninterrupted world number one
run in August 2006. Despite suffering four shock defeats in 2009, Nicol David
secured seven WISPA World Tour titles in the year, as well as her second
World Games gold medal.
In September, in her training base of Amsterdam,
David retained her World Open title – not only notching up the 40th Tour
title of her career, but also becoming only the third player in history to win
the sport's premier title four times.
World Open runner-up Natalie Grinham, from
the Netherlands, squeezes past Jenny Duncalf to reclaim second place in
the list, while the English player slips to three, ahead of fourth-placed
Rachael Grinham, of Australia, and USA's Natalie Grainger at five.
Australia's Kasey Brown moves up a single
place to celebrate her debut in the world top 10 – while France's 20-year-old
Camille Serme continues her relentless rise up the rankings to mark a
career-high No12 position.
Also celebrating a best-ever ranking in the New
Year is Samantha Teran, the 28-year-old from Mexico City who consolidates
her status as the most successful Mexican woman ever by reaching No14.
January top 20
(inc. points average):
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Rank |
Prev |
Player |
Pts |
Ctry |
|
1 |
[1] |
Nicol
David |
2692 |
Mas |
|
2é |
[3] |
Natalie Grinham
|
1469 |
Ned |
|
3ê |
[2] |
Jenny Duncalf |
1474 |
Eng |
|
4 |
[4] |
Rachael Grinham
|
1324 |
Aus |
|
5 |
[5] |
Natalie
Grainger |
1258 |
Usa |
|
6 |
[6] |
Alison Waters
|
1256 |
Eng |
|
7 |
[7] |
Omneya
Abdel Kawy |
989 |
Egy |
|
8 |
[8] |
Madeline
Perry |
949 |
Irl |
|
9 |
[9] |
Laura Massaro |
908 |
Eng |
|
10é |
[11] |
Kasey Brown |
505 |
Aus |
|
11ê |
[10] |
Vanessa Atkinson
|
516 |
Ned |
|
12é |
[13] |
Camille Serme
|
489 |
Fra |
|
13é |
[14] |
Engy Kheirallah |
473 |
Egy |
|
14é |
[15] |
Samantha Teran |
457 |
Mex |
|
15 |
[16] |
Annie Au |
456 |
Hkg |
|
16ê |
[12] |
Shelley Kitchen |
496 |
Nzl |
|
17 |
[17] |
Jaclyn Hawkes
|
424 |
Nzl |
|
18é |
[19] |
Isabelle Stoehr |
419 |
Fra |
|
19é |
[20] |
Rebecca
Chiu |
417 |
Hkg |
|
20ê |
[18] |
Tania Bailey |
421 |
Eng |
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