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Waters Closes The
Gap On the World Top Four
England's Alison Waters has closed the gap on the top four
players in the world after winning her second title of the year and
strengthening her position at No5 in the March Women's World Squash Rankings,
published by the Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA).
Malaysia's Nicol David holds the No1 position, ahead of
Dutch star Natalie Grinham in second place; England's Jenny Duncalf
at No3; and Rachael Grinham, of Australia, in fourth place.
In her second successive final against Omneya Abdel Kawy,
Alison Waters beat the Egyptian in five games to win last month's Burning
River Classic in Cleveland, USA. The Londoner then maintained her stunning
2010 form by beating higher-ranked compatriot Jenny Duncalf to win the British
National title. There are now only a wafer-thin 64 points separating places two
to five.
Abdel Kawy's success in Ohio sees her rise to a
career-high-equalling No6 in the new list, ahead of Ireland's Madeline Perry
in seventh place.
Mexico's Samantha Teran is celebrating a best-ever ranking
this month. The 28-year-old from Mexico City, already the highest-ranked player
of all time from Mexico, exceeded her seeding in the Burning River Classic to
reach the last four.
A three-place rise by Raneem El Weleily also sees the
21-year-old Egyptian record a career-high ranking. The former world junior
champion from Alexandria jumps to No15 after making the semi-finals both in
Cleveland and in the Greenwich Open in January – unseeded.
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Rank |
Prev |
Player |
Pts |
Ctry |
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1 |
[1] |
Nicol
David |
2692 |
Mas |
|
2 |
[2] |
Natalie Grinham
|
1469 |
Ned |
|
3 |
[3] |
Jenny Duncalf |
1460 |
Eng |
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4 |
[4] |
Rachael Grinham
|
1455 |
Aus |
|
5 |
[5] |
Alison Waters
|
1405 |
Eng |
|
6é |
[7] |
Omneya
Abdel Kawy |
1113 |
Egy |
|
7é |
[8] |
Madeline
Perry |
973 |
Irl |
|
8ê |
[6] |
Natalie
Grainger |
949 |
Usa |
|
9 |
[9] |
Laura Massaro |
870 |
Eng |
|
10é |
[12] |
Kasey Brown |
552 |
Aus |
|
11 |
[11] |
Camille Serme
|
532 |
Fra |
|
12ê |
[10] |
Vanessa Atkinson
|
520 |
Ned |
|
13é |
[14] |
Samantha Teran |
514 |
Mex |
|
14ê |
[13] |
Engy Kheirallah |
491 |
Egy |
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15é |
[18] |
Raneem El Weleily |
475 |
Egy |
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16 |
[16] |
Annie Au |
451 |
Hkg |
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17ê |
[15] |
Jaclyn Hawkes
|
447 |
Nzl |
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18é |
[19] |
Isabelle Stoehr |
436 |
Fra |
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19é |
20 |
Rebecca Chiu |
399 |
Hkg |
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20é |
[21] |
Tania Bailey |
373 |
Eng |
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