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Ramy Romps Into Fifth Month
As World Number One
Egypt's
Ramy Ashour moves into his fifth month at the top of the Dunlop PSA Men's
World Squash Rankings, according to the May list published by the
Professional Squash Association.
The
22-year-old from Cairo, the youngest player in the world top ten, leads an
unchanged top six - ahead of England's Nick Matthew at two; compatriots
Amr Shabana and Karim Darwish at three and four, respectively;
Englishman James Willstrop at No5; and Frenchman Gregory Gaultier
in sixth place.
Londoner
Peter Barker is the highest upward mover, leapfrogging France's Thierry
Lincou to take over seventh place.
After becoming
the first player in PSA history to win his maiden World Tour title at a 5-star
event, Egyptian teenager Mohamed El Shorbagy celebrates a three-place
rise to his highest ranking of 14. The 19-year-old from Alexandria - the
youngest player in the top 50 - clinched the Indian Challenger No7 in
Chennai last month.
Another
Egyptian has cause for celebration in the new list: Omar Mosaad makes his
debut in the top 20, at 20, after an exceptional 2010 campaign in which he has
competed in three Tour events, and finished as runner-up in one (the
Heliopolis Open last month in his home town Cairo) and claimed the trophies
in the other two, the Racquet Club Invitational and KIG Open, both
in the USA, in January.
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Rank |
Prev |
Player |
Pts |
Ctry |
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1 |
[1] |
Ramy Ashour |
1190 |
Egy |
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2 |
[2] |
Nick
Matthew |
1117 |
Eng |
|
3 |
[3] |
Amr
Shabana |
971 |
Egy |
|
4 |
[4] |
Karim
Darwish |
740 |
Egy |
|
5 |
[5] |
James
Willstrop |
696 |
Eng |
|
6 |
[6] |
Gregory
Gaultier |
655 |
Fra |
|
7é |
[8] |
Peter Barker |
490 |
Eng |
|
8ê |
[7] |
Thierry Lincou |
505 |
Fra |
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9 |
[9] |
Daryl Selby |
412 |
Eng |
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10 |
[10] |
David Palmer |
404 |
Aus |
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11 |
[11] |
Laurens Jan Anjema |
378 |
Ned |
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12 |
[12] |
Wael El Hindi |
343 |
Egy |
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13 |
[13] |
Adrian Grant |
333 |
Eng |
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14é |
[17] |
Mohamed El Shorbagy |
286 |
Egy |
|
15ê |
[14] |
Alister Walker |
321 |
Eng |
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16ê |
[15] |
Cameron Pilley |
308 |
Aus |
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17é |
[18] |
Stewart Boswell |
248 |
Aus |
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18ê |
[16] |
Azlan Iskandar |
289 |
Mas |
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19 |
[19] |
Ong Beng Hee |
272 |
Mas |
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20é |
[22] |
Omar Mosaad |
248 |
Egy |
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