Momen Makes It
Six Egyptians In World Top 20
Tarek Momen
leaps three places to make his top 20 debut in the Dunlop PSA Men's World
Squash Rankings, bringing to six the number of Egyptians in the
August list published by the Professional Squash Association.
Momen, at 20
in the latest list, reached the finals against expectations in his last two
PSA World Tour appearances. The 22-year-old from Cairo upset higher-ranked
Cameron Pilley and Mohd Azlan Iskandar to reach the climax of the
Indian Challenger No7 in May, then this month made it through to the
biggest final of his career at the 5-star CIMB Malaysian Open,
after overcoming Australia's Stewart Boswell and top-seeded compatriot
Mohamed El Shorbagy.
It was Mohd
Azlan Iskandar that went on to win the Malaysian Open - his third
title triumph in the event since 2004. The success sees the 28-year-old from
Kuala Lumpur jump four places to 14 in the new rankings, while Mohamed El
Shorbagy moves up a single place to No13.
England's
Nick Matthew extends his reign as world number one in the unchanged top ten,
ahead of Egyptians Ramy Ashour, Amr Shabana and Karim Darwish,
at two, three and four, respectively; Frenchman Gregory Gaultier at No5;
and fellow countryman James Willstrop in sixth place.
August top 20
(inc. points average):
|
|
|
Rank |
Prev |
Player |
Pts |
Ctry |
|
1 |
[2] |
Nick
Matthew |
1283 |
Eng |
|
2 |
[1] |
Ramy Ashour |
1190 |
Egy |
|
3 |
[3] |
Amr
Shabana |
968 |
Egy |
|
4 |
[4] |
Karim Darwish |
858 |
Egy |
|
5 |
[5] |
Gregory
Gaultier |
700 |
Fra |
|
6 |
[6] |
James
Willstrop |
681 |
Eng |
|
7 |
[7] |
Thierry Lincou |
524 |
Fra |
|
8 |
[8] |
Peter Barker |
519 |
Eng |
|
9 |
[9] |
Daryl Selby |
412 |
Eng |
|
10 |
[10] |
David Palmer |
395 |
Aus |
|
11 |
[11] |
Wael El Hindi |
380 |
Egy |
|
12 |
[12] |
Laurens Jan Anjema |
372 |
Ned |
| 13é |
[14] |
Mohamed El Shorbagy |
359 |
Egy |
|
14é |
[18] |
Azlan Iskandar |
350 |
Mas |
|
15ê |
[13] |
Adrian Grant |
334 |
Eng |
|
16 |
[15] |
Alister Walker |
330 |
Eng |
|
17 |
[16] |
Cameron Pilley |
309 |
Aus |
|
18 |
[17] |
Stewart Boswell |
279 |
Aus |
|
19 |
[19] |
Ong Beng Hee |
266 |
Mas |
|
20 |
[23] |
Tarek Momen |
260 |
Egy |
|
|
| 
