Willstrop & Matthew Are World Top Two Again
England again has the top two players in the Dunlop PSA Men's World
Squash Rankings following Nick Matthew's return to No2 behind
fellow Yorkshireman James Willstrop in the new May list published
today by the Professional Squash Association.
Willstrop has extended his lead at the top of the rankings to more than
300 points after reaching last month's final of the El Gouna
International Open, the third PSA World Series event of the
year, in Egypt.
A
semi-final berth in the Red Sea resort was enough to move Matthew ahead
of Frenchman Gregory Gaultier - but his Egyptian victor Ramy
Ashour went on to beat Willstrop in the final and rises to fourth
place in the list.
England's Daryl Selby recorded his first Tour success for more
than a year at the Grasshopper Cup in Switzerland - and is
rewarded with a return to the world top ten.
Alister Walker,
a former Englishman who switched his allegiance to the country of his
birth last June, celebrated two title successes last month and his
fourth since representing Botswana.
The
New York-based 29-year-old brushed aside all opposition in the
Berkshire Open in the USA, then again justified his top billing last
week in Dublin to win the Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open. Walker
leaps five places to No13, his best ranking for more than two years.
Spaniard Borja Golan has also enjoyed a successful recent six
weeks on the Tour - following victory in the Manitoba Open in
Canada in March by semi-final berths in the Berkshire Open and Irish
Open.
The
29-year-old from Santiago de Compostela, fighting back to top form after
a career-threatening knee injury, makes a welcome return to the world
top 20 for the first time since 2009.
Golan's return to the top flight also means that nine nations are now
represented in the world top 20.
May
2012
top 20 (inc. points average):
|
|
|
Rank |
Prev |
Player |
Pts |
Ctry |
|
1 |
[1] |
James Willstrop
|
1,644 |
ENG |
|
2 |
[3] |
Nick Matthew |
1,304 |
ENG |
|
3 |
[2] |
Gregory Gaultier |
1,296 |
FRA |
|
4 |
[5] |
Ramy Ashour |
1,073 |
EGY |
|
5 |
[4] |
Karim Darwish |
947 |
EGY |
|
6 |
[6] |
Amr Shabana |
652 |
EGY |
|
7 |
[7] |
Peter Barker |
627 |
ENG |
|
8 |
[8] |
Mohamed El Shorbagy |
613 |
EGY |
|
9 |
[9] |
Laurens Jan Anjema |
508 |
NED |
|
10 |
[11] |
Daryl Selby |
432 |
ENG |
|
11 |
[10] |
Thierry Lincou |
432 |
FRA |
|
12 |
[12] |
Omar Mosaad |
408 |
EGY |
|
13 |
[18] |
Alister Walker |
373 |
BOT |
|
14 |
[16] |
Hisham Mohd Ashour |
367 |
EGY |
|
15 |
[13] |
Mohd Azlan Iskandar |
354 |
MAS |
|
16 |
[15] |
Tom Richards |
347 |
ENG |
|
17 |
[17] |
Adrian Grant |
344 |
ENG |
|
18 |
[14] |
Cameron Pilley |
328 |
AUS |
|
19 |
[18] |
Simon Rosner |
316 |
GER |
|
20 |
[21] |
Borja Golan |
312 |
ESP |
|
|
|
