While
Egypt's Ramy Ashour and Englishman Nick Matthew strengthen
their grip on the top two places, France's Gregory Gaultier moves
up to third position in the new March Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash
Rankings published today by the Professional Squash Association.
With
three PSA World Tour titles since October, the 30-year-old from
Aix-en-Provence is enjoying one the most spectacular phases of his
14-year professional career. Already this year, Gaultier has followed a
runners-up berth in the JP Morgan Tournament of Champions in New
York with title success in last month's Case Swedish Open in
Linkoping where he upset world No2 Matthew in the final.
His
latest achievement saw him notch up his 50th appearance in a PSA Tour
final - a magnificent milestone only equalled by Matthew on today's
Tour.
On his
new ranking achievement, Gaultier was characteristically cool: "I'm
pleased, of course - but my main goal is to win as many tournaments as
possible and my main target is, and will always be, the world
championship.
"I'm
happy with the way I am playing at the moment and I try to stay in that
dynamic. I know I have a few more years to play and I think I am getting
to maturity now in terms of experience, fitness capacities and
technically - even though I can always improve.
"I
know that I still have things to improve, including mental strength
which was my main problem and that I think I'm getting much much better
now. Let's see how it goes in the next few tournaments!"
England's James Willstrop slips to fourth place, whilst
22-year-old Mohamed El Shorbagy moves up to a
career-equalling-high No5, ahead of fellow Egyptians Karim Darwish
and Amr Shabana.
