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01/06/2014
MEN'S JUNE RANKINGS
Squash Top 10 Unchanged In June
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The top of the PSA World Rankings remain unchanged in June, with
Frenchman Gregory Gaultier maintaining his grasp on the World No.1
rankings for the third consecutive month following his impressive
romp to victory at the prestigious Allam British Open in May.
Gaultier beat England's World No.2 Nick Matthew in the final of the
'Wimbledon of Squash' while Egyptian pair Mohamed Elshorbagy and
Ramy Ashour, the No.3 and No.4 respectively, bowed out at the
semi-final stages.
27-year-old French player Mathieu Castagnet is the biggest mover
within the top 20, rising five places from World No.23 to break into
the top 20 for the first time in his career to occupy the World
No.18.
Castagnet claimed one of the biggest scalps of his career as he beat
Borja Golan en-route to a quarter-final finish at the British Open,
his best placing at a World Series event since the 2013 US Open.
"Since I started playing squash, I have always worked really hard to
be on top of the rankings,"
said Castagnet.
"I never been a
natural squash talent but I am someone who is a fighter on court and
I have trained hard and kept going for the past few years so to
reach the top 20 is a great reward, a gift and a dream.
"To be on top of the rankings you have to train hard all year, all
day every day. You need to have a good diet, manage your body, work
your games plans and your technical aspects - it’s just like a
job.
"We play between 10 and 13 tournaments a year and you cannot be
strong for only one or two tournaments. You have to be consistent at
a strong level and I would like to thanks Arnaud Hays, Renan Lavigne,
Olivier Guidi, Christophe Labit and Joel Coste for all their support
in helping me."
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Rank |
Prev |
Player |
Pts |
Ctry |
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1 |
1 |
Gregory Gaultier |
1440 |
FRA |
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2 |
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Nick Matthew |
1368 |
ENG |
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3 |
= |
Mohamed Elshorbagy |
1131 |
EGY |
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4 |
= |
Ramy Ashour |
821 |
EGY |
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5 |
= |
Amr Shabana |
758 |
EGY |
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6 |
= |
James Willstrop |
628 |
ENG |
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7 |
= |
Borja Golan |
615 |
ESP |
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8 |
= |
Peter Barker |
546 |
ENG |
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9 |
= |
Karim Darwish |
456 |
EGY |
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10 |
= |
Daryl Selby |
451 |
ENG |
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11 |
↑1 |
Simon Rösner |
415 |
GER |
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12 |
↓1 |
Tarek Momen |
411 |
EGY |
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13 |
= |
Omar Mosaad |
409 |
EGY |
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14 |
= |
Miguel Angel
Rodriguez |
358 |
COL |
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15 |
↑1 |
Laurens Jan Anjema |
324 |
NED |
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16 |
↓1 |
Saurav Ghosal |
307 |
IND |
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17 |
↑1 |
Karim Abdel Gawad |
285 |
EGY |
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18 |
↑5 |
Mathieu Castagnet |
284 |
FRA |
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19 |
↓2 |
Cameron Pilley |
276 |
AUS |
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20 |
↓1 |
Marwan Elshorbagy |
267 |
EGY |
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