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02/02/2006
WISPA FEBRUARY RANKINGS
Nicol David Holds Onto No1 Ranking – But Perry Powers Into Top Ten
Rankings
Nicol David Holds Onto No1
Ranking –
But Perry Powers Into Top Ten
Malaysia's
Nicol David holds onto her No1 position in the new February Women’s
World Squash Rankings, issued today (Wednesday) by the Women's
International
Squash Players' Association (WISPA),
but Ireland's Madeline Perry powers into the world top ten for the
first time.
David, the 22-year-old from Penang who topped the list for the first time in
January, heads an unchanged top seven, with Netherlands' Vanessa Atkinson
at two; Australian sisters Rachael Grinham and Natalie Grinham
at three and four, respectively; and England team-mates Vicky Botwright
and Linda Elriani in fifth and sixth place. USA's Natalie
Grainger remains at No7.
Madeline Perry enjoyed a highly successful year in 2005, winning two
WISPA World Tour titles, the Buler Challenge Cup in Hong Kong in
February and the Irish Open in Dublin in April. In November, the
28-year-old from Craigavon reached the Monte Carlo Classic final as
the fourth seed, and followed this success by making it through to the last
eight of the World Open in Hong Kong, where she was the tenth seed.
Perry becomes the second highest-ranked Irishwoman, behind
Rebecca Best who reached No6 in July 1988.
England's Jenny Duncalf
moves up two places to a career-equalling-high world No8, while compatriot
Laura-Jane Lengthorn rises two places to a best-ever world No13
ranking. The 22-year-old from Lancashire was an unexpected semi-finalist in
the first WISPA event she played in this year, the Greenwich Open
in Connecticut.
For the
complete WISPA ranking list, see
www.wispa.net
Rankings |
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FULL WISPA RANKINGS
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Rank |
Prev |
Player |
Pts |
Ctry |
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1 |
[1] |
Nicol
David |
1949 |
MAS |
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2 |
[2] |
Vanessa Atkinson
|
1820 |
NED |
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3 |
[3] |
Rachael
Grinham |
1656 |
AUS |
|
4 |
[4] |
Natalie
Grinham |
1122 |
AUS |
|
5 |
[5] |
Vicki
Botwright |
1057 |
ENG |
|
6 |
[6] |
Linda
Elriani |
858 |
ENG |
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7 |
[7] |
Natalie
Grainger |
843 |
USA |
|
8é |
[10] |
Jenny
Duncalf |
770 |
ENG |
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9 |
[9] |
Tania
Bailey |
656 |
ENG |
|
10é |
[11] |
Madeline
Perry |
639 |
IRL |
|
11
ê |
[8] |
Omneya
Abdel Kawy |
569 |
EGY |
|
12 |
[12] |
Alison
Waters |
567 |
ENG |
|
13
é |
[15] |
Laura-Jane
Lengthorn |
464 |
ENG |
|
14ê |
[13] |
Annelize
Naude |
460 |
NED |
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15ê |
[14] |
Isabelle
Stoehr |
430 |
FRA |
|
16 |
[13] |
Shelley
Kitchen |
425 |
NZL |
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17é |
[17] |
Rebecca
Chiu |
400 |
HKG |
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18ê |
[19] |
Fiona
Geaves |
378 |
ENG |
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19 |
[18] |
Pamela
Nimmo |
374 |
SCO |
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20 |
[20] |
Engy
Kheirallah |
297 |
EGY |
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FULL WISPA RANKINGS
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