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PSA World Rankings
December 2005      WISPA Rankings:

James Willstrop - Mens Worlds Number 2

Whilst France's Thierry Lincou maintains his grip on the top position in the new October Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings, published today by the Professional Squash Association, Canada's Jonathon Power (pictured) reclaims second place in the list for the first time since March 2003.

The 31-year-old from Montreal has enjoyed one of his best years on the PSA Tour in 2005 - winning the Apawamis Open in the USA in January, the PSA Masters in Bermuda in April, and the super Series Finals in London for the second time in May.

After reaching the semi-finals of the St. Louis Open in the USA last month, Power will be back in action in the Dunlop British Open later this month in Manchester, where the 1999 champion is the fourth seed in his ninth appearance in the event.

Australia's David Palmer stays at three in the October list, while England's Lee Beachill slips to four.

Title wins by Amr Shabana in the Heliopolis Open and St. Louis Open in September take the Egyptian up to a career-equalling-high fifth place - ahead of England's Peter Nicol who drops to six.

Malaysia's Mohd Azlan Iskandar records a career-best world No. 13 ranking in the new list after following his Steel Industries PNG International title in Papua New Guinea in August with success in last month's Kolkata International in India.

Finland's Olli Tuominen also celebrates a best-ever ranking in the October list - rising two places to 15.  The 26-year-old from Helsinki has consistently achieved or exceeded his seeding in PSA Tour events for the past year - and reached the quarter-finals of the Mamut English Open in August after upsetting David Palmer in the opening round, and was a semi-finalist in last month's Heliopolis Open.

England's Peter Barker, a surprise quarter-finalist in both the English and Heliopolis Opens, moves up to career-best world No. 21.

FULL PSA RANKINGS
Rank Prev Player Pts Ctry
1 [1] Thierry Lincou    872 Fra
2é [8] James Willstrop 726 Eng
3 [3] Anthony Rickets 702 Aus
4é [6] David Palmer 685 Aus
5 [5] Lee Beachill 672 Eng
6ê [2] Jonathon Power 611 Can
7ê [4] Amr Shabana 587 Egy
8ê [7] Peter Nicol 535 Eng
9 [9] John White 376 Sco
10é [11] Nick Mathew 357 Eng
11é [12] Gregory Gaultier 345 Fra
12ê [10] Karim Darwish 338 Egy
13 [13] Graham Ryding 279 Can
14é [15] Olli Tuominen 247 Fin
15ê [14] Mohd Azlan Iskandar 241 Mas
16é [17] Ong Beng Hee 237 Mas
17é [26] Alex Gough 215 Wal
18ê [16] Shahid Zaman 213 Pak
19é [21] Wael El Hindi 204 Egy
20é [25] Stewart Boswell 202 Aus
FULL PSA RANKINGS

James Willstrop