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.
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FULL PSA
RANKINGS
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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 |
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RANKINGS
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James Willstrop
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