Egypt's Ramy Ashour has extended his lead at the top
of the October Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings
following his title success in September's ROWE British
Grand Prix in Manchester.
Ashour, who celebrates his 23rd birthday today, claimed his
second 2010 PSA Super Series crown when he beat home hero
James Willstrop in a four-game final.
His unexpected final berth as fifth seed sees Englishman
Willstrop leap two places to No4 in the new list - behind
compatriot Nick Matthew at two, and Egyptian Amr Shabana at
No3.
And Frenchman Thierry Lincou, a quarter-finalist in
Manchester, also moves up - to No7 - after overtaking
Englishman Peter Barker.
But perhaps the most notable riser in the top 20 is David
Palmer, the distinguished Australian who notched up ten
complete years in the world top ten in August. But within a
few weeks of slipping to 12 in the September list, the
34-year-old from New South Wales reached the British GP
semi-finals - and fully tested Ashour before the Egyptian
ultimately prevailed.
"I haven't been able to play a match like that for the last
four or five months," admitted Palmer, who is now back in
the top 10 at No9.
While Dutchman Laurens Jan Anjema returns to his
career-high No11 in the October rankings, Malaysian Ong
Beng Hee reaches his highest ranking for more than a
year by jumping two places to 17.
And after a gap of five months without any Pakistan player
in the top 20, Aamir Atlas Khan marks his return to
the elite list. The 20-year-old from Peshawar has already
claimed two PSA Tour titles this year, and made it to the
last 16 of the British Grand Prix in Manchester.
|
 TOP
20 PSA
OCT 2010 |
|
Rank |
Prev |
Player |
Pts |
Ctry |
|
1 |
[1] |
Ramy Ashour |
1452 |
Egy |
| 2 |
[2] |
Nick
Matthew |
1363 |
Eng |
| 3 |
[3] |
Amr
Shabana |
857 |
Egy |
|
4é |
[6] |
James
Willstrop |
766 |
Eng |
| 5ê |
[4] |
Karim
Darwish |
761 |
Egy |
|
6ê |
[5] |
Gregory
Gaultier |
734 |
Fra |
| 7é |
[8] |
Thierry Lincou |
571 |
Fra |
| 8ê |
[7] |
Peter Barker |
570 |
Eng |
| 9é |
[12] |
David Palmer |
431 |
Aus |
|
10ê |
[9] |
Daryl Selby |
403 |
Eng |
| 11é |
[13] |
Laurens Jan Anjema |
379 |
Ned |
| 12ê |
[10] |
Mohamed El Shorbagy |
378 |
Egy |
|
13é |
[14] |
Azlan Iskandar |
366 |
Mas |
|
14é |
[15] |
Adrian Grant |
345 |
Eng |
| 15ê |
[11] |
Wael El Hindi |
330 |
Egy |
| 16 |
[16] |
Cameron Pilley |
315 |
Aus |
|
17é |
[19] |
Ong Beng Hee |
285 |
Mas |
| 18ê |
[17] |
Alister Walker |
275 |
Eng |
|
19ê |
[18] |
Stewart Boswell |
270 |
Aus |
| 20 |
[23] |
Aamir Atlas Khan |
253 |
Pak |
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