Pakistan Missing from World top-20 Squash Players List
Pakistan Times Sports Desk

ISLAMABAD: Pakistanis are missing altogether from the latest world top-20 list of men squash players.

While Malaysia’s Nicol David celebrates a full year at the top of the world rankings for women, Egypt’s Amr Shabana has extended his run to 16 months in the men’s rankings, according to the new July list issued by the Professional Squash Association.

Since first heading the world list in April 2006, the 27-year-old Amr Shabana from Cairo has won five PSA Super Series titles, bringing his career Tour title total to 16.

Teenage compatriot Ramy Ashour holds his place at No2 behind Shabana - the 19-year-old Ramy from Cairo having picked up four PSA Tour titles this year.

In an unchanged top 20, Australia’s World Open champion David Palmer is at three, ahead of Frenchmen Gregory Gaultier in fourth place and Thierry Lincou at No.5.

The men’s list:--[1] Amr Shabana (EGY), [2] Ramy Ashour (EGY), [3] David Palmer (AUS), [4] Gregory Gaultier (FRA), [5] Thierry Lincou (FRA), [6] Anthony Ricketts (AUS), [7] James Willstrop (ENG), [8] Nick Matthew (ENG), [9] John White (SCO), [10] Wael El Hindi (EGY), [11] Karim Darwish (EGY), [12] Stewart Boswell (AUS), [13] Lee Beachill (ENG), [14] Muhammed Abbas (EGY), [15] Adrian Grant (ENG), [16] Peter Barker (ENG), [17] Olli Tuominen (FIN), [18] Ong Beng Hee (MAS), [19] Muhammad Azlan Iskandar (MAS), [20] Borja Golan (ESP)

The International women’s squash players’ Association (WISPA) list:--

[1] Nicol David (MAS), [2] Natalie Grinham (AUS), [3] Rachael Grinham (AUS), [4] Tania Bailey (ENG), [5] Natalie Grainger (USA), [6] Vicky Botwright (ENG), [7] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY), [8] Madeline Perry (IRL), [9] Vanessa Atkinson (NED), [10] Jenny Duncalf (ENG), [11] Alison Waters (ENG), [12] Laura-Jane Lengthorn (ENG), [13] Shelley Kitchen (NZL), [14] Rebecca Chiu (HKG), [15] Engy Kheirallah (EGY), [16] Kasey Brown (AUS), [17] Annelize Naude (NED), [18] Isabelle Stoehr (FRA), [19] Sharon Wee (MAS), [20] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL).●