Ramy Romps Into Top Five In February World Rankings

Egyptian teenager Ramy Ashour makes his world top five debut in the new February Dunlop PSA Men's World Rankings, issued today by the Professional Squash Association.

Far from resting on his laurels after being honoured as the PSA Young Male Player of the Year in the World Squash Awards in December, the 19-year-old from Cairo made further dramatic progress in January when he won his first PSA Super Series title at the PACE Canadian Classic, then picked up the EBS Dayton Open crown two weeks later!

Ashour's compatriot Amr Shabana, winner of the Infor Windy City Open in Chicago, extends his lead at the top of the new list, ahead of Australia's World Open champion David Palmer at No2, France's Gregory Gaultier at No3, fellow Frenchman Thierry Lincou at four, and Ramy Ashour at five.

Australia's Anthony Ricketts, the 27-year-old from Sydney who was runner-up in Chicago, jumps three places to No7.

Another Egyptian is celebrating a career-best ranking in the new list: Wael El Hindi, the 26-year-old from Cairo who reached the Canadian Classic semi-finals as 13th seed, rises two places to a best-ever No13.

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