Ramy Rises To World Top Three

Egyptian teen sensation Ramy Ashour has leapt to a career-high world No3 in the new May Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings, issued today by the Professional Squash Association.

The 19-year-old from Cairo shocked the squash world last month when he won the two biggest titles of the year so far - clinching the $200,000 Sheikha Al Saad Kuwait Open trophy and then the $120,000 Qatar Classic in Doha within six days!

It was less than 12 months ago that Ashour made history by winning the World Junior Championship title for a second time - and his rapid transition to the senior stage has already seen the remarkable youngster win four major PSA Tour titles this year.

Ashour's compatriot Amr Shabana retains his status as the world's No1 player in the new list, celebrating his 14th successive month at the top of the rankings. But Australia's World Open champion David Palmer returns to second place after achieving his seeding in both of the PSA Super Series Platinum events in Kuwait City and Qatar.

In a notable month for Egyptians, Wael El Hindi also records a career-high position in the new list. The 26-year-old from Cairo leaps four places to No10 to mark his top ten debut after reaching the quarter-finals in Kuwait and the last four in Doha.

England's Peter Barker continues his top 20 rise by moving to a best-ever 16th place - boosted by an unexpected quarter-final berth in the Qatar Classic.

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