Serme & Au On The Rise In Latest WSA World Rankings

Whilst Malaysian Nicol David continues to head an unchanged top five, France's Camille Serme and Hong Kong's Annie Au record notable rises in the top 10 of the March Women's World Squash Rankings published by the Women's Squash Association (WSA).

Serme, winner of a sixth successive French national title last month, moves up to No6 - boosted by a surprise semi-final berth in January's WSA Gold Tournament of Champions. The 24-year-old from Creteil is celebrating her highest ranking of the year.

Hong Kong No1 Au also moved up two positions - to No8 - to mark her best ranking since 2012. The left-hander achieved a remarkable run in last month's WSA Gold Cleveland Classic in Ohio where she downed three seeds in a row to reach the final as a qualifier.

Nicol David marks her 92nd successive month as world number one, ahead of England's Laura Massaro at two; Egyptian Raneem El Welily at No3; England's British national champion Alison Waters at four; and New Zealander Joelle King in fifth place.

Egypt's Nour El Tayeb has recorded a rare leap of nine places to No18 - making a welcome return to the top 20 for the first time since April 2012.

A qualifier in last month's Cleveland Classic, the 20-year-old from Cairo celebrated a first ever win over higher-ranked compatriot and regular training partner Raneem El Welily to make the semi-finals.

March top 20 (inc. points average):

1	[1]	Nicol David	MAS	3,248
2	[2]	Laura Massaro	ENG	2,166
3	[3]	Raneem El Welily	EGY	1,440
4	[4]	Alison Waters	ENG	1,243
5	[5]	Joelle King	NZL	1,155
6	[8]	Camille Serme	FRA	875
7	[6]	Low Wee Wern	MAS	792
8	[7]	Madeline Perry	IRL	743
9	[11]	Annie Au	HKG	743
10	[9]	Jenny Duncalf	ENG	741
11	[10]	Dipika Pallikal	IND	601
12	[12]	Natalie Grinham	NED	574
13	[14]	Omneya Abdel Kawy	EGY	570
14	[13]	Kasey Brown	AUS	567
15	[15]	Rachael Grinham	AUS	490
16	[16]	Sarah-Jane Perry	ENG	458
17	[17]	Amanda Sobhy	USA	443
18	[27]	Nour El Tayeb	EGY	380
19	[20]	Joshana Chinappa	IND	373
20	[19]	Nicolette Fernandes	GUY	363

For the complete WSA ranking list, see www.wsaworldtour.com