Egyptians & Malaysians Share Top Spots In New World Junior Rankings

Players from Egypt and Malaysia share the No.1 positions in the inaugural WSF & PSA World Junior Rankings revealed today by the World Squash Federation and Professional Squash Association.

The August U19 rankings are headed by Egyptians - Cairo 17-year-old Mostafa Asal topping the men's list after title success in last month's WSF World Junior Championships in Chennai, India, and Hania El Hammamy, also 17 and from Cairo, taking the No.1 position in the women's list after a second successive finish as runner-up in the Women's World Junior Championship.

Both players have already made their mark on the PSA Tour - Asal winning three Tour titles in South America in May and El Hammamy securing her second Tour title last October at the Granite Open in Canada.

Malaysia's Danial Nurhaqiem tops the new men's U17 rankings. The 16-year-old from Kuala Lumpur reached the second round of the men's World Junior Championship - and went on to remain undefeated for Malaysia in the team event.

Already with four PSA Tour titles to her name, Malaysian Aifa Azman heads the women's U17 list. The 16-year-old from Kedah won the Malaysian U19 Junior Open last month and in January clinched the British Junior U17 Open title.

August WSF & PSA World Junior Rankings:

BU19

Rank	Name	Nationality	Age	Average
1	Mostafa Asal	EGY	17	81.00
2	Leonel Cardenas	MEX	18	42.75
3	Darren Rahul Pragasam	MAS	18	30.50
4	Marwan Tarek	EGY	18	13.15
5	Nick Wall	ENG	18	9.80
6	Viktor Byrtus	CZE	17	9.55
7	Kashif Asif	PAK	18	7.50
8=	Siow Yee Xian	MAS	17	7.45
8=	Abbas Zeb	PAK	16	7.45
10	Darosham Khan	CAN	17	7.30

GU19

Rank	Name	Nationality	Age	Average
1	Hania El Hammamy	EGY	17	191.39
2	Rowan Elaraby	EGY	18	120.56
3	Nada Abbas	EGY	18	95.00
4	Aifa Azman	MAS	16	51.94
5	Lucy Turmel	ENG	18	48.11
6	Marina Stefanoni	USA	15	42.83
7	Hana Moataz	EGY	18	39.28
8	Wen Li Lai	MAS	18	34.33
9	Ooi Kah Yan	MAS	17	18.61
10	Gigi Yeung	MAC	17	16.72

BU17

Rank	Name	Nationality	Age	Average
1	Danial Nurhaqiem	MAS	16	6.55
2	Duncan Lee	MAS	16	5.95
3	Abbas Zeb	PAK	16	5.00
4	Marek Panacek	CZE	15	2.05
5	Uzair Shoukat	PAK	15	2.00
6	Haris Qasim	PAK	15	1.90
7=	Thimi Christiaens	BEL	15	1.65
7=	Augusto Ortigosa Perez	ESP	16	1.65
9	Blaž Porenta	SLO	16	1.55
10	Ethan Eyles	AUS	16	1.30

GU17

Rank	Name	Nationality	Age	Average
1	Aifa Azman	MAS	16	51.11
2	Marina Stefanoni	USA	15	41.44
3	Jana Shiha	EGY	16	12.78
4	Ainaa Ampandi	MAS	16	7.89
5	Amna Fayyaz	PAK	15	7.56
6	Anika Jackson	NZL	16	5.89
7	Maria Paula Moya Lopez	ECU	16	4.44
8	Farida Mohamed	EGY	16	4.22
9	Jessica Keng	MAS	15	3.67
10	Amirah Rusydina Rosli	MAS	16	3.22

Full details available at www.worldsquash.org/ws/athletes/wsf-junior-ranking