Lincou Top - But Power Back In Second Place

Whilst France's Thierry Lincou maintains his grip on the top position in the new October Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings, published today by the Professional Squash Association, Canada's Jonathon Power reclaims second place in the list for the first time since March 2003.

The 31-year-old from Montreal his enjoyed one of his best years on the PSA Tour in 2005 - winning the Apawamis Open in the USA in January, the PSA Masters in Bermuda in April, and the Super Series Finals in London for the second time in May.

After reaching the semi-finals of the St Louis Open in the USA last month, Power will be back in action in the Dunlop British Open later this month in Manchester, where the 1999 champion is the fourth seed in his ninth appearance in the event.

Australia's David Palmer stays at three in the October list, while England's Lee Beachill slips to four.

Title wins by Amr Shabana in the Heliopolis Open and St Louis Open in September take the Egyptian up to a career-equalling-high fifth place - ahead of England's Peter Nicol who drops to six.

Malaysia's Mohd Azlan Iskandar records a career-best world No13 ranking in the new list after following his Steel Industries PNG International title in Papua New Guinea in August with success in last month's Kolkata International in India.

Finland's Olli Tuominen also celebrates a best-ever ranking in the October list - rising two places to 15. The 26-year-old from Helsinki has consistently achieved or exceeded his seeding in PSA Tour events for the past year - and reached the quarter-finals of the Mamut English Open in August after upsetting David Palmer in the opening round, and was a semi-finalist in last month's Heliopolis Open.

England's Peter Barker, a surprise quarter-finalist in both the English and Heliopolis Opens, moves up to career-best world No21.

1 [1] Thierry Lincou FRA
2 [4] Jonathon Power CAN
3 [3] David Palmer AUS
4 [2] Lee Beachill ENG
5 [7] Amr Shabana EGY
6 [5] Peter Nicol ENG
7 [6] Anthony Ricketts AUS
8 [8] James Willstrop ENG
9 [12] Karim Darwish EGY
10 [11] Gregory Gaultier FRA
11 [10] John White SCO
12 [9] Nick Matthew ENG
13 [15] Mohd Azlan Iskandar MAS
14 [13] Graham Ryding CAN
15 [17] Olli Tuominen FIN
16 [18] Shahid Zaman PAK
17 [19] Ong Beng Hee MAS
18 [16] Joseph Kneipp AUS
19 [14] Adrian Grant ENG
20 [20] Mohammed Abbas EGY