Lincou Moves Into Second Half Of Year As World Number One

France's Thierry Lincou moves into the second half of the year as number one in the new July Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings, announced today by the Professional Squash Association.

Lincou, 29, who has held the position unopposed since January, heads an unchanged top ten list, in front of England's Lee Beachill at two; Australian David Palmer at three; and Canada's Jonathon Power at number four. England's Peter Nicol is at five, the ranking he first attained in November 1994 and has only dropped below once since that date!

Lower in the list, Pakistan's Shahid Zaman leaps three places to a career-high 14 - boosted by his third PSA Tour win of the year last month when he lifted the Pakistan Circuit No2 title in Lahore.

Malaysia's Mohd Azlan Iskandar, runner-up in Lahore, returns to his career-best No17 position.

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