Momen Moves Into World Top 10

Tarek Momen, the 26-year-old Egyptian who reached the semi-finals of last week's PSA World Series Cathay Pacific Sun Hung Kai Financial Hong Kong Squash Open, has broken into the top 10 for the first time in his career to occupy the No9 slot in the September PSA World Tour Rankings.

Momen has occupied a position in the top 15 since October 2012 but finally makes his breakthrough into the prestigious top 10 at the expense of compatriot Karim Darwish, whose disappointing first round exit in Hong Kong sees him fall out of the top 10 for the first time since October 2007.

Momen secured his three-position rise courtesy of an impressive run in Hong Kong which saw him overcome James Willstrop, the former world No1 who drops one position in the September rankings to No7.

It was a defeat that saw the Englishman fail to win a first round Tour match for the first time for almost ten years!

Momen also got the better of German national champion Simon Rösner in a thrilling 3/2 quarter-final encounter which ended the German's own hopes of breaking into the top 10.

Egypt's Hong Kong Open champion Mohamed Elshorbagy, the 23-year-old from Alexandria, maintains his No3 ranking but has closed the gap on current top two Gregory Gaultier, the man he beat to the trophy, and current No2 Nick Matthew.

Egyptian stars Ramy Ashour and Amr Shabana complete an unchanged top five line-up.

Spain's highest ever ranked player Borja Golan leapfrogs Willstrop to occupy the No6 ranking while elsewhere in the top 20 there is a mass of movement with Hong Kong's Max Lee securing the biggest leap, moving up five places to occupy the No20 slot and claim his highest ever ranking.

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