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1 Apr 2017

Massaro Rises to World No.2 in April Women’s Rankings









England’s Laura Massaro has moved back into the world’s top two for the first time since November 2016 after the PSA Women’s World Rankings for April were released today (April 1).

Massaro became the first Englishwoman since Janet Morgan in 1951 to lift the iconic Allam British Open title for a second time when she triumphed in an all-English final with Sarah-Jane Perry in Hull last weekend.

That victory was enough to propel the 33-year-old Lancastrian to the World No.2 spot, one place behind World Champion Nour El Sherbini, who fell to Massaro in the semi-finals of the sport’s longest-running tournament.

As a result, Camille Serme, Raneem El Welily and Nouran Gohar all move down a place to round out the top five, while Nicol David’s first Tour title since 2015 at the Ciudad de Floridablanca sees her rise to No.6.

Amanda Sobhy - who is currently out of action with a ruptured achilles tendon - falls to No.7 - while Perry sits at No.8. England’s Alison Waters and Joelle King complete the world’s top 10.

Annie Au, Nour El Tayeb and Emily Whitlock are on the rise to sit at respective rankings of No.11, No.12 and No.13, with Whitlock claiming a career-high ranking after her quarter-final finish in Hull. Egypt’s Omneya Abdel Kawy drops six places to No.15.

Elsewhere, in the top 20, Donna Urquhart and Tesni Evans both move up one place to sit at No.17 and a career-best No.18, respectively, while US No.2 Olivia Blatchford makes her debut in the world’s top 20, rising up eight places to No.19 courtesy of her runner-up berth in Floridablanca.

Hong Kong’s Joey Chan drops three places from No.17 and the 28-year-old rounds out the top 20.

PSA Women’s World Rankings Top 20 - April 2017

RANK
NAME
NATIONALITY
POINTS
UP/Down
1
Nour El Sherbini
EGY
1,439.375
=
2
Laura Massaro
ENG
1,283.750
3
3
Camille Serme
FRA
1,188.125
1
4
Raneem El Welily
EGY
1,153.125
1
5
Nouran Gohar
EGY
967.500
1
6
Nicol David
MAS
796.875
1
7
Amanda Sobhy
USA
748.125
1
8
Sarah-Jane Perry
ENG
670.000
=
9
Alison Waters
ENG
501.111
1
10
Joelle King
NZL
437.222
1
11
Annie Au
HKG
430.500
1
12
Nour El Tayeb
EGY
413.125
1
13
Emily Whitlock
ENG
371.250
2
14
Joshna Chinappa
IND
350.556
=
15
Omneya Abdel Kawy
EGY
316.875
6
16
Victoria Lust
ENG
285.000
=
17
Donna Urquhart
AUS
280.000
1
18
Tesni Evans
WAL
278.333
1
19
Olivia Blatchford
USA
268.889
8
20
Joey Chan
HKG
250.556
3

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