El Sherbini Tops Women’s World Rankings for 16th Consecutive Month

Egypt’s two-time World Champion Nour El Sherbini has maintained her position as World No.1 for the 16th month in a row after the release of the PSA Women’s World Rankings today (August 1). El Sherbini - whose 16-month reign atop the World Rankings now matches that of former World Champions Rachael Grinham and Cassie Jackson - heads an unchanged top 20 that sees Raneem El Welily, Camille Serme, Laura Massaro and Nouran Gohar retain their places in the top five. Legendary Malaysian Nicol David comes next at No.6, with Sarah-Jane Perry, Amanda Sobhy, Alison Waters and Annie Au round out the top 10. Egypt’s former World No.5 Nour El Tayeb sits a place outside at No.11, while English duo Emily Whitlock and Victoria Lust remain at No.13 and No.15, respectively.  The top 20 is completed by Tesni Evans (No.16), Olivia Blatchford (No.17), Donna Urquhart (No.18), Joey Chan (No.19), Salma Hany Ibrahim (No.20). Elsewhere, Australia’s Christine Nunn is one of the biggest movers on the Women’s Tour after the 26-year-old from Melbourne moved up 25 places to No.73 courtesy of her title-winning displays at the South Australian Open last month. PSA Women’s World Rankings Top 20 - August 2017 RANK NAME NATIONALITY POINTS UP/Down 1 Nour El Sherbini EGY 1,439.375 = 2 Raneem El Welily EGY 1,246.250 = 3 Camille Serme FRA 1,245.000 = 4 Laura Massaro ENG 1,133.750 = 5 Nouran Gohar EGY 967.500 = 6 Nicol David MAS 796.875 = 7 Sarah-Jane Perry ENG 706.250 = 8 Amanda Sobhy USA 660.625 = 9 Alison Waters ENG 501.111 = 10 Annie Au HKG 454.444 = 11 Nour El Tayeb EGY 413.125 = 12 Joelle King NZL 412.222 = 13 Emily Whitlock ENG 396.875 = 14 Joshna Chinappa IND 374.444 = 15 Victoria Lust ENG 307.778 = 16 Tesni Evans WAL 301.111 = 17 Olivia Blatchford USA 291.667 = 18 Donna Urquhart AUS 280.000 = 19 Joey Chan HKG 256.250 = 20 Salma Hany Ibrahim EGY 253.125 = -ends-