Elshorbagy Tops November World Rankings by Nathan Clarke November 1, 2014 -
23-year-old Egyptian Mohamed Elshorbagy has officially topped the PSA
World Rankings for the first time in his career, heading the charts in
the November rankings and knocking Frenchman Gregory Gaultier off the
No.1 spot he has held since April.
Elshorbagy becomes one of the youngest players ever to hold the World
No.1 position, joining an illustrious list of stars that includes the
likes of Pakistani legends Jahangir and Jansher Khan and fellow
Egyptian maverick Ramy Ashour.
The Bristol-based powerhouse, who moved to England to work under the
guidance of legendary squash star Jonah Barrington aged just 15, sealed
his rise to the top after winning the Delaware Investments US Open,
beating Gaultier in the semi-final en-route to title glory.
"It is unbelievable to be the World No.1,” said Elshorbagy. “It has
been a dream to get to that spot and I can’t believe I am there now.”
Elsewhere in the rankings, German Simon Rösner celebrates his highest
ever ranking, breaking into the elite top ten for the first time in his
career to occupy the World No.10 slot.
The powerful man from Paderborn has been in fine form so far in 2014,
reaching at least the quarter-final in his last four events including
the Hong Kong Squash Open and US Open PSA World Series events.
“Becoming No.10 means everything to me,” said Rösner.
“This has been a dream and a goal of mine since I was a junior and it
is very special and something I have been looking forward to for quite
a while.
“The journey is not over yet though, I will be working hard to keep on improving my ranking for sure.”
Rösner is joined in the top 10 by Tarek Momen, who moves back to the
No.9 position he occupied in September while four-time World Champion
Amr Shabana, who lost the US Open final to Elshorbagy, moves above Ramy
Ashour to hold the No.4 ranking – his highest position since 2011.
Elsewhere inside the top 20, Swiss-star Nicolas Müller celebrates
breaking back into the top-20 for the first time since May 2013 to his
best ever ranking of No.19 while Marwan Elshorbagy and Mathieu
Castagnet claim their best ever rankings of World No.14 and World No.15.
Canadian David Baillargeon completes the biggest rise in the rankings
in November, moving up 190-places from World No.453 to occupy the World
No.263 spot.
