March PSA Rankings: Matthew Remains #1 from PSA Media March 1, 2014
- England’s Nick Matthew, winner of February’s Swedish Open, has
maintained his status as squash’s World No.1 in the latest official PSA
World Tour Rankings, remaining on top for the third consecutive month. Matthew’s Swedish Open
triumph sees him regain exclusive rights on the crown after occupying
the No.1 rank alongside French star Gregory Gaultier in February, the
first time in history that two men have held the No.1 ranking
simultaneously. That move sees
Gaultier drop back to second in the rakings while Egyptian Ramy Ashour
leapfrogs compatriot Mohamed Elshorbagy to re-take third place on the
roster while Spanish champion Borja Golan maintains his career high
No.6 ranking. “Last year was a great
year for me and probably the best year of my career but it is very
tough to maintain this position in the rankings,” said Golan. “There are so many
guys behind me who are fighting so hard to move up the rankings and who
play at really high levels so it is difficult. “My aim is just to keep playing at the level I am currently and try to challenge the players above me at every opportunity. “I had good results in
Qatar and Hong Kong last year, and I think I played one of my best ever
games to beat Greg (Gaultier) in Qatar so I’m very motivated for 2014
and I think it will be agood year.” After winning the
first PSA World Series event of 2014, the J.P Morgan Tournament of
Champion in January, and reaching back-to-back semi-finals at the Motor
City Open and Swedish Open, Egyptian legend Amr Shabana has moved up
two places to seventh in the rankings. Elsewhere in the top
20 Peter Barker falls two positions to ninth in the rankings while
Dutch champion Laurens Jan Anjema drops one position to No.17, with
Egyptian Karim Abdel Gawad moving up one to No.16. PSA World Rankings: Top 20 March 2014 1 Nick Matthew ENG 1339.500 2 Gregory Gaultier FRA 1239.000 3 Ramy Ashour EGY 1066.500 4 Mohamed Elshorbagy EGY 1009.500 5 James Willstrop ENG 845.500 6 Borja Golan ESP 659.500 7 Amr Shabana EGY 610.500 8 Karim Darwish EGY 607.500 9 Peter Barker ENG 591.500 10 Daryl Selby ENG 485.000 11 Simon Rosner GER 438.500 12 Tarek Momen EGY 411.500 13 Omar Mossad EGY 377.273 14 Miguel Angel Rodriguez COL 363.500 15 Cameron Pilley AUS 341.000 16 Karim Abdel Gawad EGY 318.500 17 Lauren Jan Anjema NED 317.273 18 Saurav Ghosal IND 297.000 19 Alister Walker BOT 290.455 20 Adrian Grant ENG 253.182
