Serme & Au On The Rise In Latest WSA World Rankings by Howard Harding
Annie Au
3 March 2014
- Whilst Malaysian Nicol David continues to head an unchanged top five,
France's Camille Serme and Hong Kong's Annie Au record notable rises in
the top 10 of the March Women's World Squash Rankings published by the
Women's Squash Association (WSA).
Serme, winner of a
sixth successive French national title last month, moves up to No6 -
boosted by a surprise semi-final berth in January's WSA Gold Tournament
of Champions. The 24-year-old from Creteil is celebrating her highest
ranking of the year.
Hong Kong No1 Au also
moved up two positions - to No8 - to mark her best ranking since 2012.
The left-hander achieved a remarkable run in last month's WSA Gold
Cleveland Classic in Ohio where she downed three seeds in a row to
reach the final as a qualifier.
Nicol David marks her
92nd successive month as world number one, ahead of England's Laura
Massaro at two; Egyptian Raneem El Welily at No3; England's British
national champion Alison Waters at four; and New Zealander Joelle King
in fifth place.
Egypt's Nour El Tayeb
has recorded a rare leap of nine places to No18 - making a welcome
return to the top 20 for the first time since April 2012.
A qualifier in last
month's Cleveland Classic, the 20-year-old from Cairo celebrated a
first ever win over higher-ranked compatriot and regular training
partner Raneem El Welily to make the semi-finals.
March top 20 (inc. points average): 1 [1] Nicol David MAS 3,248 2 [2] Laura Massaro ENG 2,166 3 [3] Raneem El Welily EGY 1,440 4 [4] Alison Waters ENG 1,243 5 [5] Joelle King NZL 1,155 6 [8] Camille Serme FRA 875 7 [6] Low Wee Wern MAS 792 8 [7] Madeline Perry IRL 743 9 [11] Annie Au HKG 743 10 [9] Jenny Duncalf ENG 741 11 [10] Dipika Pallikal IND 601 12 [12] Natalie Grinham NED 574 13 [14] Omneya Abdel Kawy EGY 570 14 [13] Kasey Brown AUS 567 15 [15] Rachael Grinham AUS 490 16 [16] Sarah-Jane Perry ENG 458 17 [17] Amanda Sobhy USA 443 18 [27] Nour El Tayeb EGY 380 19 [20] Joshana Chinappa IND 373 20 [19] Nicolette Fernandes GUY 363
