Amanda Sobhy Celebrates Career-High Ranking by Howard Harding 1 June 2014
- Whilst victory in last month's Allam British Open sees Malaysian
Nicol David extend her lead at the top of the June Women's World Squash
Rankings, US number one Amanda Sobhy jumps three places to a
career-high No13 in the latest list published by the Women's Squash
Association (WSA).
David avenged her
defeat in the 2013 British Open final when she overcame home hero Laura
Massaro in last month's climax in Hull to win the prestigious trophy
for a fifth time since 2005.
Massaro marks her 15th
successive month as the world No2, ahead of Egypt's third-placed Raneem
El Welily and New Zealander Joelle King at No4.
But student Sobhy,
unable to compete in the British Open due to commitments at Harvard
University, romped through the field in last month's HKFC WSA 25 in
Hong Kong to win the WSA Silver 25 title without dropping a game - a
triumph which extended the 20-year-old from New York's remarkable
record to 12 title wins from 13 WSA Tour final appearances!
England now boasts six
players in the world top 20 after Sarah Kippax leapt from 22 to 18 to
celebrate a best ranking for two and a half years. The Chester-born
31-year-old won her 10th Tour title at the CourtCare Open on home soil
in April - then became the only unseeded player to make the
quarter-finals of the British Open to mark her first ever appearance in
the event's last eight.
June top 20 (inc. points average): 1 [1] Nicol David MAS 3,533 2 [2] Laura Massaro ENG 2,379 3 [3] Raneem El Welily EGY 1,754 4 [4] Joelle King NZL 1,171 5 [5] Camille Serme FRA 1,107 6 [6] Alison Waters ENG 1,036 7 [8] Low Wee Wern MAS 995 8 [7] Nour El Sherbini EGY 906 9 [11] Annie Au HKG 760 10 [10] Dipika Pallikal IND 750 11 [9] Madeline Perry IRL 648 12 [13] Omneya Abdel Kawy EGY 637 13 [16] Amanda Sobhy USA 598 14 [12] Jenny Duncalf ENG 575 15 [15] Rachael Grinham AUS 572 16 [14] Kasey Brown AUS 509 17 [17] Sarah-Jane Perry ENG 468 18 [22] Sarah Kippax ENG 465 19 [19] Nicolette Fernandes GUY 463 20 [20] Emma Beddoes ENG 448
