Lincou Hold on Number 1 Slot for 10 Months

Sept 2, 2005 by Howard Harding © 2005
photo © 2005 Debra Tessier

[top Americas players]

Thierry Lincou holding the No 1 position for 10 months (photo © 2005 Debra Tessier.)

Frenchman Thierry Lincou celebrates his tenth successive month as world number one in the new September Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings, published today (1 September) by the Professional Squash Association.

Meanwhile, Stewart Boswell, the former top five player coming off of an injury break, moved up another 11 points this month to world #39.

Lincou, Winner of five PSA Tour titles last year – finishing with the coveted World Open crown in Qatar in December –reclaimed the top spot in January, since when he claimed his 14th career PSA title success at the Pakistan Open in July.

In an unchanged top nine, England’s Lee Beachill stays at two; Australia's David Palmer at three, and Jonathon Power of Canada at four.

Despite winning last month's Mamut English Open in Sheffield in convincing style, England's Peter Nicol remains at five – but extends the gap ahead of six-placed Australian Anthony Ricketts.

Scotland's John White returns to the top ten, at ten, after exceeding his seeding at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield where he reached the English Open semi-finals.

Up five places to 14 is Englishman Adrian Grant, who secured his first PSA Tour title of the year by winning the CAS International in Pakistan last month.

Malaysia's Mohd Azlan Iskandar also registered his first PSA success of the year in August when he picked up the Steel Industries PNG International title in Papua New Guinea. The 23-year-old from Sarawak is rewarded with a career-high No15 ranking in the new list.

Two South American titles within a week have lifted England's Peter Barker to a best-ever world No23 ranking. The Essex-based left-hander won the Aberto Internacional de Sao Paulo in Brazil in July, then the Colombian Open in Bogotá.

Compatriot Joey Barrington, runner-up in Sao Paulo, also moves to a career-best 30 ranking, while Australian Cameron Pilley, from New South Wales, makes his top thirty debut at 29 after lifting the South Australian Open trophy in July.

1 [1] Thierry Lincou FRA
2 [2] Lee Beachill ENG
3 [3] David Palmer AUS
4 [4] Jonathon Power CAN
5 [5] Peter Nicol ENG
6 [6] Anthony Ricketts AUS
7 [7] Amr Shabana EGY
8 [8] James Willstrop ENG
9 [9] Nick Matthew ENG
10 [11] John White SCO
11 [10] Gregory Gaultier FRA
12 [12] Karim Darwish EGY
13 [13] Graham Ryding CAN
14 [19] Adrian Grant ENG
15 [16] Mohd Azlan Iskandar MAS
16 [15] Joseph Kneipp AUS
17 [17] Olli Tuominen FIN
18 [14] Shahid Zaman PAK
19 [18] Ong Beng Hee MAS
20 [22] Mohammed Abbas EGY

Other Players from the Americas in the top 100 (Sept 1 2005):

36 (38) Shahier Razik CAN
50 (52) Matthew Giuffre CAN
51 (54) Eric Galvez MEX
67 (69) Rafael Alarcon BRA
71 (71) Shawn DeLierre CAN
78 (72) Nick Kyme BER
83 (82) David Phillips CAN
86 (80) Ian Power CAN
88 (81) Viktor Berg CAN
84 (85) Christoper Gordon USA
90 (89) Kumail Mehmood USA

and the other top Americans:

112 (105) Beau River USA
130 (122) Michael Puertas USA
150 (120) Julian Illingworth USA
182 (183) Preston Quick USA

other notables:

21 (21) Dan Jenson AUS
22 (26) Mansoor Zaman PAK
33 (32) Laurens Jan Anjema NL
39 (50) Stewart Boswell AUS
62 (61) Ritwik Bhattacharya IND

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