Shabana Extends World No1 Reign

The PSA Top Twenty, was unchanged this month, with the top PSA players inactive since May.

Egypt's Amr Shabana moves into his 16th successive month at the top of the Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings, according to the new July list issued today (Tuesday) by the Professional Squash Association. 

Since first heading the world list in April 2006, the 27-year-old from Cairo has won five PSA Super Series titles, bringing his career Tour title total to 16. 

Teenage compatriot Ramy Ashour holds his place at No2 behind Shabana - the 19-year-old from Cairo having picked up four PSA Tour titles this year. 

In an unchanged top 20, Australia's World Open champion David Palmer is at three, ahead of Frenchmen Gregory Gaultier in fourth place and Thierry Lincou at No5. 

Remarkably, the highest-placed player in the new list who celebrates a career-best ranking is Miguel Angel Rodriguez, who rises eight places to 46 to become the first Colombian ever to appear in the world's top 50. 

The 21-year-old from Bogotá followed his success in the South American Championships (a non-ranking event) in his home country at the beginning of last month to win the Mitsubishi Motors Open in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to earn the fourth PSA Tour title of his career.

     1      [1]        Amr Shabana               EGY
     2     [2]        Ramy Ashour                EGY
     3     [3]        David Palmer                AUS
     4     [4]        Gregory Gaultier          FRA
     5     [5]        Thierry Lincou             FRA
     6     [6]        Anthony Ricketts          AUS
     7     [7]        James Willstrop           ENG
     8     [8]        Nick Matthew              ENG
     9     [9]        John White                  SCO
     10    [10]      Wael El Hindi              EGY
     11    [11]       Karim Darwish              EGY
     12    [12]      Stewart Boswell           AUS
     13    [13]      Lee Beachill                 ENG
     14    [14]      Mohammed Abbas         EGY
     15    [15]      Adrian Grant                ENG
     16    [16]      Peter Barker                ENG
     17    [17]      Olli Tuominen               FIN
     18    [18]      Ong Beng Hee              MAS
     19    [19]      Mohd Azlan Iskandar   MAS
     20   [20]      Borja Golan                  ESP

     1      [1]        Amr Shabana               EGY
     2     [3]        David Palmer                AUS
     3     [5]        Ramy Ashour                EGY
     4     [2]        Gregory Gaultier          FRA
     5     [4]        Thierry Lincou             FRA
     6     [6]        Anthony Ricketts          AUS
     7     [7]        James Willstrop           ENG
     8     [8]        Nick Matthew              ENG
     9     [9]        John White                  SCO
     10    [14]      Wael El Hindi              EGY
     11    [12]      Lee Beachill                 ENG
     12    [11]       Karim Darwish              EGY
     13    [10]      Stewart Boswell           AUS
     14    [13]      Mohammed Abbas         EGY
     15    [15]      Adrian Grant                ENG
     16    [18]      Peter Barker                ENG
     17    [16]      Olli Tuominen               FIN
     18    [17]      Ong Beng Hee              MAS
     19    [19]      Mohd Azlan Iskandar   MAS
     20   [20]      Borja Golan                  ESP