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PSA World Rankings May 2023
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Nour El Sherbini Reclaims World No.1 Ranking
Egypt's Nour El Sherbini has ended compatriot Nouran Gohar's 57-week
reign as the top-ranked female squash player to reclaim the World
No.1 spot in the latest PSA World Rankings.
El Sherbini, who was World No.1 for 31 months between 2016 and 2018
and 17 months between 2020-2022, returns to the top having won two
major titles this season.
Those wins at the Tournament of Champions and British Open, coupled
with a win at the Gold-level Grasshopper Cup in Switzerland and
strong performances at this season's Egyptian Open, U.S. Open, Hong
Kong Open and Black Ball Open, and the expiration of Gohar's points
from the 2022 Tournament of Champions, have been enough to return
'the Warrior Princess' to the game's summit.
Speaking from the ongoing PSA World Championships Presented by the
Walter Family in Chicago, where El Sherbini is through to the
quarter final and will play England's Georgina Kennedy tomorrow, the
27-year-old said: “I’m pleased to be going back to No.1 but it’s
still a long week and a very important one for me. I just want to
take it day-by-day without thinking about it that much. But of
course, I’m happy to be back to No.1 and hopefully I can keep this
spot.”
The 27-year-old's third reign could be a short one, with the World
No.1 ranking on the line in Chicago.
To maintain her World No.1 ranking for the week commencing Monday
15th May, El Sherbini needs to defend her World Championship title
on May 11th or finish runner up should Gohar fail to reach the
final.
Last year's runner up Gohar, who will play compatriot Nour El Tayeb
in her quarter final today, will recapture the World No.1 ranking
should she win a maiden World Championship or should El Sherbini
fail to reach the final.
Elsewhere in the rankings, Nele Gilis of Belgium moved up one place
to return to the top 10.
In the PSA Men's Rankings, Peru's Diego Elias remains top.
Like El Sherbini, Elias faces a competitive field in his battle to
keep his ranking, with Elias and former World No.1s Mohamed
ElShorbagy and Mostafa Asal all able to reach World No.1 next week.
Asal faces Mazen Hesham in today's quarter final, while in
tomorrow's quarter final Elias plays Karim Abdel Gawad and
ElShorbagy takes on Tarek Momen.
Egypt's Mohamed ElSherbini, meanwhile, has risen to a career-best
ranking of World No.18.
PSA Men’s World Rankings Top 20 – Monday May 08, 2023
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PSA Women’s World Rankings Top 20 – Monday May 08, 2023
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