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31/03/2018
Women's April Rankings


New Zealand’s King Returns to Top Five Ahead of Commonwealth Games

New Zealand’s Joelle King has returned to the world’s top five for the first time since October 2014, rising three places to sit at No.4 after the PSA Women’s World Rankings for April were released today - meaning that she will be the highest ranked player taking place at the Commonwealth Games later this month on the Gold Coast.

King spent 10 uninterrupted months inside the world’s top five in 2014 but slipped down the rankings after rupturing her achilles in the final of the New Zealand Nationals in August of the same year, eventually falling as low as World No.57 12 months later.

However, the 29-year-old Kiwi - who is seeded second in the Commonwealth Games singles event and first in both the women's and mixed doubles events - has displayed some of her best ever squash this season, reaching finals at the Macau Open, U.S. Open and Windy City Open, the latter of which saw her appear in a World Series final for the first time in her career, while she lifted the Cleveland Classic title in February.

King is the only non-Egyptian inside the top five, with Nour El Sherbini heading up the rankings ahead of World Champion Raneem El Welily and Windy City Open winner Nour El Tayeb, while Nouran Gohar stays at No.5.

Camille Serme sits at No.6 ahead of England’s Laura Massaro, who falls three spots to No.7, which is her lowest ranking since July 2011.

Massaro’s compatriot Sarah-Jane Perry moves up a place to No.8, while Malaysia’s eight-time World Champion Nicol David drops to No.9, her lowest ranking since January 2004. England’s Alison Waters completes the top 10.

Annie Au (No.11), Tesni Evans (No.12) and Olivia Blatchford (No.13) follow Waters, while India’s Joshna Chinappa moves back inside the top 15 to No.14, ahead of England’s Victoria Lust.

Australia’s Donna Urquhart drops two places to No.16, with Egypt’s Salma Hany rising to a career-high No.17 ranking. India’s Dipika Pallikal Karthik moves up two places to No.18, while England’s Emily Whitlock drops to No.19.

Egypt’s Mariam Metwally rounds off the top 20, rising three places to claim a career-high ranking.

PSA Women's World Rankings Top 20 - April 2018

Full Women's Rankings

Rank Prev Player............................ Pts Ctry

1

=

Nour El Sherbini

1,841

EGY

2

=

Raneem El Welily

1,397

EGY

3

=

Nour El Tayeb

1,203

EGY

4

↑3

Joelle King

831

NZL

5

=

Nouran Gohar

802

EGY

6

=

Camille Serme

722

FRA

7

↓3

Laura Massaro

581

ENG

8

↑1

Sarah-Jane Perry

572

ENG

9

↓1

Nicol David

543

MAS

10

=

Alison Waters

445

ENG

11

=

Annie Au

422

HKG

12

=

Tesni Evans

412

WAL

13

=

Olivia Blatchford

351

USA

14

↑2

Joshna Chinappa

327

IND

15

=

Victoria Lust

320

ENG

16

↓2

Donna Urquhart

295

AUS

17

↑4

Salma Hany

263

EGY

18

↑2

Dipika Pallikal Karthik

256

IND

19

↓2

Emily Whitlock

255

ENG

20

↑3

Mariam Metwally

238

EGY

Full Women's Rankings