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WOMEN'S WORLD RANKINGS - JANUARY '21
Sobhy Reaches Women’s Top 20 to Make US History
The PSA Women’s World Rankings will feature three US women inside the
top 20 for the first time in history after Long Island-born Sabrina
Sobhy moved up two spots to join older sister Amanda and New York’s
Olivia Clyne after the January rankings were released today (January 1).
Sobhy, who turned 24 two days ago, reached the second round of the CIB
Black Ball Squash Open last month in Cairo, Egypt, beating Egypt’s Salma
Hany in round one to claim her first ever win over a top 10 player.
She now sits joint 20th with Canada’s Hollie Naughton, joining World
No.7 Amanda and World No.13 Clyne amongst the world’s elite.
Egypt’s Nour El Sherbini begins 2021 at World No.1 in what is the third
time she has begun a new year at the summit of the World Rankings.
She is followed by fellow Egyptian Nouran Gohar, while France’s Camille
Serme leapfrogs Nour El Tayeb - who last month announced that she is
expecting a child - to break back into the top three.
Black Ball Open runner-up Hania El Hammamy stays at No.5, while the
woman she lost to in the final, England’s Sarah-Jane Perry, remains at
No.6. New Zealand’s Joelle King, Wales’ Tesni Evans and Hany are the
other members of the top 10 along with Amanda Sobhy.
The rest of the top 20 is unchanged. Joshna Chinappa sits just outside
the top 10 and is followed by Nele Gilis (No.12), Clyne, Rowan Elaraby
(No.14), Yathreb Adel (No.15), Alison Waters (No.16), Nadine Shahin
(No.17), Tinne Gilis (No.18) and Nada Abbas (No.19).
The biggest mover on the women’s tour this month is Switzerland's
Fabienne Oppliger, who rose 67 places to World No.210 after reaching the
quarter-finals of the Sihltal Classic last month.
PSA Women’s World Rankings Top 20 – January 2021
Full Women's Rankings |
Rank |
Prev |
Player............................ |
Pts |
Ctry |
1 |
= |
Nour El Sherbini |
15,875 |
EGY |
2 |
= |
Nouran Gohar |
14,315 |
EGY |
3 |
↑1 |
Camille Serme |
11,120 |
FRA |
4 |
↓1 |
Nour El Tayeb |
10,960 |
EGY |
5 |
= |
Hania El Hammamy |
10,070 |
EGY |
6 |
= |
Sarah-Jane Perry |
8,430 |
ENG |
7 |
= |
Amanda Sobhy |
7,020 |
USA |
8 |
= |
Joelle King |
6,925 |
NZL |
9 |
= |
Tesni Evans |
4,515 |
WAL |
10 |
= |
Salma Hany |
4,045 |
EGY |
11 |
= |
Joshna Chinappa |
4,040 |
IND |
12 |
= |
Nele Gilis |
3,675 |
BEL |
13 |
= |
Olivia Clyne |
3,480 |
USA |
14 |
= |
Rowan Elaraby |
3,335 |
EGY |
15 |
= |
Yathreb Adel |
3,305 |
EGY |
16 |
= |
Alison Waters |
3,190 |
ENG |
17 |
= |
Nadine Shahin |
3,120 |
EGY |
18 |
= |
Tinne Gilis |
2,965 |
BEL |
19 |
= |
Nada Abbas |
2,612 |
EGY |
20= |
= |
Hollie Naughton |
2,580 |
CAN |
20= |
↑2 |
Sabrina Sobhy |
2,580 |
USA |
Full Women's Rankings |
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