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England's Kennedy Reaches Top 10 of
PSA Women’s World Rankings
England’s Georgina Kennedy has reached the top 10 of the PSA Women’s
World Rankings after she got the better of compatriot Sarah-Jane Perry
in last night’s Cleveland Classic final.
London-born Kennedy, who was ranked at No.167 this time last year, has
had a meteoric rise up the rankings over the past 12 months and her win
over World No.5 Perry saw her lift the ninth PSA title of her career.
The 24-year-old has risen seven places to a career-high ranking of No.10
and it’s the first time since Laura Massaro retired in May, 2019 that
there have been two English players inside the top 10 at the same time.
The rankings are once again topped by Nour El Sherbini, who extends her
reign as World No.1 to a 16th successive month. The Egyptian is followed
by Nouran Gohar (No.2), Hania El Hammamy (No.3), Amanda Sobhy (No.4) and
Perry (No.5).
The rest of the top 10 is made up of Joelle King (No.6), Salma Hany
(No.7), Camille Serme (No.8) and Rowan Elaraby (No.9).
USA’s Olivia Fiechter stays at No.11 and she is followed by fellow
American Olivia Clyne at No.12. Meanwhile, Belgium’s Nele Gilis rises a
place to No.13, swapping places with Wales’ Tesni Evans.
India’s Joshna Chinappa falls five spots to No.15, while Nadine Shahin
(No.16) and Hollie Naughton (No.17) also drop due to Kennedy’s rise.
Emily Whitlock stays at No.18, while both Melissa Alves and Danielle
Letourneau move up to No.19 and No.20, respectively.
It’s a career-high ranking for Alves and comes after Nour El Tayeb fell
from No.19 to No.81 due to her points for the 2020 Manchester Open and
CIB Egyptian Open expiring. El Tayeb gave birth to a baby girl in July
of this year and ended a 14-month spell on the sidelines in December,
2021 as she reached the quarter finals of the CIB Squash Open Black
Ball.
USA’s Caroline Fouts is the biggest riser on the women’s tour, moving up
114 places to No.238. The 16-year-old appeared at the Cleveland Classic
last month where she fell to Sobhy’s younger sister, Sabrina, in the
last 24.
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