Cuskelly And Gawad Reach Career Highs In November World Rankings by Nathan Clarke November 1, 2015
- Less than 24 hours after recording one of the finest wins of his
career over new World No.8 Mathieu Castagnet in the first round of the
2015 Qatar Classic, PSA World Series tournament, Australian Ryan
Cuskelly has broken into the top 20 in the PSA World Rankings for the
first time.
The 28-year-old occupies the World No.20 position, one place behind
highest ranked compatriot Cameron Pilley, in the PSA Men’s November
Rankings, moving up two places courtesy of his triumph at the Welaptega
Bluenose Squash Classic one week ago.
Cuskelly took the PSA M35 title courtesy of straight-games win over
Egypt’s Karim Abdel Gawad who also celebrates a career high ranking
this month after breaking into the top 10 for the first time in his
career – occupying the World No.10 position.
The 24-year-old has been enjoying a rich vein of form so far during the
2015/16 PSA World Tour Season and will be hoping to continue that in
Doha today (Nov 1) when he takes on compatriot Tarek Momen, the
27-year-old who has fallen out of the top ten dropping four places to
World No.12, in the first round of the Qatar Classic.
Fellow Egyptian Mohamed Elshorbagy has maintained his grasp of the
World No.1 position for the 13th consecutive month as part of an
unchanged top five but World No.2 Gregory Gaultier will now have top
spot in his sights after narrowing the gap following his triumph at the
Delaware Investments U.S. Open.
Elsewhere inside the top twenty Stephen Coppinger and Fares Dessouki
both move up to occupy their career best positions of No.14 and No.18,
respectively, while Omar Mosaad, Marwan Elshorbagy, Borja Golan and
Daryl Selby also enjoy upwards movements.
