Serme Secures Career High No.2 Position In February Rankings by Nathan Clarke
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February 1, 2017
- Camille Serme's victory in January's J.P. Morgan Tournament of
Champions, her second consecutive PSA World Series event win, has
catapulted her up two places to a career high World No.2 on the
February PSA Women's World Rankings released today (February 1).
Serme, who also won the U.S. Open in October, moves ahead of Egyptian
pair Nouran Gohar - whom she replaces at No.2 - and Raneem El Welily to
sit just over 400 points behind World No.1 Nour El Sherbini, the player
she beat in the U.S Open final and Tournament of Champions semi-final.
"It means a lot for me to be number two in the world," said the 27-year-old Frenchwoman.
"It's my highest ever ranking so I'm excited by that because it takes
me one step closer to my ultimate dream. But I know the road is still
long and the last step is always the hardest.
"After losing first round in Al Ahram last September, my coach and I
knew that we had to go back and work on improvements that needed to be
made in training and really focus on it. I want to keep working hard
and improving my game to get closer to that dream."
England's Sarah-Jane Perry also moves up to a career high ranking this
month as she breaks the top ten for the first time in her career. The
26-year-old moves up three positions to No.8 after a string of
impressive performances took her to a maiden World Series semi-final in
New York, becoming the second highest ranked Englishwoman on the
standings behind World No.5 Laura Massaro.
Egypt's Salma Hany Ibrahim moves up eight places to occupy the No.20
spot - marking her first appearance inside the top twenty since 2015 -
with Nour El Tayeb, one of a total of six Egyptian in the top twenty,
rising two places to No.13.
