El Sherbini Maintains World No.1 Ranking For Second Month by Nathan Clarke
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June 1, 2016
- 20-year-old Egyptian Nour El Sherbini has maintained her grasp on the
coveted Women's World No.1 berth for a second consecutive month to stay
ahead of England's Laura Massaro - the World No.2 who won the recent
PSA Dubai World Series Finals - in the June PSA Women's World Rankings
released today.
El Sherbini is one of three Egyptians inside
the top five, with Raneem El Welily maintaining her No.3 position and
18-year-old Nouran Gohar moving up one place to a new career-high
position of No.5 - with Malaysia's eight-time World Champion Nicol
David also moving up one place to No.4.
One year after
last reaching her joint career-best ranking of World No.3, England's
Alison Waters has moved back into the top 10 at No.10 while Frenchwoman
Camille Serme drops two places to No.6 - her lowest ranking position in
twelve months.
India's Joshna Chinappa has moved up two
places to No.11, a new career best, with English duo Emily Whitlock and
Victoria Lust also moving up to new career best positions inside the
top 20 at No.16 and No.17, respectively.