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Sobhy At #20 In New World Rankings, Waters Into Top 10
by Matt Wagg

Alison Waters

August 31, 2012 - Alison Waters returns to the WSA World Tour Top10 after continuing her storming comeback bid with wins over Rachael Grinham, Annie Au, Low Wee Wern and Joelle King in August.

Following a year-long layoff with an Achilles injury, the former world No.3 had slipped to No.44 in the world.  But the Englishwoman has stormed back to occupy the No.9 slot, a position she last held in August 2011, following a quarter-final finish in the Australian Open as well winning her fifth title of the year, the Matamata Open.

Also in the Top10, Kasey Brown moves up two places to No.8 after reaching the Australian Open quarters, whilst Laura Massaro leapfrogs fellow Englishwoman Jenny Duncalf for the first time in her career, to occupy No.3.

Rachael Grinham slips out of the Top10 for the first time in twelve years following disappointing finishes in the Australian and Matamata Opens, with Low Wee Wern moving up to No.10, her highest ever world ranking.   

Harvard student Amanda Sobhy returns to the Top20, jumping six places after beating Joey Chan and Jenny Duncalf in Australia.

Teenager Emily Whitlock moves up a place to No.29 to occupy her highest career ranking to date after a remarkable win over Jaclyn Hawkes in the first round of the Australian Open.  Players also achieving career highs this month include Yathreb Adel who gains a place to sit at No.30, Kylie Lindsay jumps five places to No.39 and Lauren Selby who moves up two places to No.40.  Tesni Evans, who pushed world No.1 Nicol David to four games earlier this month, moves up six places to No.45 to occupy a Top50 place for the first time, whilst Lisa Aitken also makes her Top50 debut at No.50.

September WSA Rankings

1    Nicol David     MAS     
2    Raneem El Weleily     EGY      
3    Laura Massaro    ENG      
4    Jenny Duncalf     ENG   
5    Madeline Perry    IRL    
6    Annie Au     HKG   
7    Nour El Sherbini    EGY   
8    Kasey Brown     AUS     
9    Alison Waters    ENG     
10    Low Wee Wern     MAS     
11    Natalie Grinham    NED     
12    Joelle King     NZL  
13    Camille Serme    FRA     
14    Rachael Grinham     AUS      
15    Dipika Pallikal    IND    
16    Samantha Teran     MEX      
17    Donna Urquhart    AUS       
18    Joey Chan     HKG      
19    Jaclyn Hawkes    NZL       
20    Amanda Sobhy     USA