PSA Rankings To Be Frozen During Tour Suspension
Zeeshan Mehtab Published April 01, 2020 | 02:41 PM
ISLAMABAD, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 1st Apr, 2020 ) :The Professional Squash Association (PSA) on Wednesday announced of freezing the PSA World Rankings during the ongoing suspension of the PSA tour due to the global outbreak of COVID-19.
Both PSA World Tour and PSA Challenger Tour were currently suspended until the end of April and these frozen rankings would stay in place until the tour resumes, said a press release issued here.
The rankings are frozen on March 16 to take into account the fact that there were three tournaments taking place over the weekend the announcement was made to suspend the tour.
The frozen rankings mean that points accrued from the 2019 edition of tournaments postponed or cancelled due to the suspension of the tour, for example the Grasshopper Cup and El Gouna International, would remain on players rankings as the 2020 edition of those events cannot take place at present. An expiry date for these points would be finalised when the tour resumes.
The same would apply for tournaments later in the year if the suspension of the tour is extended.
Egyptian duo Mohamed ElShorbagy and Raneem El Welily would stay at the summit of the PSA Men's and Women's World Rankings, respectively, until the tour resumes.
Ali Farag sits less than 30 ranking points below ElShorbagy following his defeat to the Bristol-based Egyptian in the Canary Wharf Classic final last month, which was the last men's PSA Tour event to take place before the suspension.
Karim Abdel Gawad moves up a place to overtake World Champion Tarek Momen, while Marwan ElShorbagy leapfrogs Germany's Simon R�sner.
Other changes in the men's top 20 include Omar Mosaad moving up two spots to No.15, Zahed Salem rising to No.17 and England's Adrian Waller rising to No.19. Former World No.1 James Willstrop drops five places and takes the last spot in the top 20.
In the women's rankings, Nouran Gohar stays at No.2 ahead of World Champion Nour El Sherbini, who overtakes France's Camille Serme to make it an all-Egyptian top three.
England's Sarah-Jane Perry rises to a joint-career high of World No.6 to sit ahead of Hania El Hammamy, who rises three places to a career best No.7 ranking courtesy of her maiden Platinum title win at the Black Ball Open in March.
Kiwi Joelle King falls three places to No.9, while Welshwoman Tesni Evans stays at No.10. Elsewhere, Olivia Blatchford Clyne rises three spots to No.13, while Rowan Elaraby moves up five spots to a career high No.16 ranking.
Nada Abbas takes the final spot inside the women's top 20, moving up seven places to reach the top 20 for the first time.
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