Majid makes Significant progress

Published November 4, 2007

KARACHI, Nov 3: Pakistan’s Majid Khan has moved 33 places up and is now placed at No. 75 in the latest rankings issued by the Professional Squash Association on Saturday.

However, Pakistan’s Mansoor Zaman slipped three places down to 28 while Aamir Atlas Khan has maintained his 26th position.

Other Pakistan players in top 100 are: Farhan Mehboob (41), Shahid Zaman (44), Yasir Butt (64) and Shams-ul-Islam Khan (84).

Meanwhile, Egypt’s Amr Shabana has maintained his position at the top of the ratings.

Nick Matthew of England jumps four places to No. 6 following his victory in the US Open in New York last month.

World’s top players:

1 Amr Shabana (EGY); 2 Ramy Ashour (EGY); 3 Gregory Gaultier (FRA); 4 David Palmer (AUS); 5 James Willstrop (ENG); 6 Nick Matthew (ENG); 7 Thierry Lincou (FRA); 8 Karim Darwish (EGY); 9 Anthony Ricketts (AUS); 10 John White (SCO); 11 Wael El Hindi (EGY); 12 Lee Beachill (ENG);

13 Peter Barker (ENG); 14 Mohammed Abbas (EGY); 15 Stewart Boswell (AUS); 16 Olli Tuominen (FIN); 17 Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS); 18 Ong Beng Hee (MAS); 19 Adrian Grant (ENG); 20 Borja Golan (ESP).—PPI

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