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Egypt’s
Mohamad Zakaria
has become the second youngest player to reach the top 20 of the PSA Men’s World Rankings after his run to the quarter-finals of last week’s El Gouna International saw him reach the milestone at just 17 years and six months of age.
Zakaria is bettered by only the legendary Jahangir Khan – a six-time World Champion – who reached the top 20 at 17 years old, while he beats eight-time World Champion Jansher Khan by a month.
Zakaria has enjoyed a breakthrough season on the PSA Squash Tour, winning his first World Event title at the Nash Cup in September of last year, before reaching his first Platinum quarter-final in El Gouna last week, becoming the youngest player in the modern era to do so.
Meanwhile
Eain Yow Ng
has become the first Malaysian man since Ong Beng Hee in January 2009 to reach the top 20. Ng didn’t line up in El Gouna, but did win on home soil at the ACE Malaysia Squash Cup earlier in the season.
Youssef Ibrahim
has matched his career-high ranking of #11, his best ranking since August 2022, after he also reached the last eight in El Gouna.
Mostafa Asal
stays at #1 for a fourth week after coming back from two games down to b
A string of successful matches over the summer – including a Final placing at The Sports Academy Open in Huntingdon and a Semi Final at the Cheetham Hill Classic in Manchester – has elevated AJN sponsored, Emma Bartley’s, world rankings in the Professional Squash Association (PSA).
At just 15 years old, Bury St Edmunds-based, Emma, became one of the youngest members of the PSA and – despite the set-backs and match delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic – has seen her world ranking climb 97 places.
Coached by former professional player, Lauren Selby, Emma (now 17) is currently ranked 192 in the world – up from 289 in 2019.
In addition to her success on the PSA circuit, Emma was recently crowned ‘Under 19 Champion’ at the 2021 Suffolk Closed tournament, ‘East Regional Champion’ at Under 19 and is now being considered for selection to represent England at the Junior World Championships next year.
Having first picked up a squash racket at the tender age of three, Emma has notched up an astonishing array of squash titles including winner of the Eastern Region Squash Championship at every level from Under 11 to Under 19, and Under 11 National Champion.
She was also
PSA Ranking Points
PSA World Ranking points are earned based on the standing of a tournament. Tournament categories are determined by the amount of prize money (total compensation). Players automatically receive ranking points appropriate to their final placing in a tournament.
PSA World Rankings
PSA players competing in PSA World Tour tournaments earn points based their final position in the event according to the schedule below. The total number of points a player accumulates in any 12 month period is divided by the number of tournaments played to give an average score (the minimum number of tournaments used is currently 10 tournaments for men and 8 for women).
This average score is used to place a player in the PSA World Rankings. Until a player plays 10 tournaments (men) or 8 tournaments (women), their total points’ accumulation will be divided by this minimum divisor (10 for men, 8 for women) and after that it will be determined by the formulae below:
For example a player who has competed in 13 tournaments will have selected their best 10 scores which will be accumulated and divided by 10 to give the player’s average.
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