England’s Nick Matthew (pic front) holds onto his No1 position in the September Dunlop PSA Men’s World Rankings, despite losing to his Egyptian rival Ramy Ashour (pic back) in last month’s Australian Open final. It was the pair’s 3rd clash this year in the climax in Canberra – and world No2 Ashour avenged his earlier defeat to win in 5 games. Next chance for Ashour to pull back on the 50 points separating him from Matthew will be the ROWE British Grand Prix (19th – 25th of September). September 2011 top 15 (inc. points average): 1 [1] Nick Matthew ENG 1,281; 2 [2] Ramy Ashour EGY 1,231; 3 [3] Karim Darwish EGY 882; 4 [4] James Willstrop ENG 856; 5 [5] Amr Shabana EGY 726; 6 [6] Greg Gaultier FRA 704; 7 [7] Peter Barker ENG 550; 8 [10] David Palmer AUS 485; 9 [9] Mohamed El Shorbagy EGY 470; 10 [8] Thierry Lincou FRA 429; 11 [11] Daryl Selby ENG 391; 12 [15] Laurens Jan Anjema NED 385; 13 [12] Azlan Iskandar MAS 370; 14 [16] Omar Mosaad EGY 356; 15 [13] Hisham Ashour EGY 355.
