England’s Nick Matthew (pic le) moves into his 5th successive month as world No1, according to the May PSA Men’s World Rankings. The world champion heads an unchanged top ten, with Egyptian rival Ramy Ashour at No2; fellow Egyptian Karim Darwish – winner of April’s Kolkata International in India – in 3rd place; and England’s James Willstrop at No4. Egypt’s Wael El Hindi (pic ri) moves up 3 places to No13 following his successful campaign in last month’s Berkshire Open in the USA. May 2011 top 15 (inc. points average): 1 [1] Nick Matthew ENG 1,568; 2 [2] Ramy Ashour EGY 1,296; 3 [3] Karim Darwish EGY 1,022; 4 [4] James Willstrop ENG 897; 5 [5] Amr Shabana EGY 832; 6 [6] Gregory Gaultier FRA 747; 7 [7] Peter Barker ENG 618; 8 [8] Thierry Lincou FRA 557; 9 [9] Mohamed El Shorbagy EGY 470; 10 [10] Azlan Iskandar MAS 434; 11 [11] David Palmer AUS 409; 12 [12] Daryl Selby ENG 384; 13 [16] Wael El Hindi EGY 378; 14 [14] Hisham Ashour EGY 358; 15 [13] Laurens Jan Anjema NED 357.
