Egypt’s Nour El Sherbini Retains No.1 Spot While Compatriot Ali Farag Makes Top Four for the First Time in His Career in the November 2017 World Rankings

Egypt’s Nour El Sherbini has retained her No.1 spot in the PSA women’s world rankings for the 19^th successive month. Her compatriots Raneem El Welily, Nouran Gohar and Nour El Tayeb are ranked No.2, No.5, and No.8 respectively. El Welily moved from No.3 to No.2, swapping places with France’s Camille Serme.

Nour El Tayeb’s maiden PSA World Series title at last month’s U.S. Open put the Egyptian back into the world’s top 10 for the first time since October 2016.

PSA Women’s World Rankings Top 10 – November 2017. (PSA)

In the men’s category, Egypt’s Ali Farag moved into the world’s top four in the No.4 spot for the first time in his career. This comes after lifting his maiden PSA World Series title last month at the U.S. Open Presented by Macquarie Investment Management.

Compatriots, Karim Abdel Gawad, and Mohamed ElShorbagy make top four in N0.2 and N0.3, respectively, while the other Egyptian trio of Marwan ElShorbagy, Tarek Momen, and Fares Dessouky took No.6, No.7, and No.8 spots, respectively, with Dessouky sitting at a career-high ranking.

PSA Men’s World Rankings Top 10 – November 2017. (PSA)

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