Camilleri breaks into top 30
North Queensland’s Lisa Camilleri achieved a career milestone when she broke into the world’s top 30 on the latest rankings issued by the Women’s International Squash Players Association.
Camilleri, winner of the ACT Open in late March, climbed three places to number 29 in the world, making it four Australians inside the top 30.
Rachael Grinham was the highest ranked Australian despite dropping one place to number four, while Kasey Brown was up one spot to six and Donna Urquhart remained steady at 16.
Malaysia’s Nicol David stayed at number one ahead of England’s Jenny Duncalf and Irishwoman Madeline Perry.
In the men’s Professional Squash Association rankings, veteran David Palmer showed he’s not finished at the elite level when he rose two places to be just outside the top 10 at number 11.
Brisbane’s Zac Alexander was up six places to a best ever 59, while Ryan Cuskelly reversed his dramatic fall from last month, jumping 11 positions to 40.
In an unchanged top 10, England’s Nick Matthew remained at number one ahead of Egyptian duo Ramy Ashour and Karim Darwish.
April rankings (last month in brackets):
Men
1 (1) Nick Matthew (ENG)
2 (2) Ramy Ashour (EGY)
3 (3) Karim Darwish (EGY)
4 (4) James Willstrop (ENG)
5 (5) Amr Shabana (EGY)
6 (6) Gregory Gaultier (FRA)
7 (7) Peter Barker (ENG)
8 (8) Thierry Lincou (FRA)
9 (9) Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY)
10 (10) Azlan Iskandar (MAS)
Australians
11 (13) David Palmer
15 (14) Cameron Pilley
20 (20) Stewart Boswell
40 (51) Ryan Cuskelly
41 (44) Aaron Frankcomb
59 (64) Zac Alexander
75 (86) Matthew Karwalski
82 (88) Mike Corren
87 (93) Steve Finitsis
93 (80) Scott Arnold
Women
1 (1) Nicol David (MAS)
2 (2) Jenny Duncalf (ENG)
3 (6) Madeline Perry (IRL)
4 (3) Rachael Grinham (AUS)
5 (5) Alison Waters (ENG)
6 (7) Kasey Brown (AUS)
7 (8) Laura Massaro (ENG)
8 (4) Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY)
9 (9) Camille Serme (FRA)
10 (10) Vanessa Atkinson (NED)
Australians
16 (16) Donna Urquhart
29 (32) Lisa Camilleri
52 (53) Melody Francis
61 (60) Sarah Cardwell
73 (73) Samantha Davies
73 (74) Amelia Pittock
83 (80) Maggy Marshall
87 (82) Zoe Petrovansky
90 (84) Tamika Saxby
From Andrew Dent, Squash Australia Media Liaison Officer
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