Nov 2007:
One point is enough
for Shabana ...
By the smallest margin on record, Amr Shabana maintains his position
at the top of the Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings, just one
point in a thousand ahead of fellow Egyptian Ramy Ashour.
 After
reaching his first PSA Tour final for more than seven months at the
Saudi International last month, Shabana beat Ashour in four games to
avenge April's defeat in the Kuwait Open climax.
The PSA rankings calculations concluded that Shabana's average
points total for the new month was 1,098.75, whilst Ashour achieved
1097.50!
The two Egyptians boast a 300-point lead over France's third-placed
Gregory Gaultier; who is followed by Australia's David Palmer in
fourth place; and Englishman James Willstrop at No5.
England's Nick Matthew jumps four places to No6 in the new list
following his victory in the US Open in New York at the beginning of
last month.
Fellow Englishman Peter Barker also has cause for celebration after
rising to a career-high 13th place in the rankings. The 24-year-old
from Essex followed his title victory in the Colombian Open in
September by securing a surprise quarter-final berth in the Dunlop
British Open later in the month.
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