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Sunday, 4 April 2021 Amanda Sobhy has become the first player born in the United States to reach the top five of the Professional Squash Association (PSA)’s world rankings. The newly calculated women’s rankings for April reflect the fact that the 27-year-old Philadelphia-based player reached her third major PSA World Tour final when she finished as runner-up at the CIB PSA Black Ball Squash Open last month. That achievement has seen her move up two places in the rankings to reach number five and write her name into the history books. Sobhy becomes the first United States player to feature inside the top five since January 2010, when that distinction was earned by Natalie Grainger, the Manchester-born player who represented South Africa before switching nationality. ....
News Hungary’s Hannah Chukwu and Hong Kong’s Chi Him Wong have been named the PSA Challenger Tour Players of the Month for March following their impressive performances. Chukwu is relatively new to the PSA Tour with just three PSA events under her belt, despite making her debut in 2019, for which she has never been knocked out before the semi-finals. Last month saw her claim her maiden PSA Tour title with a 3-0 victory over Csenge Kiss-Máté at the SquashBerek Open held in Tatabanya, Hungary. She then backed this up with a runner-up finish, despite being unseeded, at the Open des Bretzels in Mulhouse, France where she missed out on the title to France’s World No.46 Enora Villard. ....
Rankings Recalculation Sees Sobhy Become First US-Born Player to Reach Top Five of PSA World Rankings News Due to an error which incorrectly calculated the April PSA Women’s World Rankings earlier today, the Professional Squash Association (PSA) has issued the following update following a further recalculation.
Philadelphia-based Amanda Sobhy has become the first US-born player in history to reach the top five of the PSA World Rankings after the women’s rankings for April were released today (April 1). Sobhy, 27, reached her second major PSA World Tour final when she finished as runner-up at the CIB PSA Black Ball Squash Open last month and that run to the title decider has seen her move up two places in the rankings to reach No.5 and write her name into the history books. ....
Challenger Tour Weekly Preview: Five Events, Four Continents Challenger Tour There is plenty of action on the PSA Challenger Tour this week, with tournaments taking place across four different continents, and on every day of the week! The Challenger Tour visits Egypt, Hong Kong, Netherlands, New Zealand and Switzerland over the next seven days, with all five events being restricted to domestic entries due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Chairman Cup will take place in Hong Kong, and will be a Challenger 10 level tournament for both men and women, while the Swiss Open will be a women’s event of the same stature. ....