El Sherbini Is New Women's World No.1

After becoming the first Egyptian woman ever to win the prestigious PSA Women's World Championship yesterday, 20-year-old Nour El Sherbini has today been confirmed as the new Women's World No.1, overtaking England's Laura Massaro, whom she beat to take the crown in Kuala Lumpur yesterday, to top the official PSA World Rankings.

Since securing her first ever PSA World Series title at the J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions in January the Alexandria-native has been the dominant force on the Women's Tour, reaching the Windy City Open final and winning the Allam British Open prior to clinching the most prestigious title of all in a victory that sees her leapfrog Massaro, who held the No.1 position unopposed since January 1st, 2016.

"I'm extremely happy to become World No.1," said El Sherbini.

"To win the World Championship and become World No.1 at the same time - that is huge for me. I didn't think it would happen this early in my career."

Nouran Gohar, the 18-year-old World Junior champion who lost out to El Sherbini in the British Open final, is the other mover inside the top ten, moving up one position to her highest ever ranking of World No.6.

Elsewhere inside the top twenty England's Sarah-Jane Perry and India's Joshna Chinappa are the only other upwards movers, both rising one place to World No.12 and No.13, respectively, overtaking Egypt's Nour El Tayeb who drops two places to No.14.

PSA Women’s World Rankings Top 20 - May 2016

RANK	NAME	NATIONALITY	POINTS	UP/DOWN
1	Nour El Sherbini	EGY	3,368.750	↑1
2	Laura Massaro	ENG	3,150.556	↓1
3	Raneem El Welily	EGY	2,267.222	=
4	Camille Serme	FRA	2,142.222	=
5	Nicol David	MAS	2,131.765	=
6	Nouran Gohar	EGY	1,696.667	↑1
7	Omneya Abdel Kawy	EGY	1,628.824	↓1
8	Amanda Sobhy	USA	1,331.667	=
9	Joelle King	NZL	856.471	=
10	Annie Au	HKG	802.000	=
11	Alison Waters	ENG	801.765	=
12	Sarah-Jane Perry	ENG	761.524	↑1
13	Joshna Chinappa	IND	709.524	↑1
14	Nour El Tayeb	EGY	708.750	↓2
15	Delia Arnold	MAS	693.000	=
16	Jenny Duncalf	ENG	631.739	=
17	Emily Whitlock	ENG	598.182	=
18	Victoria Lust	ENG	577.895	=
19	Dipika Pallikal	IND	556.316	=
20	Rachael Grinham	AUS	469.250	=