WORLD SQUASH NEWS

Grinham Celebrates Year As World No1

Australia's Rachael Grinham celebrates her 12th consecutive month as world number one in the new July Women's World Squash Rankings, published today (30 June) by the Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA).

Grinham, 28, from Toowoomba in Queensland, took over the top spot in August last year after winning the Hurghada International in Egypt.  The Cairo-based Australian went on to capture her second British Open title in a row in November - and this year, after securing the Qatar Airways Challenge trophy in April, successfully defended her Hurghada International crown to claim her 19th career WISPA World Tour title.

Grinham maintains her slender lead over second-placed Vanessa Atkinson, the world champion from the Netherlands, and Malaysia's No3 Nicol David.  Younger sister Natalie Grinham holds onto fourth place, with USA's Natalie Grainger at five and England's Linda Elriani at six.

1 [1] Rachael Grinham AUS
2 [2] Vanessa Atkinson NED
3 [3] Nicol David MAS
4 [4] Natalie Grinham AUS
5 [5] Natalie Grainger USA
6 [6] Linda Elriani ENG
7 [7] Vicky Botwright ENG
8 [8] Omneya Abdel Kawy EGY
9 [9] Jenny Duncalf ENG
10 [10] Tania Bailey ENG
11 [11] Jenny Tranfield ENG
12 [12] Madeline Perry IRL
13 [13] Shelley Kitchen NZL
14 [14] Annelize Naude NED
15 [16] Fiona Geaves ENG
16 [15] Isabelle Stoehr FRA
17 [17] Alison Waters ENG
18 [18] Rebecca Chiu HKG
19 [20] Pamela Nimmo SCO
20 [19] Laura-Jane Lengthorn ENG

For the complete WISPA ranking list, see www.wispa.net