Lincou Top - But Power Back In Second Place

Whilst France's Thierry Lincou maintains his grip on the top position in the new October Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings, published today (3 October) by the Professional Squash Association, Canada's Jonathon Power reclaims second place in the list for the first time since March 2003.

The 31-year-old from Montreal his enjoyed one of his best years on the PSA Tour in 2005 – winning the Apawamis Open in the USA in January, the PSA Masters in Bermuda in April, and the Super Series Finals in London for the second time in May.

After reaching the semi-finals of the St Louis Open in the USA last month, Power will be back in action in the Dunlop British Open later this month in Manchester, where the 1999 champion is the fourth seed in his ninth appearance in the event.

Australia's David Palmer stays at three in the October list, while England's Lee Beachill slips to four. 

Title wins by Amr Shabana in the Heliopolis Open and St Louis Open in September take the Egyptian up to a career-equalling-high fifth place – ahead of England's Peter Nicol who drops to six.

Malaysia's Mohd Azlan Iskandar records a career-best world No13 ranking in the new list after following his Steel Industries PNG International title in Papua New Guinea in August with success in last month's Kolkata International in India.

Finland's Olli Tuominen also celebrates a best-ever ranking in the October list – rising two places to 15.  The 26-year-old from Helsinki has consistently achieved or exceeded his seeding in PSA Tour events for the past year – and reached the quarter-finals of the Mamut English Open in August after upsetting David Palmer in the opening round, and was a semi-finalist in last month's Heliopolis Open.

England's Peter Barker, a surprise quarter-finalist in both the English and Heliopolis Opens, moves up to career-best world No21.

     1      [1]        Thierry Lincou             FRA
     2     [4]        Jonathon Power           CAN
     3     [3]        David Palmer                AUS
     4     [2]        Lee Beachill                 ENG
     5     [7]        Amr Shabana               EGY
     6     [5]        Peter Nicol                  ENG
     7     [6]        Anthony Ricketts          AUS
     8     [8]        James Willstrop           ENG
     9     [12]      Karim Darwish              EGY
     10    [11]       Gregory Gaultier          FRA
     11    [10]      John White                  SCO
     12    [9]        Nick Matthew              ENG
     13    [15]      Mohd Azlan Iskandar   MAS
     14    [13]      Graham Ryding             CAN
     15    [17]      Olli Tuominen               FIN
     16    [18]      Shahid Zaman              PAK
     17    [19]      Ong Beng Hee              MAS
     18    [16]      Joseph Kneipp              AUS
     19    [14]      Adrian Grant                ENG
     20   [20]      Mohammed Abbas         EGY

For full list – see www.psa-squash.com/