Whilst the top six is unchanged in the new March Women's World Squash Rankings, England's Laura Lengthorn-Massaro rises to a career-high No7 in the list published today (Tuesday) by the Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA).

Malaysia's Nicol David heads the rankings to extend her unbroken reign as world number one since August 2006.  Natalie Grinham (Netherlands) remains at two, ahead of her older sister Rachael Grinham (Australia) in third place, while Natalie Grainger, of the USA, at number four; and England's Jenny Duncalf and Alison Waters are at five and six, respectively.

Lengthorn-Massaro enjoyed a distinguished 2008, reaching three WISPA World Tour finals and rounding off the year by winning the Monte Carlo Classic in Monaco in December.  Laura's 2009 campaign has already featured two semi-finals berths - the latter at the National City Burning River Classic in Cleveland, USA, where she upset Egypt's Omneya Abdel Kawy to claim an unexpected place in the last four.

Hong Kong's Annie Au also leaps to a best-ever ranking - re-entering the top 20 to secure 17th place.  The 20-year-old, the youngest player in the top 20, won three Tour titles last year and claimed her sixth appearance in a final at the NSC Series No1 in Malaysia last month. 

Au also tops the March Under 23 WISPA rankings for the first time, having rocketed up from 12th spot in the last of the three-times-a-year listings.

    1    [1]    Nicol David    MAS
    2    [2]    Natalie Grinham    NED
    3    [3]    Rachael Grinham    AUS
    4    [4]    Natalie Grainger    USA
    5    [5]    Jenny Duncalf    ENG
    6    [6]    Alison Waters    ENG
    7    [8]    Laura Lengthorn-Massaro    ENG
    8    [7]    Omneya Abdel Kawy    EGY
    9    [9]    Madeline Perry    IRL
    10    [10]    Isabelle Stoehr    FRA
    11    [11]    Vanessa Atkinson    NED
    12    [13]    Shelley Kitchen    NZL
    13    [12]    Kasey Brown    AUS
    14    [14]    Rebecca Chiu    HKG
    15    [15]    Samantha Teran    MEX
    16    [16]    Jaclyn Hawkes    NZL
    17    [21]    Annie Au    HKG
    18    [17]    Tania Bailey    ENG
    19    [19]    Raneem El Weleily    EGY
    20    [18]    Lauren Briggs    ENG

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