El Tayeb Moves Back To World No.6 In Women’s Rankings

After her run to the final of the South Western Women’s Open in Houston, Egypt’s Nour El Tayeb is back to World No.6 for the first time since her return to the game.

Following the birth of her baby daughter, the Egyptian has come back to the sport with a bang, winning her first title, the CIB Zed Open, since her return last month. She made the final in Houston this week, and has moved back up two more places in the women’s rankings.

Nour El Tayeb

New Ranking: World No.6

Previous Ranking: World No.8

After securing her first title in over two years at the CIB Zed Squash Open in Cairo last month, Nour El Tayeb continued her great start to the season by reaching the final of the South Western Women’s Open in Houston on Sunday afternoon.

She finished runner-up to World No.1 Nouran Gohar in the final, but wins over Georgina Kennedy and Amanda Sobhy have pushed her up two places in this week’s World Rankings, moving back up to World No.6

Emily Whitlock

New Ranking: World No.18

Previous Ranking: World No.23

Another to feature in Houston this week was Welshwoman Emily Whitlock, and thanks to her quarter final appearance at the Gold level competition, she has moved back inside the top 20, and she also moves ahead of Tesni Evans to become the Welsh No.1.

Other Notable Top 50 or 100 Movers
Hana Ramadan: No.26 to No.25
Jasmine Hutton: No.29 to No.28
Sana Ibrahim: No.39 to No.37
Ka Yi Lee: No.44 to No.40
Nour Aboulmakarim: No.53 to No.48

Biggest Mover
Grace Pattison: No.329 to No.288