WORLD SQUASH NEWS Palmer Rises To Two In New World Rankings While England's Peter Nicol maintains his grip on the No1 position in the new April Dunlop PSA Men's World Rankings, announced today (02 April) by the Professional Squash Association (PSA), Australia's David Palmer leapfrogs Canadian Jonathon Power to take up the No2 position. Palmer, the Belgian-based 26-year-old from Lithgow in New South Wales, secured his eighth successive PSA Tour semi-final berth in February's Tournament of Champions in New York, where he lost to Nicol. He crowned his most successful year on the circuit last December when he won the World Open title for the first time - in his adopted home town of Antwerp. Australia's Stewart Boswell stays at No4, behind third-placed Jonathon Power, while Scotland's John White consolidates his position at No5. In a relatively unchanged top twenty, Egypt's former world junior champion Karim Darwish moves up one place to a career-high world No9, while Pakistan's Mansoor Zaman, the left-handed son of former British Open champion Qamar Zaman, records a best-ever world No14 ranking in the new list. The reigning European Junior Champion and two former champions register career-best positions in the April rankings. France's Gregory Gaultier, champion in 2000 and 2001, moves up four places to 22 to become the second highest-placed Frenchman for the first time, while England's Adrian Grant, the 1999 champion, also takes a four-place leap to a best-ever 27. His compatriot James Willstrop, the 19-year-old title-holder who is also World Junior Champion, moves up a single place to 37. 1 [1] Peter Nicol ENG 2 [3] David Palmer AUS 3 [2] Jonathon Power CAN 4 [4] Stewart Boswell AUS 5 [5] John White SCO 6 [6] Thierry Lincou FRA 7 [7] Anthony Ricketts AUS 8 [8] Lee Beachill ENG 9 [10] Karim Darwish EGY 10 [9] Ong Beng Hee MAS 11 [12] Mark Chaloner ENG 12 [14] Joseph Kneipp AUS 13 [11] Martin Heath SCO 14 [15] Mansoor Zaman PAK 15 [16] Alex Gough WAL 16 [13] Amr Shabana EGY 17 [18] Simon Parke ENG 18 [19] Nick Taylor ENG 19 [20] Omar Elborolossy EGY 20 [17] Chris Walker ENG