England's Nick Matthew holds onto his number one position in the September Dunlop PSA Men's World Squash Rankings, published today by the Professional Squash Association, despite losing to his Egyptian rival Ramy Ashour in last month's Viridian Australian Open final in Canberra.

It was the pair's third successive clash this year in the climax of a PSA World Series event - and world No2 Ashour avenged his earlier defeat to win in five games.
Whilst just 50 points separate Matthew and Ashour at the top of the list, Egyptian Karim Darwish retains third place more than 300 points behind, with Englishman James Willstrop at number four.
But David Palmer, the 35-year-old Aussie who delighted the Canberra crowd by outplaying two seeds to reach the Australian Open semi-finals unseeded, is rewarded by leaping two places to No8 - recording his highest position for 18 months.
There is also encouraging news for fellow countryman Stewart Boswell, the Australian number three and former world No4 who returns to the world top 20 after a three-month absence.
An unexpected berth in the last eight of the Australian Open has led Laurens Jan Anjema to become the top 20's highest riser. The unseeded Dutchman, who beat seventh seed Thierry Lincou in the opening round, has moved up three places to No12.


September 2011 top 20 (inc. points average):
1     [1]     Nick Matthew     ENG     1,281
2    [2]     Ramy Ashour     EGY     1,231
3    [3]     Karim Darwish     EGY     882
4    [4]     James Willstrop     ENG     856
5    [5]     Amr Shabana     EGY     726
6    [6]     Gregory Gaultier     FRA     704
7    [7]     Peter Barker     ENG     550
8    [10]     David Palmer     AUS     485
9    [9]     Mohamed El Shorbagy     EGY     470
10    [8]     Thierry Lincou     FRA     429
11    [11]     Daryl Selby     ENG     391
12    [15]     Laurens Jan Anjema     NED     385
13    [12]     Mohd Azlan Iskandar     MAS     370
14    [16]    Omar Mosaad    EGY    356
15    [13]    Hisham Mohamed Ashour    EGY    355
16    [14]     Cameron Pilley     AUS     323
17    [18]     Adrian Grant     ENG     298
18    [17]     Wael El Hindi     EGY     291
19    [21]    Stewart Boswell    AUS    282
20     [20]     Olli Tuominen     FIN     262


For full list - see www.psaworldtour.com