Eight Indians in the top 100 in Squash World Rankings

For the first time ever eight Indians feature in the top 100 of the PSA & WISPA April World Rankings.After fine performances in the Chennai Open, India’s Siddharth Suchde and Harinder Pal Sandhu have entered the top 100 of the Squash World rankings. They join National Champion Saurav Ghosal who also rose a rung to career-best 28th spot.Siddharth moved up 12 places to be at 90th position pushing him to the second spot among the list of Indians, surpassing compatriot Harinder Pal Singh Sandhu.

The Indian Squash team

Joshana Chinappa & Dipika Pallikal also reached their best ever rank of 30 & 43 respectively in the WISPA rankings after their main draw appearances at the Chennai Open last month. Joining them in the top 100 are juniors Anaka Alankamony, Aparajitha Balamurukan & Anwesha Reddy.

The surge in our players ranking over the past year is due to the continued support by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the International Sports Division which support players and tournaments for the Indian probables participating in the Commonwealth Games 2010

Indian World Rankings

Men28 Saurav Ghosal90 Siddharth Suchde98 Harinder Pal Sandhu114 Ritwik Bhattacharya180 Gaurav Nandrajog195 Naresh Kumar220 Ravi Dixit229 Ramit Tandon304 Abhishek Pradhan341 Karan Malik394 Sandeep Jangra394 Aditya Jagtap394 Waqar Khan Pathan

Women30 Joshana Chinappa43 Dipika Pallikal65 Anaka Alankamony90 Aparajitha Balamurukan92 Anwesha Reddy113 Surbhi Misra197 Ankita Sharma239 Harshit Kaur Jawanda