Jackman Consolidates Second Place In World Rankings

While Australia's Rachael Grinham has maintained her grip on the number one position in the December Women's World Squash Rankings, announced at the beginning of the month by the Women's International Squash Players' Association (WISPA), England's Cassie Jackman has consolidated her second place after winning November's Shanghai WISPA WorldStars Championship in China.

Whilst the next three positions remain unchanged - with Vanessa Atkinson of the Netherlands at three, USA's Natalie Grainger at four, and Rachael's sister Natalie Grinham at five - Malaysia's Nicol David rises one further place to a career-high No6 position.

The former twice world junior champion from Penang scored two of the best results of her career in Shanghai when she beat both Natalie Grainger and favourite Rachael Grinham to reach the final of the new WISPA Gold event.

1 [1] Rachael Grinham AUS
2 [2] Cassie Jackman ENG
3 [3] Vanessa Atkinson NED
4 [4] Natalie Grainger USA
5 [5] Natalie Grinham AUS
6 [7] Nicol David MAS
7 [6] Linda Elriani ENG
8 [8] Fiona Geaves ENG
9 [10] Omneya Abdel Kawy EGY
10 [9] Rebecca Macree ENG
11 [12] Vicky Botwright ENG
12 [11] Jenny Tranfield ENG
13 [13] Shelley Kitchen NZL
14 [14] Jenny Duncalf ENG
15 [15] Isabelle Stoehr FRA
16 [19] Tania Bailey ENG
17 [17] Madeline Perry IRL
18 [18] Rebecca Chiu HKG
19 [16] Stephanie Brind ENG
20 [20] Pamela Nimmo SCO