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HI-TEC's Egyptian squash star Amr Shabana begins the New Year as world No1, extending his reign into a 22nd successive month at the top of the PSA Men's World Squash Rankings, according to the January list published by the Professional Squash Association.

The 28-year-old from Giza, near Cairo, recorded his best ever year in 2007 - winning six PSA Tour titles, all of which were Super Series events, culminating in the Endurance World Open in Bermuda, where he became the first player to win the sport's most prestigious trophy three times since the legendary Jansher Khan.

Left-hander Shabana first topped the rankings in April 2006 - and was honoured in December as the PSA Player of the Year for the second successive year.

HI-TEC's Australian David Palmer and England's Nick Matthew, at four and five, respectively with James Willstrop, who beat compatriot Matthew in the final of last month's Mamut English Open, remaining at No6 in an unchanged top eight listing.

1 [1] Amr Shabana EGY

2 [2] Ramy Ashour EGY

3 [3] Gregory Gaultier FRA

4 [4] David Palmer AUS

5 [5] Nick Matthew ENG

6 [6] James Willstrop ENG

7 [7] Thierry Lincou FRA

8 [8] Karim Darwish EGY

9 [10] John White SCO

10 [9] Wael El Hindi EGY

11 [12] Lee Beachill ENG

12 [13] Peter Barker ENG

13 [15] Stewart Boswell AUS

14 [14] Mohammed Abbas EGY

15 [18] Mohd Azlan Iskandar MAS

16 [16] Ong Beng Hee MAS

17 [17] Olli Tuominen FIN

18 [19] Adrian Grant ENG

19 [20] Laurens Jan Anjema NED

20 [25] Alex Gough WAL