PARIS, Dec 30: England's newly crowned world champion Nick Matthew will start 2011 at the top of the squash world ranking, which was published by the Professional Squash Association on Thursday.

The 30-year-old moves up one place from second, leap-frogging Egyptian 23-year-old Ramy Ashour.

Matthew became the first British world squash champion after triumphing at the world championships in Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia earlier this month.—AFP