WORLD SQUASH NEWS

RESULTS: Quebec Open Squash Championship, Montreal, Canada

Quarter-finals:
[1] Graham Ryding (CAN) bt [7] Lee Drew (ENG) 11-10 (4-2), 11-6, 9-11, 11-6 (76m)
[6] Viktor Berg (CAN) bt [3] Liam Kenny (IRL) 11-6, 11-8, 11-5 (45m)
[4] Matthew Giuffre (CAN) bt [8] Ritwik Bhattacharya (IND) 11-3, 10-11 (0-2), 11-7, 11-10 (2-0) (54m)
[2] Joey Barrington (ENG) bt [5] Eric Galvez (MEX) 6-11, 11-5, 11-8, 5-11, 11-2 (94m)

Canadians Lead Quebec Charge

Canadians led the charge through the quarter-finals of the Quebec Open Squash Championship when sixth seed Viktor Berg caused an upset to join favourite Graham Ryding and fourth seed Matthew Giuffre in the semi-finals of the $10,000 PSA Tour event in Montreal, Canada.

Toronto-based Berg despatched Ireland's third seed Liam Kenny 11-6 11-8 11-5 in 45 minutes to set up an all-Canadian semi against fellow Torontonian Graham Ryding, who was taken to four games by England's seventh seed Lee Drew before prevailing 11-10 11-6 9-11 11-6 in 76 minutes.

The longest match of the day took 94 minutes, and saw England's second seed Joey Barrington survive 6-11 11-5 11-8 5-11 11-2 against fast-improving Mexican star Eric Galvez.

In a bid to prevent an all-Canadian final, Barrington will have to overcome Edmonton-based Matthew Giuffre, who was fully stretched by Ritwik Bhattacharya before beating the eighth-seeded Indian 11-3 10-11 11-7 11-10 in 54 minutes.