Ball Punishes Parke In Vancouver
1st round:
[1] Graham Ryding (CAN) bt Nicholas Kyme (BER) 11-8, 11-3, 11-5 (30m)
[5] Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt Viktor Berg (CAN) 11-7, 11-9, 10-11 (0-2), 11-7 (59m)
[3] Simon Parke (ENG) bt [Q] Jesse Engelbrecht (ZIM) 8-11, 11-5, 11-6, 11-7 (33m)
[8] Bradley Ball (ENG) bt Simon Rosner (GER) 11-10 (2-0), 5-11, 11-8, 11-6 (36m)
[6] Saurav Ghosal (IND) bt [Q] Steve Finitsis (AUS) 11-7, 11-4, 11-5 (21m)
[4] Matthew Giuffre (CAN) bt Mark Krajcsak (HUN) 10-11 (2-4), 11-9, 11-3, 11-7 (59m)
[7] Eric Galvez (MEX) bt [Q] David Phillips (CAN) 11-4, 11-10 (2-0), 11-5 (34m)
[2] Peter Barker (ENG) bt [Q] Chris Simpson (ENG) 11-5, 11-5, 11-7 (31m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Graham Ryding (CAN) bt [5] Shawn Delierre (CAN) 10-11 (2-4), 11-5, 11-8, 10-11 (0-2), 11-5 (88m)
[8] Bradley Ball (ENG) bt [3] Simon Parke (ENG) 11-5, 6-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-8 (80m)
[4] Matthew Giuffre (CAN) bt [6] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 10-11 (0-2), 11-4, 6-11, 11-9, 11-10 (3-1) (72m)
[2] Peter Barker (ENG) bt [7] Eric Galvez (MEX) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5 (32m)
Bradley Ball upset English compatriot Simon Parke in an 80-minute marathon to secure a surprise semi-final place in the Coastal Contacts Jericho Squash Open in Vancouver, Canada.
Ball, the No8 seed from Ipswich in Suffolk, beat the third-seeded Yorkshireman 11-5, 6-11, 11-4, 8-11, 11-8 and will now face Canada's top seed Graham Ryding for a place in the final of the 2-star PSA Tour event.
Ryding was extended for 88 minutes by fifth-seeded compatriot Shawn Delierre before winning 10-11 (2-4), 11-5, 11-8, 10-11 (0-2), 11-5.
The other semi-final will also be an English/Canadian clash in which second seed Peter Barker will take on Canada's fourth seed Matthew Giuffre.
While the left-hander from Essex swept to an 11-5, 11-4, 11-5 in 32 minutes over Mexican Eric Galvez, Giuffre needed 72 minutes to overcome India's sixth seed Saurav Ghosal 10-11 (0-2), 11-4, 6-11, 11-9, 11-10 (3-1).
Semi-final line-up:
[1] Graham Ryding (CAN) v [8] Bradley Ball (ENG)
[2] Peter Barker (ENG) v [4] Matthew Giuffre (CAN)