RESULTS:        CIMB Malaysian Open Squash Championships, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Men's 1st round:
[1] Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt Omar Mosaad (EGY)                         11-6, 11-9, 11-4 (30m)
[Q] Yasir Butt (PAK) bt [8] Aamir Atlas Khan (PAK)                       9-11, 11-7, 11-6, 11-9 (39m)
[4] Ong Beng Hee (MAS) bt [Q] Tarek Momen (EGY)                      11-8, 10-11 (2-4), 9-11, 11-10 (5-3), 11-7 (66m)
[6] Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt Bradley Ball (ENG)                             11-6, 11-3, 11-2 (21m)
[5] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt Shahid Zaman (PAK)                   11-4, 11-4, 11-6 (16m)
[3] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS)                11-6, 11-9, 11-4 (29m)
[Q] Farhan Mehboob (PAK) bt [7] Mansoor Zaman (PAK)                   6-11, 4-11, 11-2, 11-6, 11-7 (36m)
[2] Lee Beachill (ENG) bt [Q] Sherif Kamel (EGY)                         11-6, 11-2, 11-3 (21m)

Quarter-finals:
[1] Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt [Q] Yasir Butt (PAK)                       11-4, 11-2, 11-4 (20m)
[6] Cameron Pilley (AUS) bt [4] Ong Beng Hee (MAS)                     11-8, 11-4, 6-11, 11-4 (43m)
[5] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [3] Adrian Grant (ENG)             11-8, 11-8, 11-9 (58m)
[2] Lee Beachill (ENG) bt [Q] Farhan Mehboob (PAK)                      11-4, 11-5, 11-4 (22m)

Semi-finals:
[1] Stewart Boswell (AUS) bt [6] Cameron Pilley (AUS)                  11-9, 11-2, 11-7 (36m)
[5] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [2] Lee Beachill (ENG)               6-11, 2-11, 11-10 (3-1), 11-9, 11-2 (64m)

Women's 1st round:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt Tricia Chuah (MAS)                                9-2, 9-1, 9-5 (19m)
[6] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY) bt [Q] Sharon Wee (MAS)                9-6, 9-0, 9-2 (15m)
[3] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [Q] Engy Kheirallah (EGY)                6-9, 9-0, 9-6, 9-3 (45m)
[5] Vicky Botwright (ENG) bt [Q] Lim Yoke Wah (MAS)                 9-2, 9-2, 9-5 (18m)
[Q] Kasey Brown (AUS) bt [7] Madeline Perry (IRL)                       8-10, 8-10, 9-0, 9-5, 9-7 (87m)
[4] Tania Bailey (ENG) bt Rebecca Chiu (HKG)                               9-2, 9-1, 9-7 (28m)
[8] Jenny Duncalf (ENG) bt Shelley Kitchen (NZL)                        9-3, 9-3, 9-3 (34m)
[2] Natalie Grinham (AUS) bt Alison Waters (ENG)                       9-6, 9-0, 9-1 (22m)

Quarter-finals:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [6] Omneya Abdel Kawy (EGY)                  9-4, 9-3, 9-0 (27m)
[3] Rachael Grinham (AUS) bt [5] Vicky Botwright (ENG)                9-2, 9-1, 9-0 (27m)
[4] Tania Bailey (ENG) bt [Q] Kasey Brown (AUS)                         9-4, 9-7, 9-5 (50m)
[2] Natalie Grinham (AUS) bt [8] Jenny Duncalf (ENG)                  9-1, 9-10, 4-9, 10-8, 9-4 (82m)

Semi-finals:
[1] Nicol David (MAS) bt [3] Rachael Grinham (AUS)                      0-9, 9-2, 9-5, 4-9, 9-4 (72m)
[4] Tania Bailey (ENG) bt [2] Natalie Grinham (AUS)                     9-2, 9-4, 9-0 (28m)

Malaysia's Mohd Azlan Iskandar and England's Tania Bailey secured surprise places in the finals  of the  CIMB Malaysian Open Squash Championships after notable upsets in today's (Friday) semi-finals in Kuala Lumpur.

Iskandar, the 2004 champion who is the 4-star PSA Tour event's fifth seed, made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals when he despatched England's No3 seed Adrian Grant - the defending champion - in straight games.

The Sarawak-born 25-year-old then pulled off one of his best wins in recent times when he beat second seed Lee Beachill.  In a dramatic 64-minute clash which delighted the KL crowd, Iskandar fought back from two games down to beat his second English opponent in 24 hours 6-11, 2-11, 11-10 (3-1), 11-9, 11-2 - thereby registering his first ever victory over the former world No1.

In his 15th Tour final, Iskandar will meet Stewart Boswell, the top-seeded Australian who has reached his 29th Tour final in KL without dropping a game.

The 28-year-old from Canberra defeated fellow Australia Cameron Pilley 11-9, 11-2, 11-7.  Pilley, the sixth seed, produced a stunning quarter-final performance to upset local hero Ong Beng Hee - the fourth seed and two-times former champion - in four games.

In the women's WISPA World Tour Gold championship, England's fourth seed Tania Bailey stunned observers when she beat Australia's No2 seed Natalie Grinham in straight games.

Since winning a historic three Commonwealth Games gold medals in her home country last year, Grinham has become one of the most in-form players on the WISPA Tour - reaching nine Tour finals and defeating nemesis Nicol David in April's Seoul Open final to win her 11th crown.

But today belonged to Bailey - who scored one of the biggest scalps of her recent career by crushing the younger Grinham sister 9-2, 9-4, 9-0 in just 28 minutes.

The other semi-final nearly produced an even bigger upset when Rachael Grinham - the senior of the Toowoomba twosome - extended Malaysian star Nicol David to five games.  David, the world number one going for a hat-trick of successive Malaysian Open titles, failed to score a singe point in the opening game.

But the country's most successful international sportswoman lifted her game to see off the Aussie challenge - beating third seed Grinham 0-9, 9-2, 9-5, 4-9, 9-4 in 72 minutes.