RESULTS: Comfort Inn Squash Open, Vancouver, Canada
Semi-finals:
[3] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [1] Stewart Boswell (AUS) 1-11, 11-8, 11-7, 11-7 (62m)
[2] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt [4] Bradley Ball (ENG) 11-7, 11-8 ret. (48m)
Canada's Shahier Razik claimed one of the biggest scalps of his career when he upset Australia's world No13 Stewart Boswell, the top seed, in the semi-finals of the Comfort Inn Open to earn a surprise place in the final of the 3-star PSA Tour squash event at Evergreen Squash Club in Vancouver, Canada.
True to form, the 30-year-old from Toronto - a known slow-starter - dropped the first game for just one point. But Razik then took the upper hand and went on to win the match 1-11, 11-8, 11-7 and 11-7 in 62 minutes - causing the partisan crowd to erupt with a long standing ovation.
Razik, celebrating his 26th appearance in a PSA Tour final, will face second seed Adrian Grant. The left-handed Londoner took a two-game lead against fellow Englishman Bradley Ball - but increasing pain from an earlier injury to his left knee caused the fourth seed to retire after the second game, giving Grant an 11-7, 11-8 (ret.) win.
Grant, the 27-year-old world No18 - now based in Halifax, Yorkshire - is marking his 19th Tour final appearance.