RESULTS:    Clare Valley Australian Open Squash Championships, Clare, South Australia

Men's semi-finals:
[1] David Palmer (AUS) bt Robbie Temple (ENG)     11-4, 11-6, 11-4 (29m)
[3] Kashif Shuja (NZL) bt [Q] Campbell Grayson (NZL)     11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6 (61m)

Women's semi-finals:
[1] Kasey Brown (AUS) bt [8] Joelle King (NZL)     11-6, 11-9, 11-1 (28m)
[7] Annie Au (HKG) bt [2] Jaclyn Hawkes (NZL)     11-9, 12-10, 11-5 (28m)


Top seeds David Palmer and Kasey Brown kept home hopes of success in the Clare Valley Australian Open Championships alive after comfortable straight games victories in today's (Saturday) semi-finals of Australia’s most prestigious squash tournament in its second year at the Valleys Lifestyle Centre in Clare in South Australia.

Palmer, the four-time British Open champion from New South Wales seeking his first domestic Open title, brushed aside unseeded Englishman Robbie Temple 11-4, 11-6, 11-4 in 29 minutes to reach the climax of the $26,000 PSA Tour event - his 48th final appearance.

His opponent will be Kashif Shuja, the third seed from Auckland who outlasted fellow New Zealander Campbell Grayson, a qualifier, 11-9, 9-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-6 in 61 minutes to reach the 15th Tour final of his career.

Kasey Brown, keen to win the $16,000 WISPA World Tour title for the second time in three years - and bring it back into Australian hands - despatched New Zealander Joelle King 11-6, 11-9, 11-1 in 28 minutes to reach her 17th Tour final.

The other women's semi-final took exactly the same time - but produced a major upset when Annie Au, the No7 seed from Hong Kong, defeated second-seeded New Zealander Jaclyn Hawkes 11-9, 12-10, 11-5.

Au, 19, is celebrating her fourth Tour final and looking to pick up her second successive title after winning the Chennai Open in India just four weeks ago.