Razik Reaches Vancouver Semis
1st round:
[1] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [Q] Khawaja Adil Maqbool (PAK) 11-6, 4-0 ret.
[Q] Campbell Grayson (NZL) bt [7] Jorge Isaac Baltazar Ferreira (MEX) 11-4, 12-10, 11-4 (40m)
[3] Tarek Momen (EGY) bt Shawn Delierre (CAN) 11-9, 11-6, 11-3 (22m)
[8] Arturo Salazar (MEX) bt Liam Kenny (IRL) 11-7, 9-11, 11-7, 11-6 (50m)
[Q] Martin Knight (NZL) bt [6] Kashif Shuja (NZL) 11-6, 11-2, 12-14, 10-12, 11-3 (75m)
[4] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Daniel Sibley (CAN) 11-3, 11-7, 11-2 (37m)
[5] Julian Illingworth (USA) bt [Q] Gilly Lane (USA) 6-11, 11-6, 12-10, 11-6 (48m)
[2] Mohammed Abbas (EGY) bt Robin Clarke (CAN) 11-6, 11-9, 14-12 (50m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [Q] Campbell Grayson (NZL) 3-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-2 (48m)
[3] Tarek Momen (EGY) bt [8] Arturo Salazar (MEX) 11-7, 11-4, 15-13 (51m)
[4] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt [Q] Martin Knight (NZL) 7-11, 11-7, 11-0, 11-3 (80m)
[2] Mohammed Abbas (EGY) bt [5] Julian Illingworth (USA) 4-11, 15-13, 11-2, 11-7 (77m)
Canadian Shahier Razik is one win away from his third successive appearance in the final of the Comfort Inn Open after beating New Zealand qualifier Campbell Grayson in the quarter-finals of the $20,000 PSA Tour squash event at Evergreen Squash Club in Vancouver, Canada.
The 31-year-old from Toronto came from a game down to defeat Grayson 3-11, 11-5, 11-4, 11-2 - and will carry the nation's hopes single-handedly when he faces Tarek Momen for a place in the final.
The third-seeded Egyptian beat Mexico's No8 seed Arturo Salazar 11-7, 11-4, 15-13.
There will be Egyptian interest in the other semi-final when Mohammed Abbas takes on England's Daryl Selby. But the second seed from Giza had to come back from a game down before overcoming USA's fifth seed Julian Illingworth 4-11, 15-13, 11-2, 11-7 in a 77-minute marathon.
Semi-final line-up:
[1] Shahier Razik (CAN) v [3] Tarek Momen (EGY)
[2] Mohammed Abbas (EGY) v [4] Daryl Selby (ENG)