RESULTS: PSA International 35 Comfort Inn Open, Vancouver, Canada
Semi-finals:
Hisham Mohd Ashour (EGY) bt [1] David Palmer (AUS) 15-13, 15-13, 11-2 (49m)
[2] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt [3] Olli Tuominen (FIN) 11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 11-6 (75m)
Unseeded Egyptian Hisham Mohd Ashour continued his impressive form in the Comfort Inn Open in Vancouver when he upset top-seeded Australian David Palmer to reach the final of the PSA World Tour International 35 event in its seventh year at the Evergreen Squash Club.
Ashour, now ranked 18 in the world, only had to reach two positions higher as he survived two tie-break games against the indefatigable 34-year-old who boasts 26 World Tour titles. Palmer has now slipped to 16 in the rankings, his lowest position for over a decade.
The 28-year-old from Cairo went on to win 15-13, 15-13, 11-2 in 49 minutes to reach the eighth Tour final of his career - but his first since the Rocky Mountain Open last March in Calgary.
His opponent will be second seed Daryl Selby, the Englishman who beat him in the Alberta capital final.
Selby was in control for the first two games against third seed Olli Tuominen - but then lost concentration for the next two as the 'Flying Finn' drew level.
Selby reasserted himself in the decider as he stormed through to an 11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 7-11, 11-6 win after 75 minutes - and his 15th appearance in PSA Tour final since April 2005.
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