Canadian number one Shahier Razik survived his second 100-minute marathon in 24 hours in the Sudbury Northern Ontario Championship to reach the final of the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 squash event at Sudbury YMCA in Sudbury in the Canadian province of Ontario.
After beating Malaysia's Muhd Asyraf Azan in a 108-minute quarter-final, Razik rallied to a 12-10, 10-12, 11-9, 11-2 semi-final win in 102 minutes over fourth seed Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan, also a Malaysian.
Luckily for the 33-year-old from Toronto, Adnan tired in the fourth to prevent the match going into a decider.
The win takes Razik, the world No33, into his 35th PSA Tour final.
The second seed will face Egypt's Omar Abdel Aziz after the third seed from Egypt upset top-seeded Colombian Miguel Angel Rodriguez 8-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-8 in 70 minutes.
The unexpected victory takes the 27-year-old world No44 from Cairo into the ninth Tour final of his career.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 15 Sudbury Northern Ontario Championship, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Semi-finals:
[3] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) bt [1] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) 8-11, 11-4, 11-4, 11-8 (70m)
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [4] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) 12-10, 10-12, 11-9, 11-2 (102m)