Top Seeds Make NASH Cup Climax by Howard Harding 21 September 2013
- After marathon clashes in The NASH Cup presented by the Roberts Nash
Advisory Group, it was the two top seeds Joe Lee and Shawn Delierre who
emerged triumphant to contest the final of the PSA World Tour
Challenger 15 squash event in its sixth year at London Squash &
Fitness Club in London, Ontario, in Canada.
Lee, the 23-year-old
London-born world No37, was meeting 35-year-old Canadian Shahier Razik
(both pictured above) for the sixth time in five years - but celebrated
his first win when the former world No20 from Toronto had to concede
the match midway through the fourth game after taking a three-minute
injury break.
After taking out the
Canadian number two, Lee will now face the country's top-ranked player
Delierre in a bid to win the title for the first time.
2011 champion Delierre
fought for 101 minutes to overcome unseeded 22-year-old Englishman Ben
Coleman (both pictured below) 11-7, 9-11, 12-10, 11-6.
"Ben had just played
two of the best games of his life to reach the semis," commented event
spokesman Dave Morrish. "He tested Shawn big time but the higher-ranked
Shawn prevailed."
Lee is celebrating his
seventh PSA World Tour final, but his first for more than a year, while
31-year-old Delierre - ranked just a single position behind the
Englishman - is marking his 18th final and second of the year.
