Top Seeds Golan & Selby In Montreal Final by Howard Harding 6 October 2013
- The top two seeds Borja Golan and Daryl Selby will contest the final
of the Financière Banque Nationale Montreal Open after surviving the
semi-finals of the PSA World Tour International 35 squash event in its
fifth year in Montreal, Canada.
After coming through a
testing five-game quarter-final on the all-glass court at the Montreal
Forum, England's second seed Selby was again stretched in the semis by
unseeded compatriot Adrian Waller.
A confident performance by the world No14 saw Selby (pictured below with Waller) take the first two games.
"Down 0/2 and with
nothing to lose, Waller goes for broke and starts aiming for the nick,"
explained tournament spokesman Radu Neacsu. "It works! Numerous winners
later Waller is up 8-4. Selby digs in and starts to mount a comeback
with incredible retrieving. But Waller keeps his focus and closes out
the game 11-8."
Selby reclaimed the advantage in the fourth to close out the match 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9 after 54 minutes.
"Thought I played well
today, was a good hard match with @Adiewaller who played some class
rallies in third and fourth," tweeted 30-year-old Selby later. "Ice
bath time...#brrr.
"Onwards to the final
of @mtlsquashopen against @golansquash who played very well today.
Gonna be tough but will give it everything I have.."
Spaniard Borja Golan
admitted that he had to play his best squash to see off Saurav Ghosal,
the third seed from India, in the other semi.
It was the pair's
fifth Tour encounter - and, after 45 minutes, world No9 Golan recorded
his fifth win over the new world No17 from Kolkata in an 11-3, 11-7,
11-8 scoreline.
"I beat Ghosal 3/0
playing my best squash," Golan (pictured above with Ghosal) told his
Twitter followers. "Happy! Tomorrow final!"
Ghosal tweeted: "Lost
3/0 to Golan today. He was very good and I wasn't at my best. Will have
to learn from this and come back stronger! Disappointed"
RESULTS: PSA International 35 Financière Banque Nationale Montreal Open, Montreal, Canada
