RESULTS: PSA Northern Ontario Championship, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
1st round:
[1] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt Fabien Verseille (FRA) 11-5, 11-5, 11-3 (37m)
[7] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt Michael McCue (CAN) 11-6, 11-3, 11-2 (28m)
[Q] Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt [4] James Snell (ENG) 11-5, 11-6, 11-8 (33m)
Matthew Serediak (CAN) bt [8] Tyler Hamilton (CAN) 11-7, 12-10, 11-2 (29m)
[6] Andrew McDougall (CAN) bt Rory Pennell (ENG) 11-8, 11-13, 11-8, 11-5 (48m)
[3] Zac Alexander (AUS) bt [Q] Dane Sharp (CAN) 10-12, 11-6, 11-9, 11-3 (51m)
[Q] Olivier Pett (ENG) bt [5] Neil Hitchens (ENG) 11-9, 9-11, 11-1, 11-6 (51m)
[2] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [Q] Dave Glass (CAN) 11-4, 11-4, 11-8 (30m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [7] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 12-10, 11-3, 11-1 (33m)
[Q] Shawn Delierre (CAN) bt Matthew Serediak (CAN) 11-5, 11-5, 11-4 (27m)
[3] Zac Alexander (AUS) bt [6] Andrew McDougall (CAN) 11-2, 11-7, 11-3 (39m)
[2] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt [Q] Olivier Pett (ENG) 12-10, 11-9, 11-5 (51m)
Qualifier Shawn Delierre ensured domestic interest in the final of the inaugural PSA Northern Ontario Championship after claiming a surprise place in the semi-finals of the $10,000 PSA World Tour squash event at Sudbury YMCA in Sudbury, Canada.
After undergoing leg surgery last year, the 27-year-old from Montreal is enjoying his fourth successive success as a qualifier in a North American Tour event over the past six weeks. Delierre made his Sudbury breakthrough in the first round, when he upset England's fourth seed James Snell.
Then, in the quarter-final, the former world No40 defeated unseeded compatriot Matthew Serediak 11-5, 11-5, 11-4 in 27 minutes to set up a semi-final clash with another Canadian Shahier Razik.
Top seed Razik, the world No25 from Toronto, defeated top-ranked Austrian Aqeel Rehman 12-10, 11-3, 11-1.
The other semi-final will be an Australian/Czech affair between third-seeded Queenslander Zac Alexander and second seed Jan Koukal. Alexander beat sixth-seeded Canadian Andrew McD