RESULTS:    Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Squash Open, Dublin, Ireland

Men's quarter-finals:
[1] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [8] Chris Simpson (ENG) 11-5, 11-9, 11-4 (36m)
[5] Chris Ryder (ENG) bt [3] Joey Barrington (ENG) 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8 (77m)
[Q] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [Q] Bradley Hindle (MLT) 11-8, 11-8, 12-10 (33m)
[Q] Borja Golan (ESP) bt Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 11-7, 11-9, 11-7 (46m)

Women's quarter-finals:
[1] Madeline Perry (IRL) bt [Q] Victoria Lust (ENG) 11-7, 11-5, 11-3 (25m)
[4] Laura Massaro (ENG) bt [6] Sarah Kippax (ENG) 7-11, 11-2, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7 (60m)
[7] Aisling Blake (IRL) bt [3] Natalie Grinham (NED) 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3 (42m)
[5] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt [2] Natalie Grainger (USA) 11-7, 11-6, 11-7 (23m)


Qualifiers Gregoire Marche and Borja Golan will meet in the men's semi-finals of the Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Squash Open in Dublin after another day of upsets in the established men's and women's Tour event at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club.

Frenchman Marche ousted fellow qualifier Bradley Hindle, from Malta, 11-8, 11-8, 12-10 in the quarter-finals of the $25,000 PSA World Tour event to set up the meeting with Golan, the former world No10 from Spain who defeated France's unseeded Mathieu Castagnet 11-7, 11-9, 11-7.

There was an upset in the top half of the men's draw where fifth seed Chris Ryder battled for 77 minutes to overcome English compatriot Joey Barrington, the No3 seed, 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8.

Ryder, a former World University champion from Leamington Spa, will now line up against top seed Mohd Azlan Iskandar, the 2008 runner-up from Malaysia who despatched eight-seeded Englishman Chris Simpson 11-5, 11-9, 11-4.

An all-Irish final is in prospect in the women's $25,300 WISPA World Tour event after Dublin-born seventh seed Aisling Blake upset Natalie Grinham 11-4, 11-4, 9-11, 11-3.

Grinham, a former world No2 from the Netherlands, was making her Tour comeback in Dublin after the birth of her first child, son Kieran, in May.

Blake, the 29-year-old world No26, will face Dutch opponent Vanessa Atkinson for a place in the final.  Atkinson, Irish Open champion in 2003 and 2004, beat Natalie Grainger, the second seed from the USA, 11-7, 11-6, 11-7.

Local favourite Madeline Perry is just one win away from her fifth appearance in the final in six years.  The world No6 from Belfast, winner of the title three years in a row from 2005, defeated English qualifier Victoria Lust 11-7, 11-5, 11-3.

Perry will play England's fourth seed Laura Massaro.  The 2008 champion had to fight for exactly an hour to overcome sixth-seeded compatriot Sarah Kippax 7-11, 11-2, 8-11, 11-3, 11-7.

Men's semi-final line-up:
[1] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) v [5] Chris Ryder (ENG)
[Q] Borja Golan (ESP) v [Q] Gregoire Marche (FRA)

Women’s semi-final line-up:
[1] Madeline Perry (IRL) v [4] Laura Massaro (ENG)
[5] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) v [7] Aisling Blake (IRL)