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

Men's semi-finals:
[1] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [5] Chris Ryder (ENG) 11-8, 11-4, 11-2 (38m)
[Q] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [Q] Gregoire Marche (FRA) 8-11, 11-0, 9-11, 11-1, 11-4 (66m)

Women's semi-finals:
[1] Madeline Perry (IRL) bt [4] Laura Massaro (ENG) 8-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-9 (66m)
[5] Vanessa Atkinson (NED) bt [7] Aisling Blake (IRL) 11-7, 11-6, 12-10 (42m)


Both top seeds will contest the finals of the Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Squash Open in Dublin – but against unexpected opponents on the final day of the established men's and women's Tour event at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club.

Mohd Azlan Iskandar, the 2008 runner-up from Malaysia who is the men's favourite, cruised to his third successive straight games win in the $25,000 PSA World Tour event by beating England's fifth seed Chris Ryder 11-8, 11-4, 11-2.

The 28-year-old world No14 from Kuala Lumpur is celebrating the 15th Tour final appearance of his career, and the third of the year.

Spaniard Borja Golan reached his third PSA final of the year as a qualifier – and notched up the 30th of his career - after battling to an 8-11, 11-0, 9-11, 11-1, 11-4 win over fellow qualifier Gregoire Marche, of France.

Golan, a former world No10, is on a comeback trail after undergoing major knee surgery.  Ranked outside the top 100 four months ago, the 27-year-old has already made significant progress - with two Tour titles under his belt since June.

Irish star Madeline Perry earned her fifth appearance in the women's $25,300 WISPA World Tour event final after beating England's fourth seed Laura Massaro, the 2008 champion, 8-11, 11-9, 13-11, 11-9 in a keenly-contested 66-minute encounter.

The 33-year-old from Banbridge, near Belfast, earned the biggest title of her career at the Australian Open last month – and will be hoping to win her fourth Irish Open title since 2005.

But the top seed's opponent will be Vanessa Atkinson, the former world champion from the Netherlands whom she has not beaten in six Tour meetings since 2002 – two of which have been in the Irish Open (in 2003 and 2004).

Atkinson, the fifth seed, denied the crowd the event's first ever all-Irish final when she beat Aisling Blake, the No7 seed from Sligo, 11-7, 11-6, 12-10.

The win takes Atkinson into her second WISPA final of the year – but the 38th of her career.