Exactly a year after playing his last 100-minute-plus match on the Tour, Shahier Razik prevailed in a 108-minute marathon in the Sudbury Northern Ontario Championship to reach the semi-finals of the PSA World Tour Challenger 15 squash event at Sudbury YMCA in Sudbury in the Canadian province of Ontario.
It was in the event's semi-finals in April 2010 that the 33-year-old from Toronto went down to compatriot Shawn Delierre in 140 minutes!
This time, Razik took a two-game lead against Muhd Asyraf Azan before having to resist a fight-back by the Malaysian which forced the match into a fifth game.
But the Canadian, a veteran of at least fifteen 100-minute-plus matches since 2005, had the upper hand in the decider to win 11-1, 13-11, 11-13, 9-11, 11-3.
Razik will now face another Malaysian - fourth seed Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan who needed only 43 minutes to get the better of experienced Mexican Eric Galvez 11-9, 11-9, 11-7.
Favourite Miguel Angel Rodriguez denied the crowd Canadian interest in the other semi-final by beating Calgary-born qualifier Andrew Schnell 11-3, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4.
The Colombian will take on Egypt's third seed Omar Abdel Aziz.
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 15 Sudbury Northern Ontario Championship, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Quarter-finals:
[1] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt [Q] Andrew Schnell (CAN) 11-3, 9-11, 11-6, 11-4 (49m)
[3] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY) bt [Q] Erik Tepos Valtierra (MEX) 11-7, 11-2, 11-6 (36m)
[4] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS) bt Eric Galvez (MEX) 11-9, 11-9, 11-7 (43m)
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt Muhd Asyraf Azan (MAS) 11-1, 13-11, 11-13, 9-11, 11-3 (108m)
Semi-final line-up:
[1] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) v [3] Omar Abdel Aziz (EGY)
[2] Shahier Razik (CAN) v [4] Mohd Nafiizwan Adnan (MAS)