After leading England to European Team Championships success at the weekend in Finland, Peter Barker and Daryl Selby will go head-to-head in tomorrow's (Tuesday) Premier Squash League final when defending champions Surrey Health & Racquets face final newcomers TWP St George's Hill in the first all-Surrey final of the world's most prestigious squash league.
The climax of the 27th PSL season will take place at the Surrey Sports Park in Guildford, starting at 7.00pm
Peter Barker, the world No7 from London, will be celebrating his fifth appearance in a PSL final since 2004 – and played his part in Surrey Health & Racquets' title successes both in 2008 and 2010.
The 27-year-old left-hander boasts a 10/5 career head-to-head record over Selby, the TWP St George's Hill top string who will be hoping to lead the Weybridge club to their maiden PSL title success in the first appearance in the final.
But Brentwood-based Selby, the recently-crowned British National champion who is ranked 12 in the world, beat Barker in their most recent clash – in the 2010 National Championships over a year ago. Selby, 28, is making a long-awaited return to the PSL final after last appearing in the 2000 event, where his team Connaught finished as runners-up.
The second string clash will also see two England internationals line up on opposite sides of the court. Adrian Grant, the world No18 who is also making his fifth appearance in a PSL final, will face St George's Hill's recent England cap Tom Richards, a Guildford-born 24-year-old who this month celebrates a career-high world No25 ranking.
The experienced 30-year-old Grant boasts a 5/0 record over Richards – but the pair will be meeting for the first time since September 2009.
The Croydon club's No3 Alan Clyne also saw PSL success with Surrey Health & Racquets in the 2010 final. The Scottish number one faces top-ranked Swiss opponent Nicolas Mueller in the pair's first meeting since May 2009.
World squash legend Peter Nicol will be Surrey Health's fourth string candidate. England's former world number one and world champion is unbeaten this season in the PSL – but so is his St George's Hill opponent Mark Krajcsak, the Hungarian number one who boasts seven wins out of seven for the Weybridge club.
Nicol and Krajcsak will be meeting for the first time in Guildford - in what is sure to be a treat for the Surrey Sports Park crowd.
The top player in France will be Surrey Health's representative in the women's match: Camille Serme, ranked nine in the world, takes on Dominique Lloyd-Walter, the world No44 from Guildford who helped England reclaim the women's European title at the weekend.
Serme, 22, from Paris, boasts a 3/2 record over her St George's Hill opponent – but the pair's last meeting was a PSL clash in October 2009 which went to five games.
The 2011 PSL final is expected to be one of the closest contests in the history of the event. But final newcomers TWP St George's Hill will be hoping to repeat their run earlier in the season in Group B, where they twice beat their county rivals.
Surrey Health & Racquets v TWP St George's Hill
Peter Barker v Daryl Selby
Adrian Grant v Tom Richards
Alan Clyne v Nicolas Mueller
Peter Nicol v Mark Krajcsak
Camille Serme v Dominique Lloyd-Walter
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