Third Chance For Power In Cleveland

US-based Englishman Julian Wellings swept to an 11-7 11-1 11-2 victory over Bermuda's Nicholas Kyme in just 28 minutes in the qualifying finals of the new Cleveland Classic in Ohio, USA - and will now face top seed Jonathon Power in the first round of the main draw.

This will be the Canadian's third US appearance this month in a PSA Tour event which he has been seeded to win. The 30-year-old former world No1 from Montreal, however, failed to progress beyond the semi-finals in both the Motor City Open in Detroit and St Louis Open in Missouri.

Power is due to face second seed Graham Ryding in an all-Canadian final on Saturday.

France's Laurent Elriani was another qualifying finals survivor - but the English-based world No87 took 81 minutes to overcome compatriot Julien Balbo 11-10 11-10 5-11 11-4 to set up a first round clash with Australia's third seed Paul Price.

1st round draw:
[1] Jonathon Power (CAN) v [Q] Julian Wellings (ENG)
[7] Martin Heath (SCO) v [Q] David Phillips (CAN)
[4] Dan Jenson (AUS) v Dylan Bennett (NED)
[8] Shahier Razik (CAN) v [Q] Ben Howell (ENG)
[6] Rodney Durbach (RSA) v Rafael F Alarcon (BRA)
[3] Paul Price (AUS) v [Q] Laurent Elriani (FRA)
[5] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) v Scott Denne (AUS)
[2] Graham Ryding (CAN) v Cameron Pilley (AUS)

Qualifying finals:
Julian Wellings (ENG) bt Nicholas Kyme (BER) 11-7, 11-1, 11-2 (28m)
Laurent Elriani (FRA) bt Julien Balbo (FRA) 11-10 (3-1), 11-10 (4-2), 5-11, 11-4 (81m)
David Phillips (CAN) bt Ashley Flathers (ENG) 11-6, 11-2, 11-5 (29m)
Ben Howell (ENG) bt Jago Nardelli (ENG) 11-3, 11-3, 10-11 (0-2), 11-6 (54m)