Top Seeds To Contest Czech Open Final

The top two seeds Daryl Selby and Julian Illingworth will contest the final of the Lahudky Palma Czech Open after victories in the semi-finals of the PSA Tour event at the SportNovni Areal in the Czech Republic capital Prague.

Selby, the favourite from England, battled for exactly one hour - and survived two tie-break games - to overcome Hungary's No3 seed Mark Krajcsak 11-7, 11-10 (3-1), 11-10 (3-1).

With two PSA Tour titles to his name already this year, the 24-year-old from Essex is celebrating his fifth appearance in a Tour final.

Second seed Julian Illingworth ended the run of Tony James when he beat the unseeded Australian 11-4, 11-10 (2-0), 11-8 in 45 minutes.

Now in his maiden PSA Tour final, the 23-year-old from Portland is bidding to become the first US player to win a PSA Tour title since 1996!

Semi-finals:
[1] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt [3] Mark Krajcsak (HUN) 11-7, 11-10 (3-1), 11-10 (3-1) (60m)
[2] Julian Illingworth (USA) bt Tony James (AUS) 11-4, 11-10 (2-0), 11-8 (45m)