Iskandar Ousts Grant In North American Open Upset

England's No2 seed Adrian Grant was denied his anticipated place in the final of the Mayacamas Ranch North American Open after losing to Malaysia's Mohd Azlan Iskandar in a dramatic semi-final clash in the $25,000 PSA Tour event at the San Francisco Bay Club in San Francisco.

Third seed Iskandar made his breakthrough in the second game, edging through 21-19 after one of the longest 'tie-break' games since the introduction of 11-point scoring three years ago.

Left-hander Grant recovered to take the third game, but the 24-year-old from Kuala Lumpur - ranked four places below his opponent in the world top 20 - extended his advantage to win 11-4, 11-10 (11-9), 4-11, 11-7.

Iskandar is celebrating his 14th PSA Tour final appearance - but his first since October last year.

Top seed John White ended the brief 'giant-killing' run of Canada's Shawn Delierre, comfortably beating the No7 seed 11-9, 11-6, 11-5 to mark up his 31st PSA Tour final appearance - and the eighth in the USA since the former world number one from Scotland moved to Philadelphia two years ago.

Semi-finals:
[1] John White (SCO) bt [7] Shawn Delierre (CAN) 11-9, 11-6, 11-5
[3] Mohd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) bt [2] Adrian Grant (ENG) 11-4, 11-10 (11-9), 4-11, 11-7