Grant Takes Shabana in Major Budapest Upset

England's Adrian Grant claimed the biggest upset of the tournament so far when he beat Egypt's world champion Amr Shabana in the quarter-finals of the Nissan Hungarian Open in Budapest.

Grant, the world No13 from London, twice came from behind to topple fellow left-hander Shabana, the top seed who is ranked seven places higher. After 76 minutes of dramatic and seesawing squash, which finished with a 3-1 tie-break, eighth seed Grant emerged the 7-11 11-9 5-11 11-7 11-10 victor to add another major scalp to his growing collection.

The Halifax-based 24-year-old, who beat then world No1 Peter Nicol in last month's Hong Kong Open, now goes on to face Gregory Gaultier for a place in the Hungarian Open final. The fifth-seeded Frenchman also engineered an upset - coming from 1/2 down to defeat England's No3 seed Nick Matthew 11-5 6-11 7-11 11-3 11-7 in 79 minutes.

The other semi-final will feature Canada's former champion Jonathon Power, the No2 seed, and Australia's sixth seed Anthony Ricketts. For the second day in a row, 1997 champion Power cruised to a straight games victory - following his 15-minute first round win with a quick-fire 11-5 11-8 11-4 victory over Egypt's seventh seed Mohammed Abbas in just 26-minutes.

Ricketts ended Olli Tuominen's brave run, beating the unseeded Finn 11-6 11-10 11-4 in 39 minutes.

Quarter-finals:
[8] Adrian Grant (ENG) bt [1] Amr Shabana (EGY) 7-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-7, 11-10 (3-1) (76m)
[5] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) bt [3] Nick Matthew (ENG) 11-5, 6-11, 7-11, 11-3, 11-7 (79m)
[6] Anthony Ricketts (AUS) bt Olli Tuominen (FIN) 11-6, 11-10 (2-0), 11-4 (39m)
[2] Jonathon Power (CAN) bt [7] Mohammed Abbas (EGY) 11-5, 11-8, 11-4 (26m)