Top Seeds Golan & Selby In Montreal Final

The top two seeds Borja Golan and Daryl Selby will contest the final of the Financière Banque Nationale Montreal Open after surviving the semi-finals of the PSA World Tour International 35 squash event in its fifth year in Montreal, Canada.

After coming through a testing five-game quarter-final on the all-glass court at the Montreal Forum, England's second seed Selby was again stretched in the semis by unseeded compatriot Adrian Waller.

A confident performance by the world No14 saw Selby take the first two games.

"Down 0/2 and with nothing to lose, Waller goes for broke and starts aiming for the nick," explained tournament spokesman Radu Neacsu. "It works! Numerous winners later Waller is up 8-4. Selby digs in and starts to mount a comeback with incredible retrieving. But Waller keeps his focus and closes out the game 11-8."

Selby reclaimed the advantage in the fourth to close out the match 11-6, 11-8, 8-11, 11-9 after 54 minutes.

"Thought I played well today, was a good hard match with @Adiewaller who played some class rallies in third and fourth," tweeted 30-year-old Selby later. "Ice bath time...#brrr.

"Onwards to the final of @mtlsquashopen against @golansquash who played very well today. Gonna be tough but will give it everything I have.."

Spaniard Borja Golan admitted that he had to play his best squash to see off Saurav Ghosal, the third seed from India, in the other semi.

It was the pair's fifth Tour encounter - and, after 45 minutes, world No9 Golan recorded his fifth win over the new world No17 from Kolkata in an 11-3, 11-7, 11-8 scoreline.

"I beat Ghosal 3/0 playing my best squash," Golan told his Twitter followers. "Happy! Tomorrow final!"

Ghosal tweeted: "Lost 3/0 to Golan today. He was very good and I wasn't at my best. Will have to learn from this and come back stronger! Disappointed"