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Top Seeds Power & White In Motor City Final

30 Oct 2005

Top seeds Jonathon Power and John White will meet in the final of the Suburban Collection Motor City Open at the Birmingham Athletic Club in Detroit, USA - the pair's second meeting in two weeks, after contesting a British Open quarter-final.

Canadian favourite Power, the world No2 from Montreal, took 80 minutes to contain England's third seed Nick Matthew 11-9 10-11 11-6 11-6 to celebrate his 60th appearance in a major international final.

In the other semi-final, John White - the No2 seed from Scotland who is now based in the USA - survived two tie-breaks in his 45-minute battle against unseeded Wael El Hindi before beating the 25-year-old from Cairo 11-10 11-10 11-5.

Semi-finals:
[1] Jonathon Power (CAN) bt [3] Nick Matthew (ENG) 11-9, 10-11 (0-2), 11-6, 11-6 (80m)
[2] John White (SCO) bt Wael El Hindi (EGY) 11-10 (3-1), 11-10 (2-0), 11-5 (45m)