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Top Seeds To Contest Vancouver Final

15 Jan 2006

France's No1 seed Renan Lavigne and England's second seed Joey Barrington will meet in the final of the North Shore Credit Union/Comfort Inn Open after straight games semi-final victories at Evergreen Squash Club in Vancouver, Canada.

Lavigne, 31, from Marseille, ended popular German qualifier Simon Rosner's run - beating the 18-year-old 11-9 11-8 11-7 in 32 minutes.

Barrington is celebrating his 10th appearance in a PSA Tour final. In a 42-minute battle with Mexico's fifth seed Eric Galvez, the 25-year-old from Somerset won 11-5 11-9 11-5.

Semi-finals:
[1] Renan Lavigne (FRA) bt [Q] Simon Rosner (GER) 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 (32m)
[2] Joey Barrington (ENG) bt [5] Eric Galvez (MEX) 11-5, 11-9, 11-5 (42m)