Razik Rallies To Ross Victory In Manitoba

Canada's Shahier Razik made sure of local interest in the climax of the ADL Optical/Rodenstock Manitoba Open in Winnipeg - but it took the top seed 105 minutes to overcome his fifth-seeded opponent Stacey Ross in the semi-finals of the PSA Tour event in the Canadian province of Manitoba.

Ross, from Surrey in England, took the first game after winning the tie-break 6-4, but the Toronto-based favourite, the event champion in 2004, maintained the upper hand over the next three games to win 10-11 11-8 11-9 11-1.

In his 19th PSA final, Razik will face France's Jean-Michel Arcucci after the fourth seed beat England's sixth seed Scott Handley 11-9 11-5 11-8 in exactly an hour.

Semi-finals:
[1] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [5] Stacey Ross (ENG) 10-11 (4-6), 11-8, 11-9, 11-1 (105m)
[4] Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) bt [6] Scott Handley (ENG) 11-9, 11-5, 11-8 (60m)