Mosaad & Rodriguez Through To Quito Final

Egypt's top seed Omar Mosaad and Colombia's No4 seed Miguel Angel Rodriguez will contest the final of the Quito Open after prevailing in four-game semi-finals of the $15,000 PSA Tour squash event at Quito Tenis Y Golf Club in the Ecuador capital.

Rodriguez beat seconded-Mexican Eric Galvez 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-3 in 69 minutes to pull off his second upset over his Pan American rival in little more than a month.

The 21-year-old from Bogotá - who this month achieved a career-high world No40 ranking to become the highest-ranked Colombian ever - is now celebrating his fourth PSA Tour final appearance this year, and the 11th of his career.

Favourite Mosaad, 19, battled for 54 minutes to overcome Brazil's third seed Rafael F Alarcon 11-5, 7-11, 11-10 (3-1), 11-7 to make his fourth PSA final.

Semi-finals:
[1] Omar Mosaad (EGY) bt [3] Rafael F Alarcon (BRA) 11-5, 7-11, 11-10 (3-1), 11-7 (54m)
[4] Miguel Angel Rodriguez (COL) bt [2] Eric Galvez (MEX) 11-7, 7-11, 11-8, 11-3 (69m)