Top Seeds To Contest Santa Barbara Final

The top two seeds Shahier Razik and Eric Galvez will contest the final of the SAL Santa Barbara Open after similar straight games victories in the semi-finals of the established PSA Tour event in California, USA.

Favourite Razik, from Canada, took 53 minutes to topple third-seeded Australian Timothy Manning 11-4 11-9 11-6 to reach his 15th PSA Tour final.

It took Eric Galvez, the No2 seed, two minutes longer to earn his fifth PSA final appearance. The Mexican No1 defeated India's fourth seed Saurav Ghosal 11-6, 11-9, 11-9.

Semi-finals:
[1] Shahier Razik (CAN) bt [3] Timothy Manning (AUS) 11-4, 11-9, 11-6 (53m)
[2] Eric Galvez (MEX) bt [4] Saurav Ghosal (IND) 11-6, 11-9, 11-9 (55m)