England’s Charles Sharpes and New Zealander Martin Knight will contest the final of the ilex construction Charlottesville Challenger after surviving contrasting semi-finals in the inaugural PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at McArthur Squash Center in Charlottesville in the US state of Virginia.<\/p>\n
Third seed Sharpes faced Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi, the unseeded Qatari teenager who upset US favourite Julian Illingworth in the first round.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old from Doha took the opening two games before the London-born 21-year-old Sharpes asserted his authority on the encounter to take the next three to secure a 7-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-8 victory.<\/p>\n
The win moves Sharpes into his second PSA Tour final of the year and the seventh of his career.\n<\/p>\n
Second seed Knight, the New Zealand champion from Auckland, also faced an unseeded opponent. Ireland’s Arthur Gaskin earned his surprise place in the last four after upsetting fourth-seeded Canadian Dane Sharp in the previous round.<\/p>\n
But the 29-year-old Kiwi, ranked 53 in the world, was too strong for the Irishman, winning 12-10, 11-7, 11-3 to claim his third successive Tour final appearance this month – and the 11th of his career.<\/p>\n
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 10 ilex construction Charlottesville Challenger, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA<\/strong><\/p>\n Semi-finals:<\/strong><\/p>\n [3] Charles Sharpes (ENG) bt Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi (QAT) 7-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-8<\/p>\n [2] Martin Knight (NZL) bt Arthur Gaskin (IRL) 12-10, 11-7, 11-3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" England’s Charles Sharpes and New Zealander Martin Knight will contest the final of the ilex construction Charlottesville Challenger after surviving contrasting semi-finals in the inaugural PSA World Tour Challenger 10 squash event at McArthur Squash Center in Charlottesville in the US state of Virginia.<\/p>\n Third seed Sharpes faced Abdulla Mohd Al Tamimi, the unseeded Qatari teenager who upset US favourite Julian Illingworth in the first round.<\/p>\n The 18-year-old from Doha took the opening two games before the London-born 21-year-old Sharpes asserted his authority on the encounter to take the next three to secure a 7-11, 7-11, 11-5, 11-3, 11-8 victory.<\/p>\n The win moves Sharpes into his second PSA Tour final of the year and the seventh of his career.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-others"],"yoast_head":"\n