Jonathan Kemp and Julian Illingworth will each be bidding for a third PSA World Tour title this year when they meet in the final of the Squash Revolution Toronto Cup, the PSA Challenger 15 squash event in Canada’s largest city Toronto.<\/p>\n
Kemp, the No 3 seed from England, extended his unbeaten run against Martin Knight when he upset the second-seeded New Zealander 11-6, 4-11, 11-4, 11-5 in 47 minutes in the semi-finals at the Toronto Badminton & Racquet Club.<\/p>\n
Fourth seed Illingworth carried North American interest through to the final when he ended young Mexican Alfredo Avila’s run. The 22-year-old from Mexico City had ousted top-seeded Egyptian Karim Ali Fathi in a five-game quarter-final thriller.<\/p>\n
But eight-time US champion Illingworth was too strong for the unseeded Mexican – finally overcoming world No 56 Avila 11-8, 11-6, 16-14 after 64 minutes.<\/p>\n
Kemp, the world No 45 from Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk, is celebrating his 19th Tour final, whilst world No 48 New Yorker Illingworth is marking his 22nd.<\/p>\n
The final will be the pair’s first Tour meeting for more than two years – but their fifth since 2009, with Kemp currently leading the head-to-head count 3\/1.<\/p>\n
RESULTS: PSA Challenger 15 Squash Revolution Toronto Cup, Toronto, Canada<\/strong><\/p>\n Semi-finals: Jonathan Kemp and Julian Illingworth will each be bidding for a third PSA World Tour title this year when they meet in the final of the Squash Revolution Toronto Cup, the PSA Challenger 15 squash event in Canada’s largest city Toronto.<\/p>\n Kemp, the No 3 seed from England, extended his unbeaten run against Martin Knight when he upset the second-seeded New Zealander 11-6, 4-11, 11-4, 11-5 in 47 minutes in the semi-finals at the Toronto Badminton & Racquet Club.<\/p>\n Fourth seed Illingworth carried North American interest through to the final when he ended young Mexican Alfredo Avila’s run. The 22-year-old from Mexico City had ousted top-seeded Egyptian Karim Ali Fathi in a five-game quarter-final thriller.<\/p>\n But eight-time US champion Illingworth was too strong for the unseeded Mexican – finally overcoming world No 56 Avila 11-8, 11-6, 16-14 after 64 minutes.<\/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-18063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-others"],"yoast_head":"\n
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[3] Jonathan Kemp (ENG) bt [2] Martin Knight (NZL) 11-6, 4-11, 11-4, 11-5 (47m)
[4] Julian Illingworth (USA) bt Alfredo Avila (MEX) 11-8, 11-6, 16-14 (64m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"