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Dublin: <\/strong>Alan Clyne became the first Scot to reach the final of the Cannon Kirk Homes Irish Open for 12 years when he survived a marathon battle against No2 seed Borja Golan in the semi-finals of the PSA World Tour International 25 squash event in its tenth year at the Fitzwilliam Lawn Tennis Club in Dublin.<\/p>\n

Golan, the 2006 champion from Spain, took the opening two games – albeit after tie-breaks in both games.<\/p>\n

“But Clyne came back blazing in the third game, winning 11-2 in five minutes,” said event spokesman Sarah King.<\/p>\n

“Clyne took the fourth game with more of a battle from Golan. The fifth turned into a marathon of tight squash with rallies regularly lasting more than 100 shots.<\/p>\n

“The decider alone took 30 minutes and Borja was clearly tiring,” King continued. “Clyne moved with perfect discipline around the court, repeatedly getting back to the T and retrieving every shot.”<\/p>\n

But it was the Spaniard, on the verge of his fourth appearance in the final, who first reached match ball – at 10\/9.<\/p>\n

“After another seemingly endless rally, Clyne saved match ball and went on to get his own – winning 12-10, with Golan showing sportsmanship by acknowledging his own ball was down,” concluded King.<\/p>\n

Clyne’s 10-12, 11-13, 11-2, 11-8, 12-10 victory in 110 minutes makes the 25-year-old from Edinburgh the first Scot to make the Irish Open final since his illustrious predecessor Peter Nicol in 2000.<\/p>\n

In the tenth Tour final of his career, third seed Clyne will face favourite Alister Walker after the world No18 from Botswana beat England’s No4 seed Jonathan Kemp 11-2, 7-11, 11-4, 11-4.<\/p>\n

New York-based Walker is marking the 11th Tour final of his career – but the second this month after winning the Berkshire Open two weeks ago in the USA.<\/p>\n

Semi-finals:<\/p>\n

[1] Alister Walker (BOT) bt [4] Jonathan Kemp (ENG) 11-2, 7-11, 11-4, 11-4 (46m)
[3] Alan Clyne (SCO) bt [2] Borja Golan (ESP) 10-12, 11-13, 11-2, 11-8, 12-10 (110m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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