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London: <\/strong>Londoner Peter Barker’s shock five-game dismissal of No2 seed Gregory Gaultier in tonight’s quarter-finals of the Allam British Open means that three Englishmen will contest the semi-finals of the PSA World Series squash event at the O2 Arena in London for only the second time in the professional era of the sport’s most historic championship.<\/p>\n

Sixth seed Barker fought back from 2\/1 down to topple former champion Gaultier, the world number two, 11-8, 2-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6 in a physical encounter lasting 89 minutes.<\/p>\n

The local hero went into the match as the underdog, having won only one of their ten career meetings since 2005.<\/p>\n

“I pulled out everything I had today,” said Barker afterwards. “Fortunately it was just about enough.
“I’ll enjoy today then prepare as I did today – I’m not ready to go home yet,” insisted the 28-year-old left-hander.<\/p>\n

Earlier, Yorkshire rivals James Willstrop and Nick Matthew moved one step closer to a showdown clash as they powered to quarter-final victories.<\/p>\n

World number one Willstrop beat Egyptian Mohamed El Shorbagy, the No7 seed, and world champion Matthew overcame eighth-seeded Dutchman Laurens Jan Anjema after losing the opening game.
The 6ft 4in top seed Willstrop won 11-4, 11-7, 11-9 in 45 minutes of compelling, intelligent squash as he contained and ultimately subdued his hard-hitting opponent, weathering a fierce storm towards the end of the third game.<\/p>\n

Matthew began sluggishly against another powerful adversary but from 5-5 in the second game took control to dominate the rest of the match.<\/p>\n

Anjema hit some outrageous kills in the opening game and Matthew made some unaccustomed mistakes, especially, on the volley.<\/p>\n

But as the match wore on the 31-year-old from Sheffield, who is bidding for a historic third British Open title, produced tight, error-free squash to book a semi-final clash with Londoner Barker, who was roared home by a vociferous local crowd savouring the prospect of seeing three English players in the semi-finals.<\/p>\n

The same trio also reached the last four in 2009, the last time the Open was held.<\/p>\n

Willstrop meets the mercurial Ramy Ashour, who beat fellow Egyptian Amr Shabana in a match that provided a dramatic mixture of blinding skill and another mental meltdown from Ashour.
After opening up a two-game lead, Ashour lost the third and fourth games in a total time of 12 minutes and admitted: “I have so many crazy things going on in my head. I am not quite sane.”
Regarding his lapses in concentration, Ashour added: “I think it has always been like that between us. You can only play well against Shabana in patches and for a 20-minute spell he got in a place that was unbelievable. When he is in that zone he can beat anyone in the world in 20 minutes. It was surreal.<\/p>\n

“You have to play the right shots at the right time and there is a lot of mental stuff going on. Playing him it is more mental squash than physical squash.”<\/p>\n

Willstrop said: “Ramy is a very exciting player and to play him in the semi-finals of the British Open is an enthralling proposition. He makes squash great to watch and we all know what he can do with a racket.”<\/p>\n

RESULTS: PSA World Series Allam British Open, London, England
Quarter-finals:
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[1] James Willstrop (ENG) bt [7] Mohamed El Shorbagy (EGY) 11-4, 11-7, 11-9 (45m)
[4] Ramy Ashour (EGY) bt [5] Amr Shabana (EGY) 11-8, 12-10, 5-11, 1-11, 11-4 (45m)
[3] Nick Matthew (ENG) bt [8] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) 4-11, 11-6, 11-5, 11-5 (60m)
[6] Peter Barker (ENG) bt [2] Gregory Gaultier (FRA) 11-8, 2-11, 7-11, 11-9, 11-6 (89m)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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