Bedlam is an understatement. You would have though he had won the title after a fantastic match rather than get a win by a retirement. He has yet to play Nicol in the final, which will certainly beanother story. The semifinals evening was saved by a superb match between the two Scotsman. Martin Heath knows Nicol's game well, probably better than Nicol knows Heath's.
Heath is also a natural shotmaker and can end rallies with superb winners.
This is not a Nicol strongpoint and the factors allowed Heath to dictate the first game and he had Nicol running around desperate to stay in the rallies. In the second he got drawn into Nicol's game and lost his short game. I stopped keeping him tight on my forehand side, his backhand. Nicol took the next two games and although Heath looked finished in the third, he came back hitting winners again in the fourth.