Nicol against Barada, Power against Ryding in the semis. The first all-Canadian semifinal in a major PSA World Tour event occurs tomorrow when Graham Ryding steps out to challenge world champion Jonathon Power for a place in the final of the Cathay Pacific Hong Kong Open Squash Championship. But I have to go back to when we were about 13 to claim a win over him in an open semifinal.
Power gets into the groove Much has changed in the ensuing decade or so.
From then on I was pretty relaxed. I think I would have won even if he had made the shot that should have clinched the second game at 14-12. Ryding dedicated and motivated Ryding has hardly relaxed all month. He is fresh into Hong Kong from winning two Gold Medals in the Pan American Games in Winnipeg. Most of the guys have been resting up through the summer and those who have been playing have been on plaster courts around the minor tracks.