Gardiner and Rasmussen in final

There were two thrilling semi-finals to the boys U18 singles at the Irish Junior Close championships at Rushbrooke, Cork yesterday.

Top seed David Gardiner, a member of the host club, edged out his clubmate Gary Stack.

Fourth seed Stack took the first set 6-3 but Gardiner battled back to take the next on a similar score and in a great third set Gardiner won 7-5.