Hi-Tec & Dunlop Open
22-24 May, Prague, $3k

While Foster had eased past home favourite Jan Koukal in the semi-finals, Flathers beat Spain's Borja Golan, surprise winner of the Mega Italia Open earlier this month.

Final:
Patrick Foster bt Ashley Flathers 15/8, 15/11, 15/7

Semifinals:
Patrick Foster bt Jan Koukal 15/11, 15/10, 15/10
Ashley Flathers bt Borja Golan 15/7, 15/8, 15/13

Quarter finals:
Patrick Foster (IRL) bt Martin Dzur (CZE) 15/5, 15/9, 15/9
Jan Koukal (CZE) bt Joey Barrington (ENG) 11/15, 15/7, 17/14, 15/4
Ashley Flathers (ENG) bt  Marc Reus (NED) 15/14, 15/11, 15/8
Borja Golan (ESP) bt Duncan Walsh (ENG) 15/6, 15/11, 15/3

1st round:
[1] Patrick Foster (IRL) bt Andrea Capella (ITA)    15-5, 15-12, 15-4
[5] Martin Dzur (CZE) bt Toni Vallin (FIN)      15-11, 15-13, 15-5
[4] Jan Koukal (CZE) bt Sandor Fulop (HUN)      15-9, 15-13, 15-13
[8] Joey Barrington (ENG) bt Pavel Sladecek (CZE)   15-6, 15-2, 15-6
[Q] Ashley Flathers (ENG) bt [7] Eric McAlpine (ENG)    15-10, 15-5, 15-11
[Q] Marc Reus (NED) bt [3] Laurent Elriani (FRA)    15-7, 11-15, 15-10,
11-15, 15-14
[Q] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [6] Michael Fiteni (AUS)   15-6, 17-14, 15-8
[2] Duncan Walsh (ENG) bt [Q] Sam Miller (ENG)      15-10, 15-8, 14-15,
13-15, 15-11

The finalists 

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Photos courtesy Tomas Barva