16/01/2007
ESPORTIU ROCAFORT OPEN
Balbo Bursts Through In Barcelona
Tournament
Esportiu Rocafort Squash Open,
Barcelona, Spain
Final:
[1] Julien Balbo (FRA) bt [4] Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5 (65m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Julien Balbo (FRA) bt [Q] John Rooney (IRL) 10-11 (0-2), 11-10 (2-0), 11-2, 11-4 (65m)
[4] Yann Perrin (FRA) bt [2] Martin Knight (NZL) 11-7, 11-7, 11-9 (55m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Julien Balbo (FRA) bt [5] Romain Tenant (FRA) 11-8, 6-11, 11-5, 11-6 (55m)
[Q] John Rooney (IRL) bt [Q] Joe Lee (ENG) 11-9, 11-9, 11-6 (45m)
[4] Yann Perrin (FRA) bt [7] Andrea Capella (ITA) 11-8, 11-4, 11-3 (31m)
[2] Martin Knight (NZL) bt [6] Joan Lezaud (FRA) 11-7, 9-11, 4-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-6 (86m)
1st round:
[1] Julien Balbo (FRA) bt Joshua Greenfield (NZL) 11-3, 11-9, 11-7 (40m)
[5] Romain Tenant (FRA) bt Adham Abou Taleb (ITA) 11-7, 11-6, 11-7 (40m)
[Q] John Rooney (IRL) bt [3] Fabien Verseille (FRA) 11-9, 11-6, 11-7 (45m)
[Q] Joe Lee (ENG) bt [8] Ivan Djordjevic (BVI) 11-5, 11-2, 11-4 (30m)
[7] Andrea Capella (ITA) bt [Q] Nick Wall (ENG) 7-11, 11-6, 11-10 (3-1), 11-8 (50m)
[4] Yann Perrin (FRA) bt Thomas Javanaud (ENG) 11-9, 11-4, 11-6 (25m)
[6] Joan Lezaud (FRA) bt [Q] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) 11-9, 6-11, 11-10 (2-0), 11-9 (45m)
[2] Martin Knight (NZL) bt Bruno Vega (ESP) 6-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-2 (31m)
Balbo Bursts Through In Barcelona
After winning his first PSA Tour title in the last event he entered in 2006, Julien Balbo has begun the new year with another triumph by clinching the Esportiu Rocafort Squash Open title in Barcelona.
In an all-French final of the established event in Spain, top seed Balbo prevailed 11-8, 8-11, 11-9, 11-5 in 65 minutes over fourth seed Yann Perrin.
The Barcelona win marks the 27-year-old from Le Bourget du Lac's second career title, after his 8 Gallery Open trophy success in Turin, Italy, in December
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