Esportiu Rocafort Squash Open,
Barcelona, Spain
1st
round:
[1] Leandro Romiglio (ARG)
bt Bader Al Hussaini (KUW) 11-8, 11-6, 11-8
[6] Alejandro Garbi Caro
(ESP) bt [Q] Lyall Paterson (SCO) 11-3, 11-8, 7-11, 11-6
[Q] Oriol Salvia (ESP) bt
[4] Stefan Brauneis (AUT) 11-2, 11-8, 11-2
Florent Pontiere (FRA) bt
[7] Peter Kviecinsky (SVK) 3-11, 11-7, 11-8, 6-11, 11-3
[5] Matias Tuomi (FIN) bt
Petr Martin (CZE) 11-5, 10-12, 11-9, 11-7
[3] Lukas Jelinek (CZE) bt
Lucas Vauzelle (FRA) 11-13, 11-8, 7-11, 11-7, 11-4
[Q] Ben Coleman (ENG) bt
[8] Martin Mosnik (SLO) 11-8, 11-9, 9-11, 11-4
[2] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt
[Q] Ivan Flores (ESP) 6-11, 11-4, 11-5, 11-9
Quarter-finals:
[1] Leandro Romiglio (ARG)
bt [6] Alejandro Garbi Caro (ESP) 7-11, 11-9, 12-10, 11-9
[Q] Oriol Salvia (ESP) bt
Florent Pontiere (FRA) 11-2, 11-3, 11-3
[5] Matias Tuomi (FIN) bt
[3] Lukas Jelinek (CZE) 11-8, 11-6, 11-1
[2] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt
[Q] Ben Coleman (ENG) 11-8, 11-5, 11-9
Semi-finals:
[Q] Oriol Salvia (ESP) bt
[1] Leandro Romiglio (ARG) 11-8, 8-11, 11-4, 11-4
[2] Lewis Walters (ENG) bt
[5] Matias Tuomi (FIN) 11-2, 15-13, 11-9
Final:
[Q] Oriol Salvia (ESP) bt
[2] Lewis Walters (ENG) 11-4, 11-9, 11-5
Sensational Salvia Scores Surprise
Spanish Success
Spanish qualifier Oriol
Salvia eliminated all opposition in his path in the Esportiu Rocafort
Open to win the $4,000 PSA World Tour squash title in its 11th
successive year at Club Esportiu Rocafort in the Spanish city of
Barcelona.
The unranked 34-year-old
from Barcelona first defeated fourth seed Stefan Brauneis, then ousted
Frenchman Florent Pontiere before upsetting Leandro Romiglio, the
top seed from Argentina, in the semi-finals.
Salvia, winner of the title
in 2008 and now in his third final in a row, faced Lewis Walters, the
second seed from England.
But the local hero was too
strong for the 21-year-old from Nottingham – winning 11-4, 11-9, 11-5 to claim
the second Tour title of his life.
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