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Austrian Open Squash Championship,
Salzburg, Austria
1st
round:
[1] Ben Ford (ENG) bt [Q]
Rudi Rohrmuller (GER) 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 12-10 (70m)
[6] Klemen Gutman (SLO) bt
[Q] Petr Martin (CZE) 2-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-8
[3] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt
[Q] Adam Fuller (ENG) 11-9, 11-9, 11-5 (39m)
Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) bt
[5] Andrea Bianchetti (ITA) 11-7, 11-8, 11-4
[7] Andrea Torricini (ITA)
bt Marcus Greslehner (AUT) 11-4, 13-11, 11-6
[4] Rory Pennell (ENG) bt
Stefan Brauneis (AUT) 11-2, 11-7, 11-6
[8] Raphael Kandra (GER) bt
[Q] Martin Mosnik (SLO) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 (39m)
[2] James Snell (ENG) bt
Jakob Dirnberger (AUT) 6-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-4
Quarter-finals:
[1] Ben Ford (ENG) bt [6]
Klemen Gutman (SLO) 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-5
Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) bt
[3] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 11-8, 14-12, 11-8 (59m)
[7] Andrea Torricini (ITA)
bt [4] Rory Pennell (ENG) 11-5, 11-6, 11-0 (23m)
[8] Raphael Kandra (GER) bt
[2] James Snell (ENG) 12-10, 11-5, 11-13, 11-9 (75m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Ben Ford (ENG) bt Luca
Mastrostefano (ITA) 11-8, 3-11, 11-8, 13-11 (48m)
[7] Andrea Torricini (ITA)
bt [8] Raphael Kandra (GER) 11-2, 11-3, 10-12, 11-3 (51m)
Final:
[1] Ben Ford (ENG) bt [7]
Andrea Torricini (ITA) 11-9, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6 (54m)
Ford Finds PSA Success In Salzburg
Veteran English campaigner
Ben Ford reaped maximum benefit from his visit to the Austrian city of
Salzburg when he beat Italian Andrea Torricini in today's (Sunday)
final of the Austrian Open to win the $3,750 PSA World Tour Satellite
squash title at the Squash & Tennis Centre Gneis.
Ford - at 34, the oldest
player in the draw - reached the final after beating unseeded Italian Luca
Mastrostefano in the semi-finals.
His opponent Andrea
Torricini also survived a four-game semi-final – overcoming Germany's Raphael
Kandra, the No8 seed who had earlier upset England's second seed James
Snell.
But Ford, the event
favourite from Welling in Kent, was too strong for seventh seed Torricini,
winning 11-9, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6 in 54 minutes to claim the fourth PSA Tour title
of his career.
Ford, who competes on the
Tour alongside his coaching commitments in South London, dedicated his
tournament win to his late father-in-law who passed away six weeks ago.
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