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RESULTS: Mega Italia Squash Open, Brescia, Italy
Quarter-finals:
[5] Borja Golan (ESP) bt [1] Tommy Berden (NED) 5-15, 15-13, 15-14, 15-9
Hisham Ashour (EGY) bt [8] Ben Garner (ENG) 10-15, 17-15, 11-15, 15-12, 15-11
[4] Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) bt [Q] Laurens Anjema (NED) 15-8, 15-12, 17-15
[2] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) bt [7] Mika Monto (FIN) 15-8, 15-10, 17-14
Semi-finals:
[5] Borja Golan (ESP) bt Hisham Ashour (EGY) 15-13, 15-12, 15-8
[2] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) bt [4] Jean-Michel Arcucci (FRA) 15-6, 15-12,
15-12
Golan & Bianchetti Back in Brescia Final
History will repeat itself when Spaniard Borja Golan and local hero Davide
Bianchetti meet in the final of the Mega Italia Squash Open in Brescia,
Italy, for the second year in a row.
Bianchetti, the five-times Italian national champion who hails from Brescia,
was seeded to reach the final, but fifth-seeded Golan did so after pulling
off the biggest upset in the quarter-finals where he triumphed 5-15 15-13
15-14 15-9 over top-seeded Dutchman Tommy Berden.
Golan, who claimed his maiden PSA Tour title in Brescia twelve months ago as
a qualifier, eased into the final of this year's $10,000 event with a 15-13
15-12 15-8 victory over unseeded Egyptian Hisham Ashour, a shock five-game
victor over England's eighth seed Ben Garner.
Second-seeded Bianchetti cruised into his third successive Mega Italia Open
final with a 15-6 15-12 15-12 win over France's fourth seed Jean-Michel
Arcucci - his third consecutive straight games victory in the event.
While the Italian is seeking his first PSA Tour event success since July
1998, three-times Tour title winner Golan will be hoping to maintain his
impressive record of never having been beaten in a PSA final.