Galifi Takes Turin Title
1st round:
[1] Jens Schoor (GER) bt Mark Rogers (RSA) 9-11, 11-2, 11-7, 9-11, 12-10 (70m)
Andrea Torricini (ITA) bt [7] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 11-8, 11-9, 13-15, 9-11, 11-8 (65m)
[4] Yann Perrin (FRA) bt [Q] Olivier Pett (ENG) 11-8, 13-11, 11-9 (59m)
[6] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) bt Gianvito Allegretti (ITA) 11-9, 11-3, 11-7 (42m)
[8] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) bt Gary Wheadon (RSA) 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 8-11, 11-8 (71m)
[Q] Joan Lezaud (FRA) bt [3] Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) 5-11, 12-10, 11-7, 11-8 (35m)
[5] Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [Q] Nicolas Mueller (SUI) 11-7, 7-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-9 (62m)
[2] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [Q] Peter Creed (WAL) 11-3, 8-11, 11-6, 11-5 (44m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Jens Schoor (GER) bt Andrea Torricini (ITA) 11-7, 5-11, 4-11, 11-7, 11-4 (50m)
[4] Yann Perrin (FRA) bt [6] Clinton Leeuw (RSA) 11-6, 11-6, 13-11 (55m)
[8] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) bt [Q] Joan Lezaud (FRA) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6 (46m)
[5] Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [2] Gregoire Marche (FRA) 11-3, 15-13, 13-11 (52m)
Semi-finals:
[4] Yann Perrin (FRA) bt [1] Jens Schoor (GER) 11-8, 11-9, 11-7 (50m)
[5] Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [8] Jaymie Haycocks (ENG) 11-1, 11-4, 11-6 (40m)
Final:
[5] Stephane Galifi (FRA) bt [4] Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-1, 11-4, 11-7 (44m)
Stephane Galifi stormed to his third title in five events since returning to the PSA Tour after a three-year absence when he beat fellow Frenchman Yann Perrin in the final of the Turin Squash Open at the Squash City Club in the Italian city of Turin.
Seeded five, the 30-year-old from Aix-en-Provence made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals of the $6,000 Super Satellite event when he defeated second-seeded compatriot Gregoire Marche 11-3, 15-13, 13-11.
Perrin, the fourth seed, secured the place in his second Tour final after upsetting top seed Jens Schoor, from Germany, in the semis.
But Galifi was too strong for the Marseille 23-year-old in the final, winning 11-1, 11-4, 11-7 in 44 minutes to net the sixth PSA title of his career.