RESULTS: PSA Super Satellite Squash de Sannois, Sannois, France
1st round:
[1] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt Lucas Serme (FRA) 11-5, 11-7, 11-5 (32m)
[7] Andrew McDougall (CAN) bt [Q] Philip Nightingale (ENG) 5-11, 11-8, 12-10, 11-6 (66m)
[Q] Joel Hinds (ENG) bt [3] Dick Lau (HKG) 11-9, 11-8, 11-8 (45m)
[5] Steve Finitsis (AUS) bt [Q] Matias Tuomi (FIN) 11-8, 11-2, 8-11, 11-5 (38m)
[6] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt Joan Lezaud (FRA) 12-10, 11-2, 11-4 (39m)
[4] Max Lee (HKG) bt Stuart Crawford (SCO) 11-3, 11-6, 11-8 (40m)
[Q] Bart Ravelli (NED) bt [8] Johan Bouquet (FRA) 8-11, 11-5, 7-11, 11-1, 11-8 (76m)
Chris Truswell (ENG) bt [2] Yann Perrin (FRA) 11-5, 5-11, 11-9, 11-8 (48m)
Quarter-finals:
[1] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt [7] Andrew McDougall (CAN) 11-4, 11-13, 11-5, 11-1 (60m)
[5] Steve Finitsis (AUS) bt [Q] Joel Hinds (ENG) 11-5, 11-6, 9-11, 11-7 (52m)
[6] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [4] Max Lee (HKG) 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-6 (63m)
Chris Truswell (ENG) bt [Q] Bart Ravelli (NED) 11-8, 11-4, 12-10 (45m)
Semi-finals:
[1] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt [5] Steve Finitsis (AUS) 11-8, 11-4, 11-6 (43m)
[6] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt Chris Truswell (ENG) 11-4, 11-7, 11-4 (33m)
Final:
[1] Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) bt [6] Gregoire Marche (FRA) 11-3, 12-10, 5-11, 3-11, 11-6 (77m)
After finishing as runner-up in PSA World Tour squash events each year for the past three years, Mathieu Castagnet finally clinched his maiden Tour title - on home soil - at the $6,000 PSA Super Satellite de Sannois at OS Sannois in Sannois, near the French capital Paris.
The 22-year-old world No66 from Le Mans reached in the final after beating Australia's No5 seed Steve Finitsis in straight games in the semi-finals.
And the top seed's opponent in the final was fellow Frenchman Gregoire Marche, the sixth seed who defeated England's unseeded Chris Truswell in the other semi.
Castagnet opened up a two-game lead in the final, but 19-year-old Marche - a former European Junior champion - fought back to draw level.
However, Castagnet recovered his composure to retake the lead, finally winning 11-3, 12-10, 5-11, 3-11, 11-6 after 77 minutes to make his long-awaited Tour title breakthrough.