RESULTS: Turin Squash Open, Turin, Italy
1st round:
[Q] Adel El Zarka (EGY) bt [1] Jan Koukal (CZE) 11-4, 16-14, 6-11, 7-11, 11-9 (50m)
[Q] Jose Facchini (ITA) bt [6] Colin Ramasra (TRI) 11-1, 11-2, 11-4 (20m)
[4] Joan Lezaud (FRA) bt [Q] Michelangelo Bertocchi (ITA) 15-13, 12-10, 11-5 (35m)
[7] Neil Cordell (ENG) bt Alexei Severinov (RUS) 11-7, 11-7, 11-4 (30m)
Rory Pennell (ENG) bt [8] Philip Nightingale (ENG) 12-10, 11-8, 9-11, 11-9 (46m)
[3] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) bt Andrea Torricini (ITA) 11-9, 8-11, 11-4, 11-4 (50m)
[5] Andre Haschker (GER) bt [Q] Adam Murrills (ENG) 11-4, 15-13, 11-8 (50m)
[2] Steve Finitsis (AUS) bt Andrea Bianchetti (ITA) 11-4, 11-2, 11-7 (25m)
Quarter-finals:
[Q] Jose Facchini (ITA) bt [Q] Adel El Zarka (EGY) 6-11, 11-6, 11-4, 7-11, 11-5 (48m)
[4] Joan Lezaud (FRA) bt [7] Neil Cordell (ENG) 11-6, 15-13, 11-9 (56m)
[3] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) bt Rory Pennell (ENG) 11-3, 11-5, 11-6 (36m)
[2] Steve Finitsis (AUS) bt [5] Andre Haschker (GER) 12-10, 7-11, 11-4, 11-6 (62m)
Semi-finals:
[Q] Jose Facchini (ITA) bt [4] Joan Lezaud (FRA) 11-4, 11-9, 11-8 (38m)
[2] Steve Finitsis (AUS) bt [3] Arthur Gaskin (IRL) 11-7, 14-12, 7-11, 11-4 (47m)
Final:
[2] Steve Finitsis (AUS) bt [Q] Jose Facchini (ITA) 11-7, 11-5, 11-0 (25m)
Australia's Steve Finitsis disappointed local hopes in the final of the Turin Open when he ended Italian qualifier Jose Facchini's dream run in the $6,000 PSA World Tour squash event at Squash City Club in Turin to win the sixth Tour title of his career.
Facchini, a 37-year-old from Lucca competing in only his second Tour event of the year, made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals, where he beat fellow qualifier Adel El Zarka, an Egyptian who had ousted top-seeded Czech Jan Koukal in the opening round.
But second seed Finitsis, the Netherlands-based world No70 from Queensland, was too strong for the local hero in the final, winning 11-7, 11-5, 11-0 in 25 minutes to win the sixth PSA title of all-time, but his first this year.