RESULTS: McWil Courtwall Women's Austrian Open Squash Championship, Vienna, Austria
1st round:
[1] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Sandra Polak (AUT) 11-4, 11-1, 11-5
Sina Wall (GER) bt [5] Lotte Eriksen (NOR) 11-4, 11-9, 5-11, 6-11, 11-6
[3] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt Veronika Koukalova (CZE) 11-1, 11-7, 11-6
[7] Linda Hruzikova (SVK) bye
[8] Josefa Bertilsson (SWE) bye
[4] Lucie Fialova (CZE) bt Muqaddas Ashraf (PAK) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7
[6] Birgit Coufal (AUT) bt Saara Valtola (FIN) 11-5, 11-4, 11-5
Carrie Ramsey (ENG) bt [2] Deon Saffery (WAL) 11-9, 11-9, 5-11, 8-11, 11-6
Quarter-finals:
[1] Dipika Pallikal (IND) bt Sina Wall (GER) 12-10, 11-4, 12-10
[3] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [7] Linda Hruzikova (SVK) 11-6, 11-9, 11-3
[4] Lucie Fialova (CZE) bt [8] Josefa Bertilsson (SWE) 14-12, 11-8, 11-6
[6] Birgit Coufal (AUT) bt Carrie Ramsey (ENG) 12-10, 11-7, 8-11, 12-10
Semi-finals:
[3] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [1] Dipika Pallikal (IND) 19-21, 11-6, 11-6, 11-13, 11-6
[4] Lucie Fialova (CZE) bt [6] Birgit Coufal (AUT) 15-13, 12-10, 11-8
Final:
[3] Victoria Lust (ENG) bt [4] Lucie Fialova (CZE) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7 (22m)
England's third seed Victoria Lust became the surprise winner of the McWil Courtwall Women's Austrian Open after beating Czech opponent Lucie Fialova in the final of the $4,000 WISPA World Tour squash event at C19 Sportanlagen in Vienna.
The 26-year-old world No52 from Cheltenham made her breakthrough in the semi-finals where she toppled top seed Dipika Pallikal, the world No46 from India, 19-21, 11-6, 11-6, 11-13, 11-6.
On a high after dismissing the favourite, Lust took just 22 minutes to overcome 21-year-old Fialova, from Prague, 11-6, 11-5, 11-7 to earn the maiden Tour title of her career in her sixth final appearance in the past 12 months.