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RESULTS: Mega Italia Squash Open, Brescia, Italy

Quarter-finals:
[1] Scott Handley (ENG) bt [7] Andrea Bianchetti (ITA) 11-6, 11-5, 11-6 (32m)
[Q] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt Peter Billson (ENG) 11-1, 11-9, 7-11, 11-9 (49m)
Mohamed Ismail (EGY) bt Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) 7-11, 11-2, 10-11 (1-3), 11-0, 11-4 (54m)
[2] Andrew Whipp (ENG) bt [5] David Barnett (ENG) 7-11, 11-5, 11-9, 11-10 (3-1) (44m)

Italians Beaten In Brescia

Domestic interest in the Mega Italia Squash Open was extinguished in the quarter-finals when the event's two remaining Italians failed to make it through to the last four in Brescia.

After a tie-break in the third game of his quarter-final, however, unseeded Luca Mastrostefano took a 2/1 lead against Egypt's Mohamed Ismail.  In the fourth game, the Italian immediately lost the serve, and then the next ten points as Ismail levelled the match before cruising to a 7-11 11-2 10-11 11-0 11-4 victory and a place in the semi-finals.

Brescia-based seventh seed Andrea Bianchetti was no match for England's top seed Scott Handley, who needed only 32 minutes to carve out an 11-6 11-5 11-6 win.

Handley now meets English qualifier Daryl Selby, who beat unseeded compatriot Peter Billson 11-1 11-9 7-11 11-9.