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RESULTS: Mega Italia Squash Open, Brescia, Italy

Semi-finals:
[1] Scott Handley (ENG) bt [Q] Daryl Selby (ENG) 10-11 (0-2), 11-6, 11-2, 11-6 (48m)
[2] Andrew Whipp (ENG) bt Mohamed Ismail (EGY) 8-11, 11-7, 11-9, 11-1 (41m)

Handley & Whipp Make Mega Final

Top seeds Scott Handley and Andrew Whipp both overcame first game deficits to win their semi-finals of the Mega Italia Squash Open in four games and set up an all-English final in Brescia.

Favourite Handley, 29, from Wallingford in Oxfordshire, was taken to a first game tie-break by fellow Englishman Daryl Selby, a qualifier from Essex, but went on to win 10-11 11-6 11-2 11-6 in 48 minutes.  It will be his ninth PSA Tour final appearance.

Andrew Whipp, the 23-year-old second seed from Stockport in Cheshire, ended unseeded Mohamed Ismail's run when he beat the Egyptian 8-11 11-7 11-9 11-1 in 41 minutes to claim his fifth place in a PSA final.