RESULTS:    Austrian Open Squash Championship, Salzburg, Austria

1st round:
[1] Ben Ford (ENG) bt [Q] Rudi Rohrmuller (GER) 8-11, 11-7, 11-8, 12-10 (70m)
[6] Klemen Gutman (SLO) bt [Q] Petr Martin (CZE) 2-11, 11-7, 12-10, 11-8
[3] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) bt [Q] Adam Fuller (ENG) 11-9, 11-9, 11-5 (39m)
Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) bt [5] Andrea Bianchetti (ITA) 11-7, 11-8, 11-4
[7] Andrea Torricini (ITA) bt Marcus Greslehner (AUT) 11-4, 13-11, 11-6
[4] Rory Pennell (ENG) bt Stefan Brauneis (AUT) 11-2, 11-7, 11-6
[8] Raphael Kandra (GER) bt [Q] Martin Mosnik (SLO) 11-6, 11-9, 11-7 (39m)
[2] James Snell (ENG) bt Jakob Dirnberger (AUT) 6-11, 6-11, 11-4, 11-6, 11-4

Quarter-finals:
[1] Ben Ford (ENG) bt [6] Klemen Gutman (SLO) 11-7, 9-11, 11-5, 11-5
Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) bt [3] Aqeel Rehman (AUT) 11-8, 14-12, 11-8 (59m)
[7] Andrea Torricini (ITA) bt [4] Rory Pennell (ENG) 11-5, 11-6, 11-0 (23m)
[8] Raphael Kandra (GER) bt [2] James Snell (ENG) 12-10, 11-5, 11-13, 11-9 (75m)

Semi-finals:
[1] Ben Ford (ENG) bt Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) 11-8, 3-11, 11-8, 13-11 (48m)
[7] Andrea Torricini (ITA) bt [8] Raphael Kandra (GER) 11-2, 11-3, 10-12, 11-3 (51m)

Final:
[1] Ben Ford (ENG) bt [7] Andrea Torricini (ITA) 11-9, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6 (54m)


Veteran English campaigner Ben Ford reaped maximum benefit from his visit to the Austrian city of Salzburg when he beat Italian Andrea Torricini in today's (Sunday) final of the Austrian Open to win the $3,750 PSA World Tour Satellite squash title at the Squash & Tennis Centre Gneis.

Ford - at 34, the oldest player in the draw - reached the final after beating unseeded Italian Luca Mastrostefano in the semi-finals.  

His opponent Andrea Torricini also survived a four-game semi-final – overcoming Germany's Raphael Kandra, the No8 seed who had earlier upset England's second seed James Snell.

But Ford, the event favourite from Welling in Kent, was too strong for seventh seed Torricini, winning 11-9, 11-5, 7-11, 11-6 in 54 minutes to claim the fourth PSA Tour title of his career.

Ford, who competes on the Tour alongside his coaching commitments in South London, dedicated his tournament win to his late father-in-law who passed away six weeks ago.

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