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RESULTS: Esportiu Rocafort International Squash Open, Barcelona, Spain

1st round:
[1] Bradley Ball (ENG) bt Shahid Khan (ENG) 15-9, 15-12, 15-3
Sam Miller (ENG) bt [7] Beau River (USA) 15-11, 15-7, 15-6
[3] Andrew Whipp (ENG) bt [Q] David Barnett (ENG) 15-9, 15-11, 15-8
[6] Ashley Flathers (ENG) bt Alex Garbi (ESP) 15-9, 15-9, 15-11
[5] Jesse Engelbrecht (ZIM) bt [Q] Mohamed Ismail (EGY) 12-15, 15-5, 15-7, 15-6
[4] Laurent Elriani (FRA) bt [Q] Andrea Bianchetti (ITA) 15-6, 15-9, 15-8
[8] Oriol Salvia (ESP) bt Iago Cornes (ESP) 15-13, 15-5, 15-8
[2] Scott Handley (ENG) bt [Q] Julien Balbo (FRA) 12-15, 15-12, 15-12, 8-15, 15-10
Quarter-finals:
[1] Bradley Ball (ENG) bt Sam Miller (ENG) 15-11, 15-10, 15-10
[3] Andrew Whipp (ENG) bt [6] Ashley Flathers (ENG) 15-6, 15-8, 15-11
[4] Laurent Elriani (FRA) bt [5] Jesse Engelbrecht (ZIM) 15-8, 15-11, 15-10
[2] Scott Handley (ENG) bt [8] Oriol Salvia (ESP) 15-5, 15-12, 15-11
Semi-finals:
[1] Bradley Ball (ENG) bt [3] Andrew Whipp (ENG) 15-11, 15-6, 12-15, 15-8
[2] Scott Handley (ENG) bt [4] Laurent Elriani (FRA) 11-15, 15-9, 15-8, 15-8
Final:
[1] Bradley Ball (ENG) bt [2] Scott Handley (ENG) 15-11, 15-11, 15-11

Ball Bags Barcelona Booty

England's Bradley Ball beat compatriot Scott Handley in the final of the Esportiu Rocafort International Squash Open to win the title for the second time in three years in the Spanish city of Barcelona.

The 27-year-old from Ipswich in Suffolk was facing his fourth successive fellow countryman when he triumphed 15-11 15-11 15-11 over Oxfordshire-based Handley to claim his seventh title on the PSA Tour.