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RESULTS: German Open Squash Championships, Gerlingen, Germany

Qualifying finals:
Duncan Walsh (ENG) bt Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) 13-15, 15-10, 15-10, 15-12 (62m)
Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) bt Manuel Fistonic (GER) 15-5, 17-16, 15-10 (48m)
Andre Holderegger (SUI) bt Johann Seestaller (GER) 15-11, 15-13, 11-15, 15-9 (88m)
Simon Baker (GER) bt Amr Mansi (EGY) 17-15, 15-10, 11-15, 15-11 (100m)
Jesse Engelbrecht (ZIM) bt Patrick Gaessler (GER) 15-2, 15-2, 15-10 (37m)
Michael Fiteni (NED) bt Andrea Bianchetti (ITA) 15-6, 15-12, 15-4 (70m)
Simon Rösner (GER) bt Oliver Post (GER) 15-2, 15-9, 15-7 (25m)
Mark Krajcsak (HUN) bt Nico Limmeroth (GER) 15-7, 15-4, 15-8 (29m)

Simons Score In German Open Qualifiers

Simon Rösner and Simon Baker fought through the final qualifying round of the German Open Squash Championships in Gerlingen to triple the local interest in the $20,000 event which makes a welcome return to the PSA Tour for the first time since 1992.

Baker battled for 100 minutes to overcome higher-ranked Egyptian Amr Mansi 17-15 15-10 11-15 15-11 and is rewarded with a place in the first round against another Egyptian - top seed Omar Elborolossy.

Rösner had a more straightforward encounter against Oliver Post, beating his fellow countryman 15-2 15-9 15-7 in 25 minutes to earn a first round clash with England's eighth seed Mark Heather.

Domestic hopes will be led by German National champion Stefan Leifels who meets Canada's 14th seed Matthew Giuffre.

1st round draw:
[1] Omar Elborolossy (EGY) v [Q] Simon Baker (GER)
[14] Matthew Giuffre (CAN) v Stefan Leifels (GER)
[6] Hisham Moh'd Ashour (EGY) v [Q] Mark Krajcsak (HUN)
[11] Bradley Ball (ENG) v Dylan Bennett (NED)
[3] Davide Bianchetti (ITA) v [Q] Duncan Walsh (ENG)
[15] Majid Khan (PAK) v Laurent Elriani (FRA)
[7] Lee Drew (ENG) v Khayal Muhammad (PAK)
[16] Scott Handley (ENG) v Christian Drakenberg (SWE)
[10] Alister Walker (ENG) v [Q] Andre Holderegger (SUI)
[9] Lars Harms (SUI) v Stacey Ross (ENG)
[12] Glenn Keenan (AUS) v Derek Ryan (IRL)
[4] Moh'd Azlan Iskandar (MAS) v [Q] Luca Mastrostefano (ITA)
Saeed Hassan (PAK) v [Q] Jesse Engelbrecht (ZIM)
[8] Mark Heather (ENG) v [Q] Simon Rösner (GER)
[13] Liam Kenny (IRL) v Raj Nanda (AUS)
[2] Adrian Grant (ENG) v [Q] Michael Fiteni (NED)