RESULTS: Santiago Open, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
1st round:
[1] Nouran El Torky (EGY) bye
[7] Carrie Ramsey (ENG) bt Chloe Mesic (FRA) 11-4, 11-6, 11-4 (21m)
[4] Olga Ertlova (CZE) bt Tesni Evans (WAL) 11-6, 7-11, 7-11, 11-8, 11-9 (45m)
Sally Skaarenborg (DEN) bt [5] Josefa Bertilsson (SWE) 11-4, 11-5, 11-4 (14m)
Celia Allamargot (FRA) bt [6] Anna-Carin Forstadius (SWE) 11-9, 13-11, 11-7 (32m)
[3] Laura Pomportes (FRA) bye
[8] Deon Saffery (WAL) bt Sara El Noamany (EGY) 11-7, 12-10, 11-6 (22m)
[2] Linda Hruzikova (SVK) bye
Quarter-finals:
[1] Nouran El Torky (EGY) bt [7] Carrie Ramsey (ENG) 9-11, 11-6, 11-7, 11-8 (29m)
[4] Olga Ertlova (CZE) bt Sally Skaarenborg (DEN) 11-9, 3-11, 11-5, 3-11, 11-1 (31m)
[3] Laura Pomportes (FRA) bt Celia Allamargot (FRA) 12-10, 6-11, 11-2, 11-6 (28m)
[8] Deon Saffery (WAL) bt [2] Linda Hruzikova (SVK) 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-3 (23m)
Semi-finals:
[4] Olga Ertlova (CZE) bt [1] Nouran El Torky (EGY) 3-11, 11-5, 12-10, 4-11, 11-9 (45m)
[8] Deon Saffery (WAL) bt [3] Laura Pomportes (FRA) 11-5, 11-4, 7-11, 11-7 (23m)
Final:
[4] Olga Ertlova (CZE) bt [8] Deon Saffery (WAL) 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 9-11, 11-9 (47m)
Czech squash star Olga Ertlova earned her maiden WISPA World Tour title in style at the $6,800 Women's Santiago Open at the Central Area Shopping Center in the Spanish city of Santiago de Compostela.
The 24-year-old from Prague made her breakthrough in the semi-finals, beating Egypt's event favourite Nouran El Torky in five hard-fought games to reach her first final on the Tour.
And her opponent had an equally impressive route to the climax. Eighth seed Deon Saffery defeated second-seeded Slovakian Linda Hruzikova in the quarter-finals, then toppled France's Laura Pomportes, the third seed, to reach her second successive Tour final in a row.
Fourth seed Ertlova took the opening two games in the final, but her Welsh opponent fought back to draw level.
And after a close decider, it was Ertlova who emerged triumphant, beating Saffery 11-9, 11-8, 7-11, 9-11, 11-9 in 47 minutes become the newest winner of a WISPA Tour title.