Rory Stewart, Iván Pérez, Yuri Farneti & Elliott Morris Devred compete at PSA Open International Niort Venise Verte
November 07 2022
Rory Stewart was denied a place in the semi-finals of the PSA Open International Niort Venise Verte by top seed Baptiste Masotti of France who overcame the 6th seed 11-9 11-3 11-4 at the Squash du Marais in Niort.
PSA Open International Niort Venise Verte, Quarter-Finals:
[1] Baptiste Masotti (FRA) bt [6] Rory Stewart (SCO) 11-9 11-3 11-4 (31m)
Rory Stewart of Scotland was forced to battle hard before progressing to the quarter-finals of the PSA Open International Niort Venise Verte in France with an increasingly tense 89-minute 7-11 11-7 11-13 11-9 13-11 victory over Tom Walsh of England.
Fellow #teamunsquashable players Iván Pérez & Yuri Farneti both missed-out on the opportunity to join Rory in the quarter-finals by the narrowest of margins. Italian No.1 Yuri Farneti took the opening two games of his 2nd round match against 2nd seed Auguste Dussourd before the inform Frenchman, who last week claimed the PSA Lagord Open, closed-out a 69-minute 11-13 4-11 11-5 11-9 11-3 win.
Spain’s Iván Pérez also played a fine match before going down to Ben Smith of England 11-5 10-12 11-5 11-9 in 63 minutes.
Rory Stewart will face top seed Baptiste Masotti of France in today’s quarter-finals at the Squash du Marais in Niort.
PSA Open International Niort Venise Verte, 2nd Round:
[6] Rory Stewart (SCO) bt Tom Walsh (ENG) 7-11 11-7 11-13 11-9 13-11 (89m)
[9/16] Ben Smith (ENG) bt [8] Ivan Perez (ESP) 11-5 10-12 11-5 11-9 (63m)
[2] Auguste Dussourd (FRA) bt Yuri Farneti (ITA) 11-13 4-11 11-5 11-9 11-3 (69m)
Rory Stewart of Scotland was forced to battle hard before progressing to the quarter-finals of the PSA Open International Niort Venise Verte in France with an increasingly tense 89-minute 7-11 11-7 11-13 11-9 13-11 victory over Tom Walsh of England.
Fellow #teamunsquashable players Iván Pérez & Yuri Farneti both missed-out on the opportunity to join Rory in the quarter-finals by the narrowest of margins. Italian No.1 Yuri Farneti took the opening two games of his 2nd round match against 2nd seed Auguste Dussourd before the inform Frenchman, who last week claimed the PSA Lagord Open, closed-out a 69-minute 11-13 4-11 11-5 11-9 11-3 win.
Spain’s Iván Pérez also played a fine match before going down to Ben Smith of England 11-5 10-12 11-5 11-9 in 63 minutes.
In tomorrow’s quarter-finals at the Squash du Marais in Niort, Rory Stewart will face top seed Baptiste Masotti of France.
PSA Open International Niort Venise Verte, 1st Round:
[6] Rory Stewart (SCO) bye
[8] Ivan Perez (ESP) bye
[9/16] Viktor Byrtus (CZE) bt Elliott Morris Devred (WAL) 7-11 11-9 11-7 11-7 (44m)
Yuri Farneti (ITA) bt [9/16] Robert Downer (ENG) 4-11 11-6 11-9 4-11 11-4 (66m)
Italian No.1 Yuri Farneti defeated Robert Downer 4-11 11-6 11-9 4-11 11-4 to progress to the 2nd round of the PSA Open International Niort Venise Verte being staged at Squash du Marais in Niort, France.
The 7-time Italian Champion fought hard to secure a memorable 66-minuite victory over the higher seeded Englishman who he defeated last month in the final of the PSA Haaksbergen Open in the Netherlands to claim his 17th PSA title.
Yuri Farneti will play 2nd seed Auguste Dussourd in the 2nd round, a repeat of their match at last week’s PSA Lagord Open, where he will join fellow #teamunsquashable players Rory Stewart & Iván Pérez.
Rory Stewart of Scotland, winner of the recent PSA Bordeaux Gradignan Open & runner-up at the PSA Lagord Open, will play Tom Walsh whilst Iván Pérez will face Ben Smith.
UNSQUASHABLE player Elliott Morris Devred was denied a place in the 2nd round by Viktor Byrtus of the Czech Republic who overcame the Welshman 7-11 11-9 11-7 11-7 in 44 minutes.
The Professional Squash Association (PSA) Open International Niort Venise Verte staged at Squash du Marais in Niort, France from the 7th to 11th November featured UNSQUASHABLE players Rory Stewart, Iván Pérez, Yuri Farneti & Elliott Morris Devred.