Marche Marches To Barcelona Success

Top-seeded Frenchman Gregoire Marche celebrated his third successive success in a PSA Tour final when he won the Esportiu Rocafort Open in Spain.

But the 18-year-old from Aix-en-Provence had to overcome unexpected opponent Oriol Salvia, a local qualifier, before winning the $4,000 Tour title at Club Esportiu Rocafort in Barcelona.

Salvia had despatched the seventh and fourth seeds before beating second seed Joan Lezaud in the semi-finals.

But teenager Marche, the reigning European Junior champion, beat the 33-year-old from Barcelona 11-4, 12-10, 11-9 to maintain his 100% record in Tour finals.

Final:
[1] Gregoire Marche (FRA) bt [Q] Oriol Salvia (ESP) 11-4, 12-10, 11-9