Rosner Rallies On In Toulouse

Sixth seed Simon Rosner claimed his second upset in 24 hours in the Movida International Toulouse Open when he dismissed Chris Ryder, the third seed, in straight games to reach the final of the $15,000 PSA Tour squash event in its second year at Movida Castanet in Toulouse, France.

It was after beating second seed Davide Bianchetti in the quarter-finals that the 21-year-old German number one faced Englishman Ryder, ranked 36 in the world.

After surviving a close first game, Rosner went on to beat Ryder 14-12, 11-7, 11-9 in 45 minutes to reach the fifth Tour final of his career, and his second in two months.

The former European Junior champion from Paderborn now meets top seed Laurens Jan Anjema, the 26-year-old world No18 from the Netherlands playing his first Tour event since recovering from an ankle injury in March.

Anjema ended the impressive run of Mathieu Castagnet, beating the unseeded Frenchman 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 in 58 minutes.

The win takes the four-time Dutch national champion from The Hague into the 20th PSA Tour final of his career.

Semi-finals:
[1] Laurens Jan Anjema (NED) bt Mathieu Castagnet (FRA) 11-8, 11-5, 11-6 (58m)
[6] Simon Rosner (GER) bt [3] Chris Ryder (ENG) 14-12, 11-7, 11-9 (45m)