Balazs also got the better of India’s No.5 seed Abhishek Agarwal in straight games to make it through to the final, where he then defeated Welshman Elliott Morris Devred in a 49-minute contest.
The World No.91 had to battle in the final against England’s Ben Smith, with the tournament’s No.7 seed fighting back from a game down twice to send the contest into a deciding game. However, Balazs was able to claim the title, as he won the fifth 11-6, to add to his win at the SquashBerek Open back in March.
Results: Romanian Open
Final
[1] Farkas Balazs (HUN) bt [7] Ben Smith (ENG) 3-2: 11-5, 8-11, 11-9, 5-11, 11-6 (54m)
Semi-Finals
[1] Farkas Balazs (HUN) bt [3] Elliott Morris Devred (WAL) 3-1: 11-8, 8-11, 11-5, 11-8 (49m)
[7] Ben Smith (ENG) bt [2] Robin Gadola (SUI) 3-0: 12-10, 11-3, 11-9 (41m)
Quarter Finals
[1] Farkas Balazs (HUN) bt [5] Abhishek Agarwal (IND) 3-0: 11-7, 11-7, 11-5 (34m)
[3] Elliott Morris Devred (WAL) bt [8] Daniel Poleshchuk (ISR) 3-2: 5-11, 6-11, 11-2, 11-7, 11-8 (48m)
[7] Ben Smith (ENG) bt [4] Abhishek Pradhan (IND) 3-1: 8-11, 13-11, 11-6, 11-8 (36m)
[2] Robin Gadola (SUI) bt [6] Aadit Zaveri (IND) 3-1: 11-13, 11-3, 11-9, 11-2 (38m)
Round One
[1] Farkas Balazs (HUN) bt Dumitru Golan (ROM) 3-0: 11-2, 11-2, 11-3 (18m)
[5] Abhishek Agarwal (IND) bt Marc Lopez (ESP) 3-0: 11-0, 11-8, 11-3 (10m)
[8] Daniel Poleshchuk (ISR) bt Radu Pena (ROM) 3-0: 11-1, 11-3, 11-3 (18m)
[3] Elliott Morris Devred (WAL) bt Bogdan Vasile (ROM) 3-0: 11-3, 11-2, 11-4 (25m)
[4] Abhishek Pradhan (IND) bt Makar Esin (RUS) 3-0: 11-4, 11-6, 11-3 (21m)
[7] Ben Smith (ENG) bt Richard Dragomir (ROM) 3-0: 11-2, 11-3, 11-1 (19m)
[6] Aadit Zaveri (IND) bt Lennard Hinrichs (GER) 3-0: 11-3, 11-6, 11-4 (18m)
[2] Robin Gadola (SUI) bt Laszlo Godde (FRA) 3-0; 11-6, 11-6, 11-9 (26m)
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