Extraordinary next to the last day of the XIII Roberto Trombini Challenge Trophy at Marina di Ravenna.

Close but clean victories in the quarter finals: Australian James Spithill 3-0 against Simon Minoprio, Philippe Presti (France) 3-0 against world ranking N. 1 Ian Williams, the other Frenchman Damien Iehl in a derby with Bertrand Pacé wins 3-0 and a hard fought victory for Paolo Cian against his Shosholoza team mate South African Ian Ainslie 3-1.

The best part of the day was the start of the semi finals; hard fought matches. Luna Rossa derby between Spithill and Presti (0-2) - Paolo Cian wins against Damien Iehl (2-0).

Finals tomorrow

Résultats des semi-finales

Flight 1 : Philippe Presti bat James Spithill - Paolo Cian bat Damien Iehl

Flight 2 : Philippe Presti bat James Spithill - Paolo Cian bat Damien Iehl

Résultats des quarts-de-finale

Flight 2 : James Spithill bat Simon Minoprio - Philippe Presti bat Ian Williams - Paolo Cian bat Ian Ainslie - Damien Iehl bat Bertrand Pacé

Flight 3 : James Spithill bat Simon Minoprio - Philippe Presti bat Ian Williams - Ian Ainslie bat Paolo Cian - Damien Iehl bat Bertrand Pacé

Flight 4 : Paolo Cian bat Ian Ainslie