Finnish Squash professional, Henrik Mustonen, has caused a shock at the Berlin Open, defeating three seeded players to win the Men’s Singles title. World Number 1, Anna-Klara Ahlmer won the Women’s Singles, for the 19th time in her career. The victory brings the World Number 1 just one title away from equalling the legendary Swede Lilian Druve, on 20 career singles titles.
World Tour Singles titles: 19
World Tour Singles titles: 20
Men’s Singles
Henrik Mustonen has a history of causing upsets in racketlon tournaments. On his World Tour debut, he won the 2018 Finnish Open. He followed up with a win in the 2023 Austrian Open.
Therefore, it probably shouldn’t be such a surprise that once again, the squash pro has beaten the number 1, 3 and 4 seeds to win another singles title.
The Finn’s run started with Frenchman Anthony Duthuillé, before his quarter final against World Number 11, Michał Kurek. Henrik didn’t even need his tennis racquet until the semi final against World Number 2, Sylvain Ternon. Last term he met the Frenchman, Mustonen won by just 1 point. This time, he won by 5, which included a 21-0 squash set!
Meanwhile, Cornelius Radermacher was having the tournament of his life winning both the Men’s and Mixed Doubles titles, and had a solid start to the singles.
After defeating Hungarian Molnár Gergely and German Thorsten Lentfer on Saturday, Radermacher was up against doubles partner Joerg Kanonenberg. Cornelius boasts an impressive record, having never been beaten by the World Number 3. He ensured this would continue, with a 21-8 table tennis win setting up a victory before tennis.
In the final, Mustonen managed to keep the table tennis close, eventually going down 22-24. Radermacher opened up a small lead after taking the badminton 21-13, but then the squash pro played a clinical set, taking the squash 21-1.
Needing just 12 points in tennis, Henrik won 12-7 to win the title.
“I am very happy with the way I played today. Originally it was supposed to be a good preparation for the World Doubles with no expectations. Schedule wise it was placed perfectly between Salzburg and Hague PSAs.”
Women’s Singles
Anna-Klara Ahlmer defeated Wan Yin Lui from Hong Kong and Kirsten I. Kaptein from the Netherlands to reach the final without needing tennis. Whereas Pauline Cavé needed a full tennis set to defeat Stine Jacobsen, after a very clinical first match against German Maxi Karg.
In the final, it was the Swede who took the ascendancy first, earning a 17-7 lead in the table tennis. But the Frenchwoman was able to fight late in the set and reach 13 points.
Cavé continued this momentum into the badminton, playing some deceptive net shots to take the badminton 21-17. Then Ahlmer took control of the squash set, with some scintillating straight drives and raced to an 8-0 lead.
When asked about her drives, the World Number 1 responded, “I actually haven’t worked on it intentionally. But I really enjoy playing squash so I assume it has just improved by playing more 
The second half of the squash set was a much more even battle, with both players controlling the T at times, but Anna-Klara was able to hold onto her early lead to take the set 21-8. Needing only 5 points in tennis, Ahlmer played with freedom to win 5-1.
Anna-Klara said she was “very happy with my performance in table tennis and squash. Especially as I did a really weak badminton, I’ve struggled there. So the good squash really saved me.”
