THE CLOSING STAGES of the 2026 LONGONI Italian Open played out in Treviso and two players both claimed their respective fifth Euro Tour titles. Mateusz Sniegocki defeated the tournament’s surprise package in Juri Pisklov 9-6, while Pia Filler put paid to Oliwia Zalewska’s hopes she beat her 7-4.
Sniegocki found himself in a tough battle with Germany’s Pisklov he trailed 6-5 but he managed to close out the match winning four consecutive racks to carry himself to victory. Pisklov, who has been playing off and on tour since 2011, lost his opening match of the championship before powering through nine wins to reach the final.
He looked like he might pull off an upset but it was the cagey competitor Sniegocki who ultimately had too much for him, as he capitalised on some errors from the German. The Pole won his first Euro Tour title in Sarajevo in 2013 and, at age 41, shows no signs of declining as he added another trophy to his collection.
He said, “It feels very good especially as the last one was two years ago in this same place. It was rollercoaster of emotion. It wasn’t maybe the best match from my side – there were a couple of mistakes but it’s a final so I’m very happy to win it.
“I have to stay hungry. I really love winning, that’s the biggest part of the game to me, to compete and to win. I’m not just here to participate, I’m here to win. I realised that it’s never easy to win a tournament and I really appreciate times like this for me.
“I know that even if you play good it’s easy to get kicked very soon. So, you have to play good, you have to be lucky a little bit but consistency is the most important thing,” he concluded.
Pia Filler is a threat at any Euro Tour event she enters and so it proved as she had too much for Oliwia Zalewska in the title match. It was Filler’s second win of the year on the world’s premier women’s tour – she won in Luxembourg last May – and her fifth overall, and undoubtedly, she will add to that tally.
Earlier, she had survived a life-or-death semi-final against Kristina Zlateva, when she came back from 6-3 down to prevail 7-6, but a string of solid performances throughout the event were enough to carry her across the line.
Commented Pia, “I’m very happy I pulled this one off. I felt like I played very good the first two days but today I was struggling in my first two matches. I was almost out of the tournament in the semis but I never gave up and I’m very happy to have the trophy now.
“I’m always positive, in life, in general so it’s never really over till the last ball is down so I kept telling myself to keep going, keep fighting, there’s going to be chances and I’ve just got to take them and that’s what I did. I’m going to Asia tomorrow for a long trip and this is a very good way to start that trip!”
The Predator Euro Tour returns from 29th October to 1st of November with the Spanish Open in Gandia, the final event for the year. As of 2026, WPA World Ranking points are now available on both men’s and women’s Predator Euro Tours.
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