Gallery | Elite squash talents stand tall after four days of wall-to-wall action in Shepparton

And with a $6000 purse on the line, the competition’s finest steeled themselves for a battle.

Aussie hope Tate Norris, coming in as the sixth-seeded competitor in the men’s field, flew through to a second consecutive final to face Austrian tour veteran Aqeel Rehman in the hope of going one better.

Norris claimed the first set 11-6, but it was all Rehman from there in the final three, picking up his 15th tour title.

Meanwhile, Macau’s Gigi Yeung toppled Rathika Suthanthira Seelan 3-0 to go back-to-back in the women’s event.

News photographer Pip Turton was behind the lens for the event.