Four of the top eight seeds in the Mega Italia Open failed to make it through to the quarter-finals in Brescia.

England's unseeded Peter Billson pulled off the biggest upset when he knocked out third seed Tom Hoevenaars 8-11 11-6 11-4 5-11 11-6 to set up a meeting with another surprise quarter-finalist, Daryl Selby. The English qualifier defeated sixth seeded Alexandre Muller 11-7 11-7 11-9.

Local fans were delighted when unseeded Italian Luca Mastrostefano removed India's eighth seed Gaurav Nandrajog 8-11 11-7 11-7 11-8 in 37 minutes. Mastrostefano now meets Egypt's Mohamed Ismail, who beat fourth-seeded Greek Fabian Kalaitzis 11-6 11-4 11-0.

1st round:
[1] Scott Handley (ENG) bt [Q] Badr Abdel Aziz (SWE) 9-11, 9-11, 11-7, 11-2, 11-3 (46m)
[7] Andrea Bianchetti (ITA) bt Rob Aerts (BEL) 11-1, 11-3, 11-6 (28m)
Peter Billson (ENG) bt [3] Tom Hoevenaars (NED) 8-11, 11-6, 11-4, 5-11, 11-6 (58m)
[Q] Daryl Selby (ENG) bt [6] Alexandre Muller (FRA) 11-7, 11-7, 11-9 (49m)
Luca Mastrostefano (ITA) bt [8] Gaurav Nandrajog (IND) 8-11, 11-7, 11-7, 11-8 (37m)
Mohamed Ismail (EGY) bt [4] Fabian Kalaitzis (GRE) 11-6, 11-4, 11-0 (21m)
[5] David Barnett (ENG) bt [Q] Matthias Heinemann (GER) 11-10 (2-0), 11-6, 11-10 (3-1) (31m)
[2] Andrew Whipp (ENG) bt [Q] Jose Facchini (ITA) 11-4, 6-11, 11-4, 11-6 (34m)