The tennis tournament in Bolzano attracts talent and top-class players

The TC Bozen tournament is the most important tennis event in South Tyrol in the summer and has long been a classic. The 11th edition was officially presented at the club headquarters on Thursday. The committed club president Christoph Laichner thanked the sponsors for their loyalty. Bolzano's deputy mayor Luis Walcher praised the OK team for their years of commitment. He praised the top organization and said: “At TC Bozen you always find a way to hold a high-class tournament. I hope for good weather and exciting games.”

He also spoke from the hearts of the tennis fans from South Tyrol. “Andreas Seppi and Jannik Sinner have made tennis flourish in this country. Tennis is a great sport, hopefully more courts will be created,” said Walcher. South Tyrol's tennis president Richard Weißensteiner was also happy to hear this. He said: “Tennis has now become the second largest association in Italy. Of course, this also has to do with the 50.000 new padel members. Padel tennis is on the rise.” <a data-caption="Sie stellten das ITF-Turnier in Bozen vor, von links: Turnierdirektor Stefan Laimer, Joachim Mair (Sparkasse), TC-Bozen-Präsident Christoph Laichner, Bozens Vize-Bürgermeister Luis Walcher, Mauro Marchi (Alperia) und Richard Weißensteiner (Tennis-Landespräsident)." data-fancybox="inline-167881" target="_image" href="https://s3-images.sportnews.bz/_images/scale/1280x1280/img/2023/07/sie-stellten-das-itf-turnier-in-bozen-vor-von-links-turnierdirektor-stefan-laimer-joachim-mair-sparkasse-tc-bozen-praesident-christoph-laichner.jpg"> They presented the ITF tournament in Bolzano, from left: tournament director Stefan Laimer, Joachim Mair (Sparkasse), TC Bozen President Christoph Laichner, Bolzano's Vice Mayor Luis Walcher, Mauro Marchi (Alperia) and Richard Weißensteiner (Tennis State President). ).

Tournament director in Bolzano is Stefan Laimer. The man from Bolzano gave an outlook on the tournament: “Players from 8 nations have submitted their entries so far. This shows how international the event is. The main field is currently led by 21-year-old Frenchman Mathys Erhard (ATP 374). Several interesting 20- and 21-year-old players have submitted their entries.” The tournament director is hoping for many South Tyroleans to qualify. It is not yet clear who the wild cards will go to for qualification. The qualifying participants have until 18 p.m. tomorrow, Saturday, to confirm their entry. Fix Manuel Plunger (Partschins) plays in the qualification. There are definitely more local players there.

Weis is missing from the home tournament in Bolzano The organizer awards the wild card for the main field to a player from the organizing TC Bozen. "I can confirm that. We will announce who will be chosen shortly. But it is definitely a player from our club,” emphasizes Laimer. The secret will probably be revealed on Friday.

The wild cards from the Italian association should also be announced on Friday. On Sunday the qualification starts at 3 a.m. for the three places. 9 players fight for 32 places in the main field. A field in Terlan was rented for training purposes. Audience favorite Alexander Weis (8) from Bolzano is missing this time. This year he is only competing in Challenger tournaments in order to move further up the world rankings.

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The tennis tournament in Bolzano attracts talent and top-class players

Players from 8 nations are taking part in the 11th edition of the TC Bozen ITF tournament on Martin-Knoller-Straße. Talented U21 players and several South Tyroleans appear.

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