Strong performance from Verena Meliss – Paula Ormaechea also continued

After two hours and 20 minutes, Verena Meliss was able to raise her victorious fist. The Überetscher fought her way into the tiebreak in the first set against Mexican Ana Sofia Sanchez, who was number 2 and is currently ranked 258 in the world rankings. There the 20-year-old, who is ranked 769th in the singles, showed no weakness and clearly won the tiebreak 7:2. In the second set, Meliss was 0:3 behind before she scored six points in a row and confidently won the second set 6:3. The woman from Kaltern was able to rely on her first serve, which hit the target 77% of the time. Her opponent only brought 61% into the statistics in this comparison. On Wednesday, Meliss will face the winner of the match Paula Baranano (Argentina) against the Spaniard Lucia Marzial Martinez. The second player from TC Rungg, Paula Omaechea, was also able to present herself well. She defeated the Austrian Melanie Klaffner 60:6 and 1:6 in 2 minutes.

Both in action together in doubles The two players from TC Rungg play doubles together in the late afternoon. The opponents are the Norwegian Melanie Stokke and Montserrat Gonzalez from Uruguay. Coach Gasbarri is very satisfied After the first round, coach Manuel Gasbarri was also very pleased: “Verena showed a very strong match today and against a player who is far ahead of her in the ranking. But she played through her game, even after she was 0:3 behind in the second set. Verena has taken a big step forward, especially in the mental area. Training together with Paula Ormaechea also pays off. Paula is currently in good form and only lost four games in qualifying and the first round.”

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Strong performance from Verena Meliss – Paula Ormaechea also continued

The two TC Rungg players Verena Meliss and Paula Ormaechea showed strong performances in the first round at the $25.000 tournament in Getxo in the Basque Country.

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