Alexander Weis continues to be in top form

On Wednesday, Weis, currently number 519 in the ITF rankings, defeated the higher ranked Swiss Jakub Paul (ATP 1, ITF 574) in the first round in Tabarka in three sets after 433:2 hours of play with 20:3, 6:6, 3:6 through. It was his second win against Paul, whom he also defeated eight days ago 3:4, 6:6, 4:6.

On Thursday in the round of 543, Weis defeated Argentina's Guido Ivan Justo (ITF 6) 2:7 and 5:0. Weis dominated the first set, but then fell behind 3-3 in the second period. With the score at 5:1, the Bolzano player also had to fend off a set point from the Argentine. After 35:7 hours he finally used his first match point to make the final score 5:6. On Friday, Weis will face the winner of the match between Spaniard Pol Martin Tiffon (ITF 355) and Belgian qualifier Tom Pisane (ITF 827) in his XNUMXth ITF quarter-final.

Also successful in doubles Weis had already eliminated the Argentinian Justo and local hero Majed Kilani in the opening round of the doubles on Tuesday with the Austrian David Pichler. The number 2 seeded duo Weis/Pichler continued their winning streak on Thursday afternoon and defeated Jordan Chiu and Vito Dell'Elba (USA/ITA) 6:1, 4:6 and 10:1 in the Champions League. Meliss is eliminated against qualifier Lamens Verena Meliss, however, was surprisingly eliminated from the $15.000 tournament in Alkmaar on Tuesday. The number 2 seed and 526 in the world lost to qualifier Suzan Lamens from the Netherlands (ITF 488) 1:6, 6:7(2) after almost two hours of play. Meliss slept through the first set, then led 6:5 in the second period, but clearly lost the tiebreak 7:2.

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Alexander Weis continues to be in top form

After reaching the final last week at the $15.000 ITF tournament in Tabarka, Alexander Weis is still in top form. On Thursday, the 20-year-old from Bolzano made it to the quarterfinals again at another tournament in Tunisia.

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