Val Gardena local hero Laura Mair causes a surprise

The second day of the $15.000 ITF Raiffeisen women's tournament began with a bang on Tuesday in Ortisei: The top-seeded Swiss Susan Bandecchi, who played the doubles yesterday, had to play her first round match in the singles due to a shoulder strain cancel. In her place, the German Adelina Krüger slipped into the main draw as a lucky looser, but immediately lost to Joanna Garland from Taipei 0:6, 5:7

The second big surprise came from Laura Mair, who was just 15 years old from Val Gardena. She was ahead 7-693 and 6-2 against No. 1 seed and 0 in the world, Manca Pislak, when the Slovenian had to retire.

Two South Tyroleans in the round of 16 This means that two South Tyroleans, Verena Hofer and Laura Mair, are in the round of 21. The 18-year-old Hofer will face the Italian Francesca Bullani, number 1011 in the WTA world rankings, on Wednesday at 12 p.m., while Mair has to play against the Croatian qualifier Iva Zelic in the third match after XNUMX p.m.

Verena Hofer is also in the doubles semi-finals. With her Swiss partner Simona Waltert, she defeated the Czech-Russian duo Michaela Bayerlova/Anna Makhorkina, number 3 in the tournament, in two sets 6:1, 7:6(6) in the quarterfinals today. In the semi-finals, Hofer/Waltert will meet Natalia Siedlsika (GER)/Julia Stamatova (BUL) on Thursday.

However, Silvia Saccani and Magdalena Santer were eliminated. The 19-year-old from Gais and the 18-year-old from Lana had to admit defeat to the number 52 seeded Slovenian Veronika Erjavec/Kristina Novak 4:0, 6:3 in just 6 minutes of play. Raiffeisen ITF Val Gardena Ortisei ($15.000 prize money) Main field 1. round Joanna Garland (TPE/WTA 860) - Adelina Krüger (GER/LL) 6:0, 7:5 Sandy Marti (SVI/WTA 716) - Sapfo Sakellaridi (GRE/Q) 6:4, 6:2 Iva Zelic (CRO/Q) - Nikola Breckova (CZE/WTA 1163/Q) 7:5, 7:6(6) Laura Mair (ITA/Wolkenstein/WC) - Manca Pislak (SLO/WTA 693/7) 6:2, 1:0, Pislak gives up Natalia Siedliska (GER/WTA 579/3) - Natalie Pröse (GER/WTA 1046) 7:5, 4:6, 6:1 Carmen Schultheiss (GER/WTA 882) - Chiara De Vito (ITA/WTA 1235/Q) 6:2, 7:6(3) Anna Makhorkina (RUS/WTA 1057) - Julia Rosenqvist (SWE/WTA 850) 6:3, 6:4 Veronika Erjavec (SLO/WTA 712/8) - Jelena Simic (BIH/WTA 780) 6:1, 3:6, 6:4 Verena Hofer (ITA/St. Ulrich/WTA 667/6) - Chiara Giaquinta (ITA/Q) 7:6(7), 7:6(2) Francesca Bullani (ITA/WTA 1011) - Sara Gambogi (ITA/WTA 1181/WC) 6:2, 6:3 Nicole Gadient (SVI/WTA 1092) - Katerina Tsygourova (SVI/WTA 1181/LL) 7:5, 6:7(5), 6:3 Simona Waltert (SVI/WTA 584/4) - Giorgia Pinto (ITA/WTA 1163/WC) 6:0, 6:1 Michaela Bayerlova (CZE/WTA 603/5) - Silvia Saccani (ITA/Gais/WC) 7:5, 6:1 Olga Helmi (DEN/WTA 884) - Kristina Novak (SLO/WTA 957) 6:3, 7:5 Nora Niedmers (GER/WTA 1206/Q) - Klara Ondrejcekova (SVK/Q) 6:1, 6:1 Julia Stamatova (BUL/WTA 570/2) - Adrina Peer (SVI/WTA 1163/Q) 6:3, 6:1

round of XNUMX Joanna Garland (TPE/WTA 860) - Sandy Marti (SVI/WTA 716) Iva Zelic (CRO/Q) - Laura Mair (ITA/Wolkenstein/WC) Natalia Siedliska (GER/WTA 579/3) - Carmen Schultheiss (GER/WTA 882) Anna Makhorkina (RUS/WTA 1057) - Veronika Erjavec (SLO/WTA 712/8) Verena Hofer (ITA/St. Ulrich/WTA 667/6) - Francesca Bullani (ITA/WTA 1011) Nicole Gadient (SVI/WTA 1092) - Simona Waltert (SVI/WTA 584/4) Michaela Bayerlova (CZE/WTA 603/5) - Olga Helmi (DEN/WTA 884) Nora Niedmers (GER/WTA 1206/Q) - Julia Stamatova (BUL/WTA 570/2)

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Val Gardena local hero Laura Mair causes a surprise

15-year-old Laura Mair from Val Gardena caused a big surprise at her home tournament. The young talent made it into the round of XNUMX.

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