ITF Sezze: Verena Hofer clears the first hurdle

Hofer started the match very well. After just 18 minutes they were already leading 5-0. Shortly afterwards, the tennis player from St. Ulrich converted her first set point to make it clear 6:1. Hofer again pulled ahead 5-0 in the second half of the game. But Caruso didn't give up, fended off a match point from the Val Gardena woman at 1:5 and even got within 4:5. Then she had three break points to make it 5:5, but didn't use them and so Hofer won 6:4.

In the round of 16.30 on Wednesday at 6 p.m., the South Tyrolean will face number 595 seeded Italian Bianca Turati (ATP 6), who was able to clearly assert herself against Argentinian Maria Pereyra 0-6, 0-2014 in the first round. Hofer has played against Turati twice and lost both encounters (2015 at the Argentina Cup and 10.000 at the $XNUMX tournament in Innsbruck).

Fellin also eliminated in doubles in Chitila Manfred Fellin, on the other hand, was eliminated in doubles from the $15.000 tournament in Chitila, Romania. In the first round, the 20-year-old from Brixen and his compatriot Pietro Licciardi were clearly defeated by the duo Drago Ignat/Laslo Fuentes (ROU/CHI) with 58:0, 6:2 after just 6 minutes of play.

The South Tyrolean was already in action on Tuesday afternoon in the singles in the third, decisive qualifying round, where he lost to host Alexandru Vasile Manole 3:6, 3:6. Nothing at all came together for Fellin and Licciardi this Tuesday. After just 25 minutes, they easily lost the first set 0-6. In the second half of the game the Italians held on until 2:2, but with two breaks Ignat/Fuentes pulled away to 5:2 and shortly afterwards used their first match point to make the final score 6:2.

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ITF Sezze: Verena Hofer clears the first hurdle

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