ITF St. Pölten: Alexander Weis in the round of 16

The 20-year-old from Bolzano, who had to qualify in St. Pölten, got off to a good start against Bobrov on Monday, taking serve from the Russian in the fifth game and then taking the first set with 6:4 points. In the second period Bobrov used his only break opportunity to make it 4:2 and then won 6:3. Weis countered immediately, took a 4-0 lead in the third, decisive set and finally used his first match point after 2:17 hours of play to make the final score 6:2. Now the man from Bolzano would like to finally reach his first ITF quarter-finals. Last week in Gubbio he missed a match point against the Italian Davide Galloppini in the round of 1956 and was then unfortunately eliminated. Weis will face Czech qualifier Yvo Panach, number 600 in the ATP rankings, on Wednesday. The native of Bolzano is over 1337 places ahead of Panach in the world rankings at XNUMXth place.

Val Gardena's Patric Prinoth, however, missed out on the main draw at the $25.000 tournament in Pontedera in Tuscany on Monday. In the last qualifying round, Prinoth had to admit defeat to the number 7 seed, Pasquale De Giorgio, 1:31, 4:6 after 3:6 hours of play. Erwin Tröbinger, Horst Rieder, Jannick Sinner and Manfred Fellin had previously failed to qualify. Fellin was also eliminated in the opening round of the doubles on Monday. With Pietro Licciardi he lost against number 2 seeds Omar Giacalone/Jacopo Stefanini 3:6, 3:6.

Hofer and Meliss in the peloton from Schio and Tampere For women, Verena Hofer from Val Gardena and Verena Meliss from Kaltern are in the main field of the $15.000 tournaments in Schio and Tampere. The 19-year-old from Ortisei will face Beatrice Torelli (WTA 15), who is the same age, in the first round on Tuesday at 664 p.m., against whom she clearly competed in the only direct duel to date three years ago at a junior tournament in Sweden Lost 1:6, 4:6.

Zoe Kruger, however, is waiting for Meliss in Finland on Wednesday. The South African, who is only 14 years old, is coached by the Swede Thomas Hogstedt, the former coach of Maria Sharapova, Caroline Wozniacki and Thommy Haas. Meliss also competes in the doubles in Tampere. With the Italian Giorgia Testa she will play in the first round against the Russian Anna Iakovleva and the Ukrainian Gyulnara Nazarova.

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ITF St. Pölten: Alexander Weis in the round of 16

Alexander Weis prevailed on Monday at the $15.000 tournament in St. Pölten in the first round of the main draw against the Russian Bogdan Bobrov, number 8 in the seed list and 915 in the world, 6:4, 3:6 and 6:2 and will face Czech Yvo Panach in the round of XNUMX on Wednesday.

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