ITF: Weis continues on the road to success in Cairo

The 22-year-old from Bolzano, who beat Muzammil Murtaza from Pakistan 1-6, 0-6 in the first round in the Egyptian capital on Wednesday, continued his winning streak on Thursday. Weis, number 2 in the tournament, brought the Indian Dhruv Sunsish (ATP 4) to his knees in the round of 1265 with 6:4, 6:3. In the round of the best eight, the world number 686 meets. from Bolzano on Friday to the Italian Giovanni Calvano.

Weis is already in the semi-finals of the doubles competition. The top seeds from Bolzano and Jose Vidal Azorin from Spain knocked the Italians Edoardo Lavagna/Luca Tomasetto out of the tournament in the super tiebreak in the quarterfinals with 3:6, 6:1, 10:5. Weis will contest his 4th semi-final on the ITF tour, the 15th this season, on Friday against number 5 seeds Dennis Uspensky (USA)/Bart Van den Berg (NED).

Rieder and Meliss in the round of 16 in Santa Margherita di Pula The two South Tyroleans Horst Rieder and Verena Meliss, on the other hand, secured their ticket to the round of 25.000 at the $6 tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula. The Völser Rieder won the opening qualifying duel against Giorgio Portaluri 3:6, 4:1 and is therefore in a round of XNUMX for the first time this season, where he will face either Rungg club colleague Wilson Leite from Brazil on Friday or Leonardo Taddia meets.

In the women's tournament, Verena Meliss from Kaltern, who can serve directly in the main draw thanks to a wild card, eliminated the Swiss Tess Sugnaux in the first round with 1:6, 4:7(6). In the round of 0, the Überetscher will play against the Italian Camilla Scala, against whom she won the only duel in Tarvisio three years ago. Manfred Fellin is also playing on Friday Manfred Fellin is also there in Sardinia. The man from Brixen, who beat Gianmarco Ferrari (ATP 1514) 6:0, 6:3 at the start on Tuesday, will play against top favorite Marco Bortolotti (ATP 503) in the round of 6 on Friday. At the start, the Italian knocked Fellin's younger brother Pietro Orlando out of the competition 0:6, 4:XNUMX.

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ITF: Weis continues on the road to success in Cairo

Alexander Weis moved into the singles quarterfinals of the $15.000 ITF tournament in Cairo on Thursday. In the doubles, however, the man from Bolzano is already in the semi-finals.

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