ITF: Weis makes it to the round of 16 in Helsinki

The 22-year-old from Bolzano returned to the ITF tour in Helsinki after a two-week seaside vacation. Weis, number 5 on the seed list and 676 in the world, won the opening match against Finnish qualifier Roni Rikkonen with a commanding 6:1, 6:1. In the round of 1159 on Thursday, the South Tyrolean will face another qualifier, the Algerian Nazim Makhlouf (ATP XNUMX).

Weis is already in the quarterfinals of the doubles competition. The top seeds from Bolzano and Jose Vidal Azorin from Spain brought local heroes Jason Sormunen/Hermanni Tiainen to their knees 1:6, 3:6 in the first round on Tuesday. Alex Marti Pujolras (ESP)/Marco Saffratti (ARG) will be waiting in the top eight tomorrow.

Prinoth and Fellin fail on Lake Constance Patric Prinoth from St. Christina and Manfred Fellin from Brixen, however, were eliminated in the first round by Überlingen. After surviving qualification, the 23-year-old Prinoth had to admit defeat to Val Gardena semi-finalist Mick Veldheer from the Netherlands on Wednesday after missing a set point in the tiebreak with 6:7(8), 3:6. Manfred Fellin (ATP 1178) from Brixen, however, lost against host Valentin Heller in three sets 6:3, 2:6, 1:6.

Prinoth made it into the double quarter-finals with Erwin Tröbinger from Wolkenstein. At the start, the Val Gardena duo eliminated the Germans Benedict Kurz/Tobias Reif 7:5, 6:1. In the quarterfinals they will play either against number 2 seeds Juan Ignacio Galarza (ARG)/Daniil Strelchenko (UKR) or the home team Dominik Böhler/Tim Handel. Völser duo have no chance in Tunisia The two people from Völs, Moritz Trocker and Georg Winkler, were also eliminated in the first round in Tabarka. The 19-year-old Trocker, currently ranked 1300th in the world rankings, lost against US qualifier Matthew Mendez 3:6, 3:6, while Winkler lost against compatriot Gregorio Lulli, also a qualifier, 1:6, 4:6 Had to cut sails.

The people of Völs are at least still in the race in doubles. After their opening win yesterday 6:3, 4:6, 10:7 against Anze Arh (SLO)/Kabir Gupta (IND), the number 3 seeded Argentinians Franco Feitt/Guido Ivan Justo are waiting in the quarterfinals.

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ITF: Weis makes it to the round of 16 in Helsinki

Five South Tyroleans were in action in the main draw on Wednesday at the $15.000 ITF tournaments in Helsinki, Überlingen and Tabarka. Only Alexander Weis made it to the round of XNUMX in Finland.

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