Local hero Verena Hofer in the quarterfinals

The 21-year-old from Val Gardena defeated the Italian Francesca Bullani 6:4, 6:4. However, despite a strong performance, Laura Mair was eliminated. The 15-year-old from Wolkenstein narrowly lost to Croatian Iva Zelic 6:7(5), 4:6.

Seven nations still there All round of 16 matches were played in St. Ulrich on Wednesday. Seven nations are still represented in the quarter-finals, only Germany still has two players, Natalia Siedliska and Nora Niedmers.

Siedliska, seeded number 3, will face Slovenia's Veronika Erjavec in the quarterfinals on Thursday, while Nieders will play against Czech Michaela Bayerlova. Joanna Garland from Taipei has to face Croatian qualifier Iva Zelic, who easily eliminated Laura Mair on Wednesday. The match was very even, Zelic won the first set 7:5 in the tiebreak, while in the second period a break from the Croatian was decisive when the score was 2:2. After 1:35 hours of play, Mair had to admit defeat 4:6. Despite the defeat, the young woman from Val Gardena can be quite satisfied with her tournament.

Like Verena Hofer, who defeated Francesca Bullani (WTA 1011) 6:4, 6:4 in the round of 3 that evening. In the first set Hofer was 4:6 behind, but then played three games in a row to win the set 4:5. In the second period she pulled away to 3:1 and finally prevailed with 16:6 after 4:11 hours of play. Hofer will face number 4 seeded Swiss Simona Waltert (WTA 584) in the quarterfinals on Thursday at 18 a.m. Seven hours later, at XNUMX p.m., Hofer/Waltert will play together in the doubles semi-final against Natalia Siedlsika (GER)/Julia Stamatova (BUL). Raiffeisen ITF Val Gardena Ortisei ($15.000 prize money) Main field round of XNUMX Joanna Garland (TPE/WTA 860) - Sandy Marti (SVI/WTA 716) 6:1, 7:5 Iva Zelic (CRO/Q) - Laura Mair (ITA/Wolkenstein/WC) 7:6(5), 6:4 Natalia Siedliska (GER/WTA 579/3) - Carmen Schultheiss (GER/WTA 882) 6:2, 6:2 Veronika Erjavec (SLO/WTA 712/8) - Anna Makhorkina (RUS/WTA 1057) 6:3, 6:2 Verena Hofer (ITA/St. Ulrich/WTA 667/6) - Francesca Bullani (ITA/WTA 1011) 6:4, Simona Waltert (SVI/WTA 584/4) - Nicole Gadient (SVI/WTA 1092) 6:4, 6:2 Michaela Bayerlova (CZE/WTA 603/5) - Olga Helmi (DEN/WTA 884) 6:0, 6:4 Nora Niedmers (GER/WTA 1206/Q) - Julia Stamatova (BUL/WTA 570/2) 6:4, 6:2 Quarterfinals Joanna Garland (TPE/WTA 860) - Iva Zelic (CRO/Q) Natalia Siedliska (GER/WTA 579/3) - Veronika Erjavec (SLO/WTA 712/8) Verena Hofer (ITA/St. Ulrich/WTA 667/6) - Simona Waltert (SVI/WTA 584/4) Michaela Bayerlova (CZE/WTA 603/5) - Nora Niedmers (GER/WTA 1206/Q)

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Local hero Verena Hofer in the quarterfinals

On Wednesday evening, local hero Verena Hofer made it to the quarterfinals of the $15.000 ITF Raiffeisen women's tournament in Ortisei.

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