Next win: Viertler is in the quarter-finals in Cairo

It was only on Sunday that the woman from Vinschger won the title in Egypt, and now Viertler is once again in the top eight. After surviving qualification, she effortlessly knocked out the Dutchwoman Annick Melgers (WTA 1093) 6:2, 6:2 at the start yesterday, and today she also knocked out the number 5 seeded Spaniard Ana Lantigua de la Nue, who is in position in the WTA rankings 577 is leading, 6:3, 6:3 out of the tournament. “I am very happy with my match today. It was definitely the best game this week, if not my entire career. Tomorrow everything is possible again, I feel in great shape. “It can continue like this,” says Viertler happily.

An extremely strong performance from the TC Meran player, who celebrated her 12th win in a row in Cairo. An even tougher challenge awaits in the quarterfinals on Thursday: Viertler will face the 24-year-old German Julyette Steur, number 1 on the seeding list and 383rd in the world. “Marion played her best tennis today. Her opponent was very strong, such a clear victory is incredible. Tomorrow it will definitely be exciting again, who knows, if she plays like she did today, anything is possible,” assures coach Renato Ercolani.

Weis eliminated in the men's tournament For Alexander Weis (ATP 637), Cairo was the end of the first round. The 1-year-old from Bolzano's match against Spanish qualifier Alex Marti Pujolras had to be canceled yesterday due to darkness when the score was 22:6, 3:2, 6:0 and postponed until today. In the third set, Weis took the lead with 2:5 on his own serve, but Marti Pujolras countered with the rebreak to make it 4:5. Shortly afterwards, this game had to be decided in a tiebreak, where the Spaniard narrowly won the better result with 5:7.

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Next win: Viertler is in the quarter-finals in Cairo

Who can stop Marion Viertler? On Thursday, the 18-year-old from Silandro continued her winning streak at the $15.000 ITF tournament in Cairo and secured a ticket to the quarterfinals.

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