Rungg South Tyrol is ready for a historical adventure

There are two teams at the start for the club from Girlan, which is divided into two groups. After the double promotion to the A1 last year and a sweet spring (with the double category jump with the second team into the next B1 championship series), Rungg Südtirol is now ready to experience the highlight of 2021.

The last picture of the men's team is from August 2, 2020, the day of the big promotion to the A1, at the end of the double match day in the second leg of the final against Prato. Now the team of Manuel and Valerio Gasbarri is ready to compete with the Italian tennis elite. TC Rungg Südtirol was placed in Group 3 with TC Genoa, Comunali Vicenza and Selva Alta Sporting Club, a club from Vigevano that was in the semi-finals of the last A1 championship. October 10th as a special date Rungg will make his official debut on Sunday, October 10th in the home game against Lombardy. The first away game will take place in Vicenza on Sunday 17th. The big news in the Rungg squad is 29-year-old Federico Gaio, a tennis player from Faenza and currently number 159 in the ATP rankings. He is an experienced player who has played 13 singles tournaments, including 4 Challenger tournaments, and 7 doubles tournaments in his career. On February 3, 2020, before the pandemic turned the world, including the world of sports, upside down, Gaio achieved its best ranking at number 124. This season he reached the round of 35 of the tournament in Catalonia thanks to a brilliant win against the Frenchman Paire (XNUMXth in the world) at the Godò Atp tournament in Barcelona.

At Rungg, the confirmation of the Spanish Mario Vilella Martinez (number 170 ATP) is important news. New additions include the Canadian Steven Diez, number 199 in the world, a specialist in doubles, and the German Johannes Harteis (367 ATP). Elmar Ejupovic, Marco Bortolotti and Patrick Prader, who have been promoted, are confirmed and will be joined by Davide Tortora and the many young players Moritz Trocker, Horst Rieder, Georg Winkler, Sebastian Brzezinski, Tobias Kirchlechner, Maximilian Figl and Nicolò Toffanin. Rungg KIKU wants to secure A1 The Rungg Südtirol Kiku women's team is also preparing for its first adventure in the A1 championship and is starting in Group 1 together with TC Parioli, Beinasco and TC Prato. The debut will take place on Sunday October 10th away at the prestigious TC Parioli pitches in Rome, while the first home game is scheduled for Sunday October 17th against Beinasco. A very tough round against three teams that had participated in the Final Four last August: Parioli and Beinasco were eliminated in the semi-finals, while Prato came very close to winning the title and lost the final to Lucca, who became Italian champions.

Verena Meliss leads the women's field.

Rungg Südtirol Kiku presents some important innovations and many fundamental confirmations. The new number one in the Rungg house will be Romanian Laura Paar, a 33-year-old experienced player who has won 13 singles and 53 doubles titles on the ITF circuit in her career. On February 3, 2020, she reached the best world singles ranking at number 200. Another newcomer to South Tyrol is Dutch tennis player Quirine Lemoine, currently number 277 in the WTA, a specialist doubles player. The list is completed by many welcome additions, starting with Captain Paula Ormaechea, Susan Bandecchi and Martina Spigarelli. A lot of space is given to the young local players under the leadership of Verena Meliss. The young hopeful Lara Pfeifer and the Val Gardena native Verena Hofer are also there. The formula The Men's A1 Championship consists of 16 teams divided into four groups. There are 8 teams at the start of the women's tournament, which are divided into two groups. The first phase involves the playing of home and away games. For men's teams, the first-placed team in each group will take part in the playoffs, the second-placed team will retain its category in the 2022 season, while the last teams will take part in the playouts. For women, the first two teams in each group take part in the playoffs and the last two in the playouts.

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Rungg South Tyrol is ready for a historical adventure

The historic day, October 10th, is already marked on the calendar. The Rungg Südtirol tennis club is ready to take part in its first historic adventure in the highest Italian tennis team championship.

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