Black Wednesday for South Tyrol's tennis aces

Meliss (WTA 663) had to admit defeat to 19-year-old Czech Michael Bayerlova, number 600 in the WTA world rankings, 6:7(1), 2:6 after more than two hours of play in Charleston, South Carolina.

In the first set, the 21-year-old from Kaltern led with a break 5:4 and 6:5, but received the rebreak both times. She then clearly lost the tiebreak with 1:7 points. Bayerlova played big in the second set and won 6-2.

Winkler misses a set point in Santa Margherita di Pula Meliss' teammates at TC Rungg, Georg Winkler and Moritz Trocker, were also eliminated on Wednesday. The 21-year-old Winkler had to admit defeat to his compatriot Walter Trusendi (ATP 25.000) 805:2, 6:6(7) in the round of 1 of the $5 tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula. Winkler slept through the first set, but then fought back in the second period. When the score was 4:1 he even missed a set point, after which he lost in the tiebreak 7:XNUMX.

For Winkler, the tournament in Sardinia is not over yet, because tomorrow he and his partner Paolo Dagnino will meet the Serbian Milan Radojkovic and the German Peter Torebko (number 4 on the seeding list) in the quarter-finals of the doubles. Dryer has no chance Moritz Trocker is also still in the running in doubles at the $15.000 tournament in Sharm El Sheikh. Tomorrow at 12.20 p.m. he played with Giovanni Calvano in the quarterfinals against the Italians Andrea Borroni/Mattia Rossi.

In the singles, the 18-year-old from Völs had no chance against the number 4 in the tournament and number 718 in the world, Simone Roncalli. Trocker was eliminated after 1:33 hours of play with 1:6, 3:6.

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Black Wednesday for South Tyrol's tennis aces

Verena Meliss from Kaltern was eliminated in the starting round of the $25.000 tournament in Charlston on Wednesday, while the two Völsers Georg Winkler and Moritz Trocker failed in Santa Margherita di Pula and Sharm El Sheikh.

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