Ortisei: Verena Hofer in the quarterfinals

All round of 3 matches were played in St. Ulrich on Wednesday. Four nations are still represented in the quarter-finals, Italy and Germany are still there with four and two players respectively. Today there was one surprise after another. The German qualifier Anja Wildgruber knocked the number 5 seed Italian Aurora Zantedeschi out of the competition in three sets, while Sina Herrmann defeated the tournament number 4, Martina Spigarelli, also in three sets. She will face Alessandra Mazzola in the quarterfinals. The Italian wild card player retained the upper hand against number XNUMX seed Carmen Schultheiss, who knocked Laura Mair from Val Gardena out of the tournament on Tuesday.

Verena Hofer is also in the round of the best eight, who won the round of 1184 against Briton Anna Popescu (WTA 7) 5:7, 5:5. In the first set, the home team was already 1-5 ahead, but Popescu didn't give up and equalized a little later to make it 5-7. In the twelfth game, Hofer secured the break to make it 5:12. In the second half of the game, the South Tyrolean also managed the decisive break in the 7th game to make the final score 5:438. Tomorrow Hofer will face top favorite Italian Claudia Gentili in the quarter-finals. The world number 6 has only lost seven games in the tournament so far and eliminated the Swiss Bojana Klincov 3:6, 2:XNUMX on Wednesday.

South Tyroleans fail in the double quarter-finals However, there was nothing to gain for the South Tyrolean doubles players. Gargazon's Sophie Walzl and Ladin's Alessia Piccoliori won three games with a 1:6, 2:6 win in the quarterfinals against the Czechs Nikola Breckova/Aneta Kladivova. Elisa Crazzolara from Val Badia and Greta Zwerger from Brixen lost out to Klara Hajkova/Aneta Laboutkova, also from the Czech Republic, 1:6, 0:6. Raiffeisen ITF Val Gardena Ortisei ($15.000 prize money) Main field

round of XNUMX Claudia Giovine (ITA/WTA 438/1) - Bojana Klincov (SUI/WTA 1000) 6:3, 6:2 Verena Hofer (ITA/Gröden/WTA 971) - Anna Popescu (GBR/WTA 1184) 7:5, 7:5 Alessandra Mazzola (ITA/WC) - Carmen Schultheiss (GER/WTA 766/4) 7:6(4), 6:1 Sina Herrmann (GER/WTA 981) - Martina Spigarelli (ITA/WTA 797/5) 6:3, 4:6, 6:3 Sara Gambogi (ITA/WTA 817/7) - Nicole Fossa Huergo (ITA/ITF 1430/Q) 3:6, 6:2, 6:3 Anja Wildgruber (GER/ITF 373/Q) - Aurora Zantedeschi (ITA/WTA 759/3) 4:6, 6:4, 6:4 Aneta Laboutkova (CZE/WTA 801/6) - Maria Marfutina (RUS/WTA 654/Q) 6:4, 6:2 Clara Vlasselär (BEL/WTA 1219/Q) - Aneta Kladivova (CZE/WTA 1061) 6:4, 6:3

Quarterfinals Claudia Giovine (ITA/WTA 438/1) - Verena Hofer (ITA/Gröden/WTA 971) Alessandra Mazzola (ITA/WC) - Sina Herrmann (GER/WTA 981) Sara Gambogi (ITA/WTA 817/7) - Anja Wildgruber (GER/ITF 373/Q) Aneta Laboutkova (CZE/WTA 801/6) - Clara Vlasselär (BEL/WTA 1219/Q)

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Ortisei: Verena Hofer in the quarterfinals

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

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