Verena Hofer is eliminated from the $25.000 Imola tournament

Hofer was able to start in the main field in Imola thanks to a wild card from the organizer. In the first round, the woman from Val Gardena met the Slovenian Manca Pislak, who had to qualify but is 225 places ahead of Hofer in the world rankings (Pislak is number 563 in the world, Hofer is number 788). The woman from Val Gardena slept through the start of the match and was 0:5 behind with three breaks. Pislak then won the first set with 6:1 points. The second half of the game, however, was very even until the score was 3:3. But Hofer then lost her serve game and allowed the Slovenian to pull away to 5:3. After 66 minutes, Pislak finally used her first match point to win 6-4. This meant Pislak moved to 1-1 in the direct duels and took revenge for the 0-6, 0-6 defeat she suffered at an ITF youth tournament in Germany in 2014.

Manfred Fellin also suffered a clear defeat on Tuesday at the $15.000 tournament in Telawi in Georgia. The 20-year-old from Brixen and Mattia Ceruti lost in the first round of the doubles against number 3 seeds Oleksandr Bielinskyi UKR)/Mateusz Terczynski (POL) 0:6, 4:6. On Wednesday, in the starting round of the individual competition in the main draw, Fellin will face Georgian George Tsivadse, number 8 on the seeding list and 894th in the world. Fellin eliminated hosts Sandro Svanidze and Egor Matvievici from Moldova in qualifying in Telavi.

Alexander Weis will also be in action at the $15.000 ITF tournament in Gubbio in Umbria on Wednesday. After defeating the Italian wild card player Andrea Militi Ribaldi in two sets 6:3, 6:2 in the starting round, the 20-year-old from Bolzano will meet number 5 on the seed list, Davide Galoppini, in the round of 6, who is against was able to hold on to his compatriot Alessio De Bernardis 2:6, 2:XNUMX.

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Verena Hofer is eliminated from the $25.000 Imola tournament

Verena Hofer was eliminated in the first round by Slovenian qualifier Manca Pislak at the $25.000 women's tournament in Imola on Tuesday. The 19-year-old from Ortisei had to admit defeat 66:1, 6:4 after 6 minutes of play.

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