Verena Meliss after catching up in the quarter-finals

Verena Meliss prevailed in the round of 8 in Turkey against host Ipek Oz, number 614 in the seeding list and 3 in the world, after four match points fended off in the second set, 6:7, 6:1(6), 4:XNUMX.

The Turkish woman, who is two years younger, went into the match as the clear favorite, after all, she has already won three ITF doubles this year and a singles tournament a month ago, just in Antalya. Today Oz promptly took the lead 3:1, but Meliss countered with the rebreak to make it 3:3. Immediately afterwards, the Turkish woman took the service from Kaltern again twice and secured the first set 6:3.

The second half of the game, however, was very even. Once again Oz was ahead 3-1, and again Meliss managed the rebreak. With the score at 4:5, the woman from Kaltern even had to fend off four match points before she equalized to make it 5:5. Two games later, this set went into a tiebreak, where Meliss played big and won 7:3.

The third, decisive set was also very exciting. At 4:4, Meliss fended off three break chances and increased the score to 5:4. Immediately afterwards, after 2:33 hours of play, the woman from Kaltern converted her second match point for a 6:4 victory. An extremely strong performance from the Überetscher, who will face number 4 seeded Brazilian Carolina Alves (WTA 431) in the quarterfinals tomorrow, Friday.

Second quarter-final within a few weeks

For Meliss it is the third quarter-final on the ITF tour. She reached the last eight for the first time in February 2016 in Hammamet, Tunisia. Just over a month ago, the woman from Kaltern made it to the quarterfinals in Melilla, but then lost to the Spaniard Paula Arias Manjon.

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Verena Meliss after catching up in the quarter-finals

The 20-year-old from Kalter is in an ITF quarter-final for the third time in her career. She put in a really strong performance at the $15.000 tournament in Antalya on Thursday morning.

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