Verena Meliss shows in Sardinia

Verena Meliss received a wild card at the tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula, where she had to play in the main draw on Tuesday in round 1 against number 6 seeded Swiss Ylena In-Albon (WTA 271). The Kalterer woman surprisingly won in three sets 6:1, 1:6, 6:1 and thus moved into the round of 301. Meliss will meet Argentine Nadia Podoroska (WTA XNUMX) there on Wednesday.

South Tyrolean quartet eliminated The 17-year-old Völser Vickie Trocker, on the other hand, had to defeat the American Taylor Cataldi in the main draw in Sharm El Sheikh (15.000 dollars) in a very even match after 2:31 hours of play with 4:6, 6:1, beaten 2:6.

Laura Mair from Val Gardena, who slipped into the main draw as a lucky loser in Antalya (15.000 dollars), clearly lost out in round 1 against the Russian Mariia Tkacheva (WTA 958) 0:6, 0:6. In the afternoon, Mair and the Italian Camilla Diez had to bow to the Dutch Eva Vedder/Stephanie Visscher 3:6, 2:6 in the doubles opener. Pietro Fellin from Brixen failed yesterday in the second qualifying round against Ukrainian Oleksandr Bielinskyi.

The Gaiser Silvia Saccani, who won her first WTA point last week, faced the Portuguese Sara Lanca in Tabarka in Tunisia (15.000 dollars) after qualifying. The woman from Pusteria and the world number 1080. played an exciting match, with Lanca winning 5:7, 6:3, 7:6(4) in the decisive tiebreak. Weis is doing well in doubles In the men's tournament in Tabarka, number 1 seed Alexander Weis and the Spaniard Jose Vidal Azorin are in the double quarter-finals. At the start they had the upper hand against the Argentinians Mariano Navone/Boruch Skierkier in the super tiebreak with 3:6, 7:6(4), 10:8. It is still unclear who the top favorites will face in the quarter-finals. The 22-year-old from Bolzano will also celebrate his singles debut on Wednesday. Weis, number 4 on the seed list and 643 in the world, will play the German Niklas Guttau (ATP 1) in round 912.

Patric Prinoth from Val Gardena lost yesterday in Bad Salzdetfurth (15.000 dollars) in the qualification against Tom Schönenberg 3:6, 0:6.

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Verena Meliss shows in Sardinia

Verena Meliss reached the round of 25.000 of the $XNUMX ITF tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula on Tuesday evening. For the other four South Tyroleans, however, there was a first-round defeat.

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