Viertler continues to be in top form – Weis defeats Fellin

The 18-year-old Viertler from Schlanders is currently in impressive form. Two weeks ago she won her first ITF tournament in Cairo, last week she only failed in the quarterfinals against the top seeded German Julyette Steur. On Thursday, the woman from Val Venosta again made it into the top eight. After the 6:3, 6:1 opening win against host Hala Fouad, Viertler also defeated number 8 seeded Russian Anastasia Zolotareva (WTA 882) in the round of 63 with a clear 6:0, 6:3 after just XNUMX minutes of play on your knees.

Coach Renato Ercolani's protégé is now in the quarter-finals for the third time in a row. Viertler, currently ranked 1047th in the world rankings, celebrated her 14th win in the last 15 games on Thursday, which is incredible. The player from TC Meran will face the Spaniard Ana Lantigua de la Nue, number 4 in the seed list and 576 in the world, on Friday, who sent her home 6:3, 6:3 just last week.

Marathon match between Weis and Fellin Alexander Weis (ATP 633) is also in the quarter-finals in Cairo. The 22-year-old from Bolzano met Manfred Fellin (ATP 1066) from Brixen, the same age, from Brixen in the round of 3 on Thursday, against whom he won the only duel so far in three sets in Santa Margherita di Pula over four years ago. Also on Thursday, the player from TC Bozen narrowly prevailed in three hard-fought sets after an incredible 39:XNUMX hours of play.

The first set was very even until 6:6. In the tiebreak, Fellin promptly moved ahead to 4-0 and shortly afterwards closed the bag to 7-3. In the second period Weis got the break to make it 5:3 and in the following game he converted his first set point to make it 6:3. In the third set, Fellin from Bolzano took the service to take a 4:3 lead and finally narrowly prevailed 6:4 with his second match point. Weis, number 7 on the seed list, will fight for a semi-final ticket on Friday against number 4 seed Brazilian Jordan Correia (ATP 521).

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Viertler continues to be in top form – Weis defeats Fellin

Marion Viertler and Alexander Weis reached the quarterfinals of the $15.000 ITF tournament in Cairo on Thursday. Viertler eliminated the Russian Zolotareva, while Weis prevailed against Manfred Fellin in the South Tyrolean derby.

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