Winter Cup: South Tyrol fails in qualifying

South Tyrol, which already survived the preliminary qualification a month ago in Tirrenia, had to compete in district D with Apulia, Marche and Veneto to qualify for the “Final Four” of the Winter Cup. Coach Roland Meliss had five boys (Nicolò Toffanin, Stefano Pinzan, Christian Fellin, Maximilian Figl, Gabriel Moroder) and three girls (Laura Mair, Lara Pfeifer, Anna Costaperaria) in the national selection squad.

However, the start of the tournament did not start as expected for the South Tyrolean young talents. Thanks to the victories of Lara Pfeifer, Maximilian Figl and Nicolò Toffanin, South Tyrol was already 3:1 ahead against the favored tennis players from Apulia, but then had to admit defeat in the decisive mixed doubles with 3:4 points. Toffanin/Mair lost to Gammariello/Alvise in the super tiebreak 2:6, 7:6, 6:10.

On the second match day, the local athletes met the Veneto team, who beat the Marches 4-2 at the start. Again Pfeifer & Co. led 3:1, but again Toffanin/Mair lost the decisive mixed doubles, this time against De Gasper/Zanolini 2:6, 3:6.

In the third, final game against the Marche, the South Tyrol team showed a strong performance, although they were 0-2 down, but then celebrated four wins in a row and won 4-2. In the end, South Tyrol had to settle for third place; the victory went to Apulia, which won 3-4 in the direct duel against Veneto and qualified for the “Final Four” in Tirrenia from December 2th to 28th.

All results of the qualification in Ortisei:

1th matchday

South Tyrol - Apulia 3:4 Lara Pfeifer - Stella Tondo 6:2, 6:4 Maximilian Figl - Alessandro Veneziani 6:0, 6:7, 6:4 Laura Mair - Alessandra Simone 6:3, 3:6, 3:6 Nicolò Toffanin - Alexander Gammariello 6:2, 3:6, 6:3 Laura Mair/Lara Pfeifer - Alvise/Simone 1:6, 3:6 Stefano Pinzan/Christian Fellin - Gammariello/Veneziani 6:2, 3:6, 8:10 Nicolò Toffanin/Laura Mair - Gammariello/Alvise 2:6, 7:6, 6:10

Veneto - Marche 4:2

2th matchday

South Tyrol - Veneto 3:4 Lara Pfeifer - Vittoria Pastorello 6:3, 6:1 Maximilian Figl - Gregorio De Gasper 4:6, 1:6 Laura Mair - Camilla Zanolini 6:4, 6:4 Christian Fellin - Giovanni Boco 2:6, 7:6, 6:0 Laura Mair/Lara Pfeifer - Zanolini/Moccia 3:6, 4:6 Christian Fellin/Nicolò Toffanin - De Gasper/Cherie Ligniere 3:6, 6:3, 3:10 Laura Mair/Nicolò Toffanin - De Gasper/Zanolini 2:6, 3:6

Apulia - Marche 4:2

3th matchday

South Tyrol - Marche 4:2 Anna Costaperaria - Silvia Soresina 4:6, 0:6 Gabriel Moroder - Filippo Borocci 0:6, 3:6 Laura Mair - Letizia Corsini 6:1, 6:3 Stefano Pinzan - Riccardo Rotilio 7:5, 7:5 Laura Mair/Lara Pfeifer - Ciciliani/Corsini 6:3, 6:2 Nicolò Toffanin/Maximilian Figl - Rotilio/Miccini 6:4, 6:1

Apulia - Veneto 4:2

The final table of Group D

1. Apulia 3 points (12:7) 2. Veneto 2 (10:9) 3. South Tyrol 1 (10:10) 4. Brands 0 (6:12)

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Winter Cup: South Tyrol fails in qualifying

A total of eight South Tyrolean tennis players born in 2003 and 2004 (U15 and U14) competed in the qualification for the “10. Coppa d’Inverno”. This Winter Cup is a team competition for Italian regional selections.

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