Back again: Wimbledon heroine Pircher has to cancel the home tournament

But not the 16-year-old local hero Anna Pircher, who most recently made it to the quarterfinals in the Wimbledon junior competition. The great hope for the future had to cancel with a heavy heart due to an injury. This year the extremely talented Tyrolean, who is trained by Daniel Huber, was repeatedly set back by injuries.

“She had a lot to do with it at the beginning of the year Back fought, so had to take a break. She is still working on getting her body into shape. Since not much training was possible, you have to be extremely careful. And now the physio has found out that the back is showing up again. It’s extremely bitter, but impossible for her to play,” says Huber. “We have to be careful not to damage her body.” Pircher will now be out for at least two weeks.

The ÖTV contract player gets her wild card Leonie Rabl. The field is led by the world number 89. Veronika Erjavec from Slovenia. In addition to four Germans Tatjana Maria There are also some young aces like Erika Andrejeva – the sister of the French Open winner Mirra Andrejewa – an.

“Our field of players shows what this tournament should stand for: international women’s tennis, exciting stories and a new stage for players who are on the move to the top,” said the tournament director Carmen Huber. And ÖTV sports director Jürgen Melzer says: “Kitzbühel is a perfect stage for the Austrians with its great prestige and great flair.”