Round of 16 in Athens as a qualifier, now even quarter-finals in Prague. Lilli Tagger also comes on the big one WTA-Tour slowly moving. The weak moments of the past few months have been forgotten. Tagger’s opponent in the round of the best eight players will be either the number three seed Czech Sara Bejlek or the Uzbek Maria Timofeeva.
The 18-year-old beat the recently strong Japanese in the round of 16 of the WTA250 tournament Mai Hontama clearly 6:4 and 6:4. With this victory, the East Tyrolean is in the top 70 for the first time, at least in the live ranking. A lot can be expected for the US open. In contrast to other professionals, Austria’s hope for the future is already playing on a hard court for them US Open one where she has a guaranteed place in the main competition.
The woman from Vorarlberg Julia Grabher is now Austria’s solo entertainer at the up-and-coming ITF100 tournament in Amstetten. The 30-year-old defeated Croatian Iva Primorac Pavicic 6:1 6:0 in the round of 16. The Ladies Open Amstetten had to move forward by a week at short notice this year because of the women’s premiere in Kitzbühel and will now take place at the same time as the men’s tournament in Kitzbühel. 2027 should pitched two weeks in advance one week before the Generali Open Ladies Kitzbühel.