Day: 8 November 2022

Julia Grabher and Sinja Kraus fail in round one

Linz, 8. 11. 2021 - Two ÖTV players, one fate: Julia Grabher and Sinja Kraus lost their first round matches at the "Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2021" in the TipsArena on Monday afternoon. The 25-year-old from Vorarlberg put in a strong performance, but was beaten 6:7, 4:6 by France's Alize Cornet, while the 19-year-old from Vienna lost to Belgium's Alison [...]

ÖTV duo to fight for promotion to the round of 16 on Monday afternoon

Linz, 7 November 2021 - First Sinja Kraus, then (not before 4 pm!) Julia Grabher! The ÖTV duo, who received a wild card for the WTA tournament "Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2021" from tournament director Sandra Reichel, will fight for a place in the round of 16 on Monday afternoon! The 19-year-old Sinja Kraus is the clear outsider against the experienced Belgian Alison van Uytvanck, but [...]

Special effect photo shoot: This was fun!!!

The two-time winner of Grand Slam tournaments, Romanian Simona Halep, has already experienced many photo shoots in her great tennis career. But today's was certainly the most curious and spectacular. The company backaldrin from Asten near Linz had invited her to a flour shoot! Tennis balls are dipped in flour and then thrown to the players. The forehand and [...]

Emma Raducanu

It's one of those miraculous stories that only life can write: she is 18 years young, fought her way through qualifying at the US Open and left New York as a new star in the tennis firmament: Emma Raducanu! Yesterday, US Open winner Emma Raducanu answered questions from the press at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. The [...]

When children's eyes light up

Yes, so many beaming children's eyes made the hearts of tournament director Sandra Reichel and tournament ambassador Barbara Schett smile! What a fantastic start to the fantastic junior initiative "1,000 rackets for 1,000 girls" on Sunday morning in the TipsArena! As part of the WTA tournament "UpperAustria Ladies Linz 2021", the first 140 girls were given their tennis rackets, which were provided by Dunlop [...]

Spectacular draw in the Linz AG Ice Arena - Tough draw for ÖTV duo

The world-class women's tennis tournament in Linz from 6 to 12 November in the TipsArena already offers plenty of excitement in the first round matches! Austria's number one at this year's "Upper Austria Ladies Linz", Julia Grabher, will face France's Alize Cornet. And Sinja Kraus, who also received a wildcard for the main draw from tournament director Sandra Reichel (like Grabher), will play [...]

Portrait of Sinja Kraus

She admires Roger Federer for his "ease and lightness on the court", enjoys reading romance novels and loves listening to music by Ed Sheeran. "But not before the match like many other players who walk around with headphones, I'm an atypical tennis player," says Sinja Kraus. The 19-year-old Viennese experienced a special moment of happiness on Friday afternoon when she [...]

Sandra Reichel pushes youth: Wildcard for 19-year-old Sinja Kraus

A dream came true for Sinja Kraus this Friday at 4pm. The 19-year-old received a wildcard for the main draw at the 31st edition of the WTA tournament "Upper Austria Ladies Linz" from tournament director Sandra Reichel. Born in Vienna, she has attracted attention with some great successes in 2021, for example in January with [...]

Sandra Reichel: "We are more than just a tennis tournament"

World-class tennis - Biggest initiative for young talent - "Ladies.in Business & Sports" Year-round promotion of women - Wheelchair tennis show match Linz, 05. 11. 2021 - "Austria's most important women's sporting event!" The "Upper Austria Ladies Linz" has fought hard for this title. At the 31st edition of the WTA tournament from 6 to 12 November in the TipsArena, tournament director Sandra Reichel is taking the event to new heights: [...]