Anastasia Potapova destroys Anna-Lena Friedsam's dream of reaching the final

Anna-Lena Friedsam missed her chance early on Friday to become the second German after Angelique Kerber (2013) to join the list of winners at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. After a convincing first set against Anastasia Potapova, Friedsam lost 6:2, 4:6, 1:6 - the dream of reaching the semi-finals and final was over. Qualified for the round of the last four [...]

Austria's 1st Women's Sports Symposium: Initial spark for gender equality

The speakers at the 1st Austrian Women's Sports Symposium "Advantage Ladies" called for more "gender equality" in Austrian sport on Friday with exciting panel discussions and eye-opening keynotes. After a brilliant sports policy kick-off with Vice-Chancellor and Sports Minister Werner Kogler, Women's Minister Susanne Raab and Micky Lawler, the US President of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), the main topics at the Linz Design Centre were [...]

Austria's 1st Women's Sports Symposium: Initial spark for gender equality

The 1st Austrian Women's Sports Symposium "Advantage Ladies" is set to provide an initial spark. The event, which took place on Friday as part of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, was held under the motto "Visible. Strengthened. Positioned." and is intended to bring the topic of "gender equality" in Austrian sport into the social, media and sports policy spotlight. In future, "Advantage Ladies" will take place every year during the women's tennis classic in Linz. [...]

Farewell with tears from Camila Giorgi

Camila Giorgi, who wanted to leave Linz with a trophy in her hand, had already reached the last 16 of the Upper Austria Ladies. The 31-year-old Italian lost to Denmark's young star Clara Tauson 6:1, 3:6, 4:6. Tauson will face Croatia's Petra Martic in the quarter-finals on Friday (not before 8 p.m.) at 23:40 [...]