Ladies. in Business & Sports
Linz, 11 November 2021 - In the presence of Federal Minister for Women Susanne Raab and ÖTV President Magnus Brunner, tournament director Sandra Reichel officially kicked off the "Ladies. in Business & Sports" initiative today, Thursday. The aims of the initiative are to promote sporting activities as well as professional career planning and the personal development of young women. A fixed, annual [...]
Duel between the Romanians in the semi-finals: Jaqueline Cristian challenges world star Simona Halep
Linz, 10. 11. 2021 - Lucky loser into the semi-finals! This dream came true for Jaqueline Cristian on Wednesday at 10.35 pm. The 23-year-old Romanian was the last player to qualify for the semi-finals of the "Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2021" with a 6:3, 7:6 victory over Russian Veronika Kudermetova, the tournament's number four. Now [...]
Danielle Collins
Danielle Collins is rounding off the most successful year of her career at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2021. The 27-year-old American has won her first WTA tournaments this year. First on 25 July at the clay court tournament in Palermo with a 6:4, 6:2 victory in the final against Elena-Gabriele Ruse, who had also won the WTA tournament in Hamburg organised by Sandra Reichel. [...]
Simona Halep celebrates "Super Tuesday" / Emma Raducanu fails after a two-and-a-half-hour thriller
Linz, 9 November 2021 - While Simona Halep was able to enjoy "Super Tuesday" to the full, Emma Raducanu had to say goodbye to Linz at 8.45 pm. The top seed at the "Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2021" lost to Chinese qualifier Xinyu Wang in three sets. Halep had previously celebrated against Aliaksandra Sasnovich from Belarus [...]
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 [...]