WTA President Micky Lawler headlines 1st Austrian Women’s Sport Symposium
WTA President was delighted with the beacon from Upper Austria Linz, 12 February 2023 - Tournament Director Sandra Reichel could not have wished for a better return of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz to the Design Center after a 20-year absence. The 32nd edition of the Linz women's tennis classic was the spectacular start to a new era - not just for women's tennis, but for the [...]
Martic and Potapova to go head-to-head in the final
Top sensation in the semi-finals of the 32nd Upper Austria Ladies Linz: The number one seed from Greece, Maria Sakkari, lost her semi-final match against Petra Martic from Croatia 6:3, 3:6, 4:6 on Saturday evening. Martic will play Anastasia Potapova in the final on Sunday at 3 p.m., after beating Marketa Vondrousova from the Czech Republic in three sets in the semi-finals. [...]
WTA President Micky Lawler headlines 1st Austrian Women's Sport Symposium
Linz, Feb. 11, 2023 - In its long history, the Upper Austria Ladies Linz has not only welcomed 18 of the world's 28 No. 1s, but this year the tournament is also playing host to the President of the Hologic WTA Tour. After arriving in Linz on Wednesday, Micky Lawler has been visiting the time-honoured event where she [...]
Maria Sakkari triumphs against Donna Vekic in a duel between friends
Maria Sakkari and Donna Vekic made the Design Centre shake on Friday evening! After 2:06 hours of play, the Greek number one seed at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2023 celebrated a 6:3, 7:6 (10/8) victory to advance to the semi-finals. After the match point, the two good friends hugged each other, showing the fans tennis [...]
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 [...]
Friedsam relies on power tennis in quarter-final against Potapova
The run of success for Germany's women's tennis at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz continues apace: Anna-Lena Friedsam qualified for the quarter-finals of the WTA tournament in Linz on Thursday. The 29-year-old defeated 26-year-old Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina 6:3, 6:4 and will now face Anastasia Potapova. Linz is a "happy place" for Anna-Lena Friedsam! She reached the final here in 2015 [...]
Governor Thomas Stelzer receives WTA President Micky Lawler
Governor Thomas Stelzer received WTA President Micky Lawler together with Tournament Director Sandra Reichel and Tournament Founder Peter-Michael Reichel at the State House on Thursday morning. Governor Stelzer emphasised the importance of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for Upper Austria. WTA President Micky Lawler emphasised that the Linz tournament is now the second oldest indoor tournament on the global WTA Tour.