Top seed Ostapenko wins in a "midnight session"
At 0.10 a.m., top seed Jelena Ostapenko secured her place in the quarter-finals after a real thriller against the young Danish star Clara Tauson in a "midnight session". In the tie-break of the third set on Friday night, the world number twelve from Latvia finally converted her third match point to win 3:6, 6:4, 7:6 (9:7) and, with her fists clenched, she [...]
Inside Out 1.2.2024
1 February 2024 Inside Out Co-favourite Donna Vekic gets started She has been eagerly awaiting her first serve at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2024 for a long time - today it finally starts! Linz regular Donna Vekic starts the tournament against Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska. The clash between two top 35 players is the "key match" on this tournament Thursday. Sandra Reichel and Donna Vekic In the [...]
Jelena Ostapenko arrives in Upper Austria
Top seed Jelena Ostapenko has now also arrived safely in Upper Austria. The Latvian tennis world number twelve, who had reached the doubles final at the Australian Open on Sunday, was welcomed with flowers by tournament director Sandra Reichel and tournament ambassador Barbara Schett on Wednesday afternoon. The 26-year-old has fond memories of Linz, despite her [...]
FE&MALE Sports Conference sets the course for the future
This event sends an impressive signal for women in sport in Austria! At the second edition of ADVANTAGE LADIES of the FE&MALE Sports Conference on Wednesday as part of the WTA 500 Upper Austria Ladies Linz tournament, renowned international speakers discussed the topic of gender equality in depth. Together, they developed important approaches and aspects in order to [...]
Sinja Kraus misses out on Austrian success
The atmosphere reached its peak in the late evening match when Sinja Kraus appeared, but the 21-year-old Viennese was denied a victory. The only Austrian starter in the main draw of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz with a wild card was defeated 1:6, 4:6 by Clara Burel from France, the number 52 in the tennis world. In front of a full [...]
Inside Out 31.1.2024
31 January 2024 Inside Out Dayana Yastremska A true tennis fairytale The 23-year-old Dayana Yastremska has just celebrated the biggest success of her young career. The Ukrainian, who has previously been ranked among the top 30 in the world, marched sensationally from qualifying to the semi-finals at the Australian Open. After the fairytale dream run in [...]
Inside Out 30.1.2024
30 January 2024 Inside Out Angie's opener A Grand Slam winner in Linz Angelique Kerber is returning to the Upper Austria Ladies Linz for the first time after winning the tournament eleven years ago - and she's coming back with all the trimmings! The former world number one and 2013 Linz winner starts the tournament with her match against Lucia Bronzetti (not before 6.30 pm). [...]
Stars bake bread rolls on "City of Linz Day"
The City of Linz's Kids' Day at the Design Centre was well attended, with children and young people under the age of 15 enjoying the atmosphere at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz with free admission. Stars such as Germany's tennis mum Angelique Kerber, last year's winner Anastasia Potapova and Australian Open sensation Dayana Yastremska from Odessa were also impressed by the atmosphere at the Design Centre on Media Day [...].
Short Linz guest appearance by young stars Koller and Kostic
Sinja Kraus remains the only Austrian hope at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz, where she will face France's Carla Burel in round one on Tuesday. Kraus' compatriots, Tamara Kostic and Arabella Koller, both unfortunately had no chance in their qualifying matches on Sunday. The Viennese Kostic sold herself in her debut on the WTA Tour against Clara [...]
Draw in the logistics park of the Linz AG harbour with Giorgi and Potapova
Traditionally, a LINZ AG site provides the perfect setting for the draw for the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. In keeping with the organisation of the tennis classic, which has been upgraded to a WTA 500 event, this year's ceremony took place in the deep-freeze and pharmaceutical hall in the logistics park of the LINZ AG port, an international hub. In addition to internationality, sustainability is also a unifying factor [...]