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.
Julia Grabher couldn't capitalise on her chances
Austria's women's tennis is no longer present at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2023! Julia Grabher, who had received a wild card from tournament director Sandra Reichel, lost her first round match against US-American Madison Brengle 6:7(2/7), 2:6 on Wednesday afternoon. Julia Grabher had seen it as an incentive and not as pressure to prove herself as Austria's number one here at the Linz WTA tournament [...].
Maria Sakkari celebrates a successful debut in Linz
Tournament favourite Maria Sakkari qualified for the round of 16 at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2023 on Tuesday evening! The number one of the WTA tournament celebrated a successful debut in Upper Austria with a 6:1, 7:6 (8/6) win against Nuria Parrizas Diaz from Spain. Camila Giorgi, the 2018 Linz winner, is also through to the round of 16. In the last match of "Super Tuesday", the Croatian defeated Donna [...]
Julia Grabher at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz
Julia Grabher can immortalise herself in the annals of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz on Wednesday. If she wins her first round match against Madison Brengle from the USA, she will be the first Austrian singles winner at the WTA tournament in Linz for ten years! As a reminder: Tyrolean Patricia Mayr-Achleitner was the last Austrian to win a singles match in the round of 16 of the women's tennis classic in 2013 (6:1, 6:7, [...]
Niemeier defeats Kenin
A world-class trio will be in action on "Super Tuesday" at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2023: Maria Sakkari, the number one seed, Camila Giorgi, the 2018 Linz winner, and Donna Vekic, quarter-finalist at the Australian Open, will battle it out for a place in the last 16. Jule Niemeier already made it on Monday evening! While her colleagues were at the Players' Party under [...]
All-Access Hour with Maria Sakkari "I’m very excited ahead of my debut here"
Maria Sakkari came, saw and took everyone's hearts by storm! The 27-year-old Greek has impressed with her refreshing naturalness since her arrival on Saturday afternoon and is looking forward to her debut at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz! Sakkari is seeded number one at the women's tennis classic and will face Spain's Nuria Parrizas Diaz on Tuesday. Tournament director Sandra Reichel is [...]
Six ÖTV defeats in qualifying
The eagerly awaited first-round clash between top German player Jule Niemeier and US-American Sofia Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open winner, will take place at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz on Monday evening from 6.30 pm! "We're starting with a real cracker of a match on the first day of the main draw. Jule is the new German number one and reached the quarter-finals at Wimbledon, [...]