Lilli Tagger receives main draw wild card - Austrian Women's Day on Tuesday, 7 April

Austria's tennis fans should mark next Tuesday in their diaries. 7 April 2026 will be the „Day of the Austrians“ at the Upper Austria Ladies Linz. The centrepiece of the WTA 500 tournament will be Lilli Tagger's debut appearance in the Upper Austrian capital. The 18-year-old red-white-red tennis hopeful was the first player to receive a wildcard from tournament director Sandra Reichel for the main draw of Austria's biggest women's sporting event. It is planned that Tagger will play her first match in Linz on Tuesday at 4 pm (live on ORF1). Changes at short notice cannot be completely ruled out.

Julia Grabher, Austria's number one, is also due to play her first round match on this day. The Vorarlberg native has moved up into the main draw due to the cancellations of Barbora Krejcikova, Emma Navarro and Antonia Ruzic through injury. The allocation of the other wildcards will be decided by the main draw on Easter Sunday. 

„I feel pretty comfortable on clay and playing in front of a home crowd is always something special. There's really nothing better. As a preparation tournament for Roland Garros, it's just right. I'm really looking forward to it and can hardly wait,“ said Tagger, who recently received wildcards for the Masters tournaments in Indian Wells and Miami, where she won a round each time. 

Tickets for the Austrian Women's Day on 7 April and all other days of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz are available in the online ticket shop at www.ladieslinz.at available. 

Austria's female footballer of the year Sarah Zadrazil at Advantage Ladies, the FE&MALE Sports Conference

The fourth edition of Advantage Ladies, the FE&MALE Sports Conference, which will take place on Wednesday, 8 April 2026, as part of the Upper Austria Ladies Linz at the Linz Design Center, will have another prominent addition. Sarah Zadrazil, Austria's footballer of the year 2025, will discuss the topic of „Rethinking Power - Leadership, Culture and Safeguarding in Sports“ with tennis coach Judy Murray from 11.50 am. 

The 33-year-old from Bad Ischl is currently under contract with reigning German champions FC Bayern Munich and has already played 127 times for the Austrian women's national football team.a long time. She is currently recovering from a cruciate ligament injury and is therefore taking the opportunity to attend Advantage Ladies, the FE&MALE Sports Conference, and provide important input. 

The complete programme and tickets for the event organised by the Reichel Business Group (RBG) and Sport Austria are available at www.ladieslinz.at.