Tennis Bundesliga – lost out on the title in a thriller

Salzburg’s Gabriel Schmidt lost the Bundesliga final with Mauthausen by the narrowest of margins. “It doesn’t get any more bitter,” sighed the man from Salzburg. Meanwhile, Betina Stummer is becoming the serial winner.

Joy and sorrow are often close together in sport. Salzburg’s tennis aces felt that at the Bundesliga final in Klagenfurt yesterday. Gabriel Schmidt suffered one of his worst career defeats with Mauthausen. The Upper Austrians delivered a gripping duel against the favorite Irdning. “We never thought we could challenge them like that,” Schmidt said, referring to the top players (Novak, J. Melzer, Misolic) in the opponent’s ranks. After the singles it was 3:3 (Schmidt lost to Sebastian Ofner 6:4, 4:6, 7:10), so the doubles had to decide. The 31-year-old defeated Novak/Ofner with Alex Erler 6: 3, 6: 3, but the favorite won the second double. It came to a showdown. “We had four match points. It really doesn’t get any more bitter than that,” Schmidt was disappointed after his colleagues had lost the third set 10:12. In the women’s competition, Betina Stummer and Linz AG triumphed 5:2 against hosts Klagenfurt. For the 39-year-old, who won every game this season, it was the fourth Bundesliga title in a row. “Simply brilliant,” said the Salzburg native.STC fixes promotionYesterday, the STC made the promotion to the 2nd league perfect with an 8:1 win at the Grazer Parkclub. In the future, they no longer want to appear as a legionary troop there, but rather establish themselves with predominantly young people from Salzburg.
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