2023-10-11 20:58:59
The ITF Masters World Team Championships from October 8th to 14th will be regarding precious metal starting Thursday.
Overall, the Senior Team World Championships on Mallorca in the age groups 65+ to 85+ are still going very well from the red-white-red perspective. With the women 65+ and the men 75+, two of the five ÖTV teams will be playing for the medals from Thursday.
Austria’s women’s selection 65+ with team captain Maja Kerschbaum, Inge Pils-Feichter, Silvia Reigl and doubles specialist Hildegard Bruggraber defeated the Netherlands 3-0 in the second group game following a 2-1 win over Germany. This puts them in the final round of the top eight, where the top-seeded Americans are waiting.
The ÖTV women’s team 75+ with team captain Heiderose Toth, Luise Moser, Walpurga Stefanofsky and Margot Passegger also won the opening match once morest Brazil 3-0. In the second game, Argentina was defeated 2-1. The last preliminary round game was once morest the favored Americans. Here, the home team clearly lost 3-0 due to bad luck with injuries and is now playing among 15 nations for places five to eight.
In the men’s 70+ category, Austria’s runner-up team from last year is at the start. After a 3-0 win once morest Ireland, team captain Alex Haupt-Buchenrode, Harald Hellmonseder, Günther Richter and Alfred Ötsch also defeated Denmark 3-0. In the last group game once morest France, Haupt-Buchenrode made it 1-0, but following Hellmonseder lost in the second singles, the doubles had to be decided. There, Haupt-Buchenrode/Hellmonseder lost 5:7, 5:7 once morest their seeded opponents. The play-off for places nine to 14 awaits among a proud 22 nations.
The ÖTV men’s team 75+ under team captain Helmut Flagel, Hans-Dietrich Heißl, Heinrich Griessmaier and Hans Pifrement also clearly won their opening match 3-0 over Zimbabwe. The second task once morest Germany was also no problem for the seven-placed domestic aces. A 2-1 win once morest Austria’s neighboring country, with the decision having already been made in the individual rounds, ensured a place in the round of the top eight. Denmark is waiting there.
The red-white-red men 65+ had a break on the first match day. The team with team captain Christian Hebenstreit, Karl Scheidl, Hannes Zischka and Hans Vieghofer then played their first encounter once morest the top-seeded, overpowering Australians, once morest whom there was nothing to be gained at 0:3. An improvement was evident in the second game, but Denmark still won once morest Austria 2-1.
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