It is the next big success for a player from UTC Steyr. Simon Traxler, a long-time Bundesliga player for Gleinker, won the doubles competition at the national outdoor tennis championships in Oberpullendorf alongside former UTC star David Pichler.
The 23-year-old and his partner from Burgenland were top seeds and had a bye in the first round. In the quarter-finals they beat Traxler’s UTC club colleague Tobias Leitner and Johannes Prammer from Enns. In the semi-finals they left the Viennese pairing of Christoph Lang and Michael Stino no chance, winning 6:4, 6:2. In the final they played themselves into a real frenzy once morest the Lower Austrians Felix and Lukas Steindl and took home the gold medals with a score of 6:1, 6:1.
For Traxler, following several state championship titles, it was the first title at national championships, which this year had a total prize of 54,000 euros. The 23-year-old did not compete in the singles. There, the Styrian Filip Misolic won the title in the final once morest Jurij Rodionov. UTC player Tobias Leitner reached the round of 16. Youngster Alexander Schenk failed in the qualification.
