Dennis Novak and Julia Grabher Austrian state champions for the second time
There were two favorite wins in the final of the Austrian State Championships on Saturday.
by Florian Goosmann
last edit: Jul 04, 2020, 02:43 pm
Julia Grabher initially beat her Fed Cup colleague Sinja Kraus 7: 5, 6: 4 after Barbara Haas' refusal and won her second national championship title after 2014.
Both women had a break festival, which ended up being nine for Grabher, who made a total of ten double faults.
Novak needs seven match balls
Afterwards Dennis Novak won the duel of the top seed against Sebastian Ofner with 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-5, it was his second title after 2013. Novak had already led with 5-1, 40-0 in the decision set, but Ofner kept coming and fending off a total of six match balls.
Both Grabher and Ofner receive a € 6,500 prize.
In the women's doubles Nadja Ramskogler / Anna Gröss (7: 5, 6: 2 against Laura Pasterk / Nina Plihal) won, the mixed event was decided by Mira Antonitsch / Neil Oberleitner (4: 3, 4: 0 against Alina Michalitsch / David Pichler ) for themselves.