WTA: Linz with a new date at the beginning of November
Sandra Reichel was very happy to hear this news: The women's tennis world-class tournament “Upper Austria Ladies Linz 2021”, which was originally planned from October 10th to 17th, will now definitely take place in Linz from November 6th to 12th! The women's professional tennis organization WTA made this decision these days after intensive appointment negotiations.
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“I am very happy that we were able to fix an attractive date at the beginning of November. Due to Covid, the WTA calendar has been turned upside down again this year, "explains Sandra Reichel. In the original tournament week (October 10th to 17th), the Upper Austria Ladies Linz would now be parallel to the one from spring in the fall rescheduled 1000 event was held by Indian Wells. "That's why I really wanted a new date, and we have now found a great tournament week in November. Now we have the chance of a top-class field of players."
As usual, the tournament director of Austria's most important women's sports event will do everything possible to present top players in the TipsArena in Linz! Local tennis fans, who have been pampered with world-class tennis in the past decades, can already look forward to this today. Advance ticket sales are scheduled to start at the end of September.
World number two Aryna Sabalenka triumphed at the 2020 anniversary tournament
The hard court tournament starts on Saturday, November 6th, 2021 with qualification, the main competition starts on Sunday, November 7th. The final has to take place on Friday, November 12th, because the WTA finals, which have been moved from Shenzhen (China) to Guadalajara (Mexico), begin on November 10th.
As a reminder: Exactly one year earlier there was an anniversary mood in Linz, because the women's tennis classic "Upper Austria Ladies" had celebrated its 30th birthday in the TipsArena. And Sandra Reichel was the tournament director in Linz for the 20th time. The great triumphant at the anniversary tournament was Aryna Sabalenka! The world number two from Belarus lived up to their favorite role in a thrilling final against the Belgian Elise Mertens, who was seeded two, and won 7: 5 and 6: 2 after 1:42 hours. For Sabalenka it was the eighth WTA title of her career!