Austrian National Championships
Daniel HABESOHN and Sofia POLCANOVA are the winners of the 90th Austrian National Championships held in Tyrol. HABESOHN beat his former club’s teammate Stefan FEGERL in the Men’s Singles final while the best ranked European women’s player prevailed against defending champion LIU Yuan. FEGERL eliminated 2019 men’s winner Robert GARDOS in the semi-final clash.
It was fourth title for HABESOHN and third one for POLCANOVA. Muhlhausen’s player won crucial third game against FEGERL in spite of missing three set points to win 4:2 (10 -6 13 7 -4 9). Unlike him POLCANOVA lost the opener but responded by four games in a row.
“I am happy. It is always an honour to be the national champion. Playing against LIU Yuan is always difficult. She is extremely experienced player and fights for every ball. I think that spectators enjoyed watching some good rallies” stressed Sofia POLCANOVA after her win against LIU Yuan.
Men’s Singles final
Daniel HABESOHN – Stefan FEGERL 4:2 (10 -6 13 7 -4 9)
Men’s Singles semi-final
Stefan FEGERL – Robert GARDOS 4:1 (7 5 5 -9 5)
Daniel HABESOHN – Simon PFEFFER 4:1 (5 8 -7 7 9)
Women’s singles final
Sofia POLCANOVA – LIU Yuan 4:1 (-9 5 6 9 5)
Women’s singles semi-final
LIU Yuan – Karoline MISCHEK 4:0 (10 7 7 7)
Sofia POLCANOVA – Amelie SOLJA 4:0 (8 6 0 4)
Men’s Doubles final
Mathas HABESOHN/Dominik HABESOHN – Simon PFEFFER/Maciej KOLODZIEJCZYK 3:1 (-5 10 4 9)
Women’s Doubles final
Ines DIENDORFER/Karoline MISCHEK – Anna PFEFFER/Melanie WELKHAMMER 3:0 (3 5 10)
Mixed Doubles final
Thomas GRININGER/Karoline MISCHEK – Stefan LEITGEB/Amelie SOLJA 3:1 (-9 9 6 6)
The 2019 winners
Men Singles: Robert GARDOS
Women Singles: LIU Yuan
Men Doubles: Christoph SIMONER/David VORCNIK
Women Doubles: Selina LEITNER/Teresa OPPELZ
Mixed Doubles: Thomas GRININGER/Karoline MISCHEK
