UTC Amstetten. “It was the close game we expected, and we could have left the field as winners. Round after round we play at eye level, we have victory on the racket, but the opponent scores the decisive points, ”said team manager Christian Lindenhofer, analyzing the unfortunate defeat in Linz. The sporting excursion to Linz started promisingly. Tomas Liska and Felix Schüller were able to achieve safe victories.
“So I thought, everything is actually going according to plan,” says Lindenhofer. It got a bit more hairy with Manuel Pröll’s game. “He actually had an opponent that he can safely bend in normal form. Unfortunately, in the course of the game, he slipped into an out of shape. In the end, a point was given away, ”Lindenhofer sums up. Afterwards Gregor Hausberger could not find normal form either.
Although he had a very strong opponent in the German Max Rehberg, who only recently flew out of the Grand Slam tournament in Paris in the junior competition against a certain Leo Borg, there was still more in here. Stefan Auinger had to give in to an aged ex-national champion Ingo Neumüller in the championship break. However, Dominik Winninger delivered again, in the end he got the point from this game.
“Should have led clearly to Singels”
And so it was 3: 3 after the individual. “Crazy, there was a 4: 2, even a 5: 1. Still, I thought that we could fix that in doubles, ”the team manager looks back. But there was a dèjá vu experience for him. Because again the games started ideally. Set one was definitely won in two and three doubles. Hausberger / Liska lost just 5: 7 in the first. “It’s actually unbelievable that we didn’t take a point from the doubles. Now we’re standing with our backs to the wall, but we’re still a long way from giving up, ”Lindenhofer concludes.
UTC Waidhofen / Y. If you have a substitute weakness, you get a surprisingly high bankruptcy in Hochwolkersdorf. “Michael Weinberger didn’t get fit and Stephan Schmutzer didn’t have time that weekend. Jan Poskocil was also plagued by stomach cramps again. The bottom line was that these were the reasons for the defeat. We win with a full line-up, ”says chairman Heinz Reicharzeder. Doubly bitter for Amstetten that Hochwolkersdorf was able to conquer three important points in the relegation battle. Waidhofen, on the other hand, should get the necessary points against Klosterneuburg.
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