“We worked on that moment”

“Only one point was missing from the title,” was the heading of an OÖN article on September 13, 2023. In the Bundesliga final against Linz AG Team Upper Austria, the ladies of the UTC Fischer Ried had to give up 3: 4. In the decisive doubles, the Rieders even had a match ball. “The disappointment was huge, the title was within reach. There were already a few tears,” said Florian Reiter, team leader and sporting director of UTC Ried, at the time. Also last year the UTC Ried had to admit defeat in the final.

Last Sunday in the fourth final after 2021, 2023 and 2024, the Rieder women were able to keep the master plate up for the first time. It was 4: 1 in the final against Weigelsdorf after the singles, which means that the doubles no longer had to be played. In the final, the Rieders had to do without their number one, Sinja Kraus: The 23-year-old was also in the final at an international tournament in Vienna. She was perfectly represented by her sister Livia Kraus, who won her single with 6: 1 and 6: 1. “We followed the final of Sinja Kraus in parallel on the cell phone. After our victory, we switched it on by cell phone video. She also was very happy,” says Florian Reiter.

For the UTC Ried, the women’s championship profit was not the first Bundesliga league in the club’s history, but the successes at the national level in the general class for men have been for decades.

“Huge joy”

Among other things, 25-year-old Nadja Ramskogler made a significant contribution to this great success, all of whom was able to win her five games. “The joy with all of us was of course huge. After three runner -up titles, it was our goal to finally get the championship. In addition, in 2023 we even had a match ball for the Bundesliga victory. Our expectations after we won against Weigelsdorf in group phase 7-0. We knew that we were in the favorite role, and we wanted to do just OÖN conversation. The “perfect season”, ie a season without defeat, was a big goal. “We worked for this moment, now it was finally time,” says the 25-year-old Upper Austrian, who has been up for UTC Ried since 2019.

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