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The current number 23 in the WTA rankings was named “Comeback Player of the Year” last year. After just five and a half months of maternity leave, she also won the Strasbourg title and reached the French Open quarter-finals.
The 33rd Upper Austria Ladies Linz will take place from January 29th to February 4th at the Design Center in Linz. At the top of the entry list is the current Wimbledon champion and seventh in the world rankings, Marketa Vondrousova from the Czech Republic. “I was very happy about the news that Linz got a 500 upgrade.
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The event is very deserving. It is a legendary European indoor tournament with great tradition, a great audience and a real feel-good atmosphere,” the 29-year-old Ukrainian is quoted as saying in a broadcast. The 17-time tournament winner, who was recently defeated by Coco Gauff in the final in Auckland, is in second place At the start in Upper Austria for the first time since 2013.
The former world number three is married to French tennis star Gaël Monfils, and the two have been parents to daughter Skaï since October 2022. Tournament director Sandra Reichel was happy about the acceptance: “Elina’s tennis on the court is inspiring and exciting, but she is also an incredibly impressive personality off the court.” The draw for the tournament will take place on January 28th, the men’s final day at the Australian Open.
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