The Austrian SWT took place this weekend in Vienna, in the fantastic venue Racketworld. The sun shone all weekend and there were many closely fought battles and a lot of fun had too. All of the organisers, particularly Sandra Ettenaeur, did a brilliant job keeping the tournament running smoothly, and there was both a player’s dinner as well as a player’s party, where competitors could unwind and socialise.
On Saturday morning the singles started, with the first few rounds of the Men’s A and Women’s A played in quick succession. Many close and exciting matches occurred throughout the day. The semi-final match between Bastian Böhm and Molnár Gergely was particularly tight one and drew quite a crowd. It went all the way to a Gummy arm, with Gergely eventually winning, to set up a final against Nicolas Lenggenhager, who defeated Leon Sam in his semi-final by +37.
In the Women’s draw there were also some good battles on the Saturday, with Pauline Cavé and Mollie Patterson both securing two wins each to book themselves a place in the final on Sunday. Cavé’s closest match was a +7 win against Ranson, while Patterson’s secured a +15 win over Kaptein.
On Sunday, all four finalists put on an impressive display in the Elite categories, with Lenggenhager taking gold with a +13 win over Gergely after two very impressive performances in the badminton and squash to turn over a deficit of -13 after table tennis, to only require 6 in tennis for the title. Whilst Cavé claimed victory with a 4-0 win in tennis, after also managing to turn around a large deficit after table tennis with 21-5, 21-4 victories in badminton and squash. Sam took third place in the Men’s A with an impressive performance against Böhm, and Ranson took third place in the Women’s A with victory over Kaptein.
Sunday morning also saw the completion of the Elite mixed doubles; with the final and third-fourth play-off both being played. Nicolas Lenggenhager and Molly Patterson took on Julien Castel and Pauline Cavé in an extremely high-quality match, which saw some great performances in all four sports. Patterson and Lenggenhager eventually secured the title with a 7-6 win in tennis. The fight for bronze between Holly Ranson and Bastian Böhm and Kirsten I. Kaptein and Jean-François Albert saw an extremely tight game of table tennis but was won before tennis by Ranson and Böhm.
In the Men’s B the competition was also extremely fierce, with many highly competitive matches taking place over the two days, before the 20 strong draw in the men’s B was whittled down to the final two. The final between Port and Ried went deep into tennis with Ried eventually gaining the 12 points needed to win the match and the title, by a +10 margin. In the Women’s B, Nothegger took the draw by storm, winning all her matches and the title without needing a point of tennis. Her performance in the final against RadI was particularly impressive as she claimed victory in all three of the first sports, with impressive 21-8, 21-9 scores in both badminton and squash. The third/fourth play-off between Widu and Feucht was eventually won by Feucht who claimed the 3 points needed in tennis to win bronze with a +22 victory.
The Men’s C and D categories were also contested over the weekend, and the final of the men’s C came down to a father son battle, with Volker Sach beating his son Mortiz Sach to win gold with a +12 victory. Ilya Sela claimed third with a walk over in the third/forth play off. The men’s D final was an all-Hungarian affair, with Hegedüs taking victory with a +10 victory over Marcell. Sivakumar took home third with a + 9 victory over Borchert.
It was also great to see so many junior and senior categories competed in throughout the tournament, and there were many extremely impressive displays by the players on court. But there can only be one victor in each category, and these were:
– Luis Wiesel in the Junior U12’s with Bruno Gallert in second and Daniel Kürzl in third.
– Gabriel Bichler in the Junior U14’s with Philip Walland winning silver and Kilian Bichler in bronze.
– Saskia Feucht in the Girls U14 with Hana-Lisa Toomjõe in second.
– Phillip Walland in the Juniors U16 with Leon Borchert taking second and Gabriel Bichler in third.
– Andreas Kotala in the U21s’ with Benjamin RadI in second and Markus Perschinka in third.
– Jonathan Cassier in the Senior + 40’s with Marek Hrůza taking silver and Matthias Windbacher bringing home the bronze.
– Kirsten Kaptein in the Women’s + 40’s, with second and third being decided by a three-way gummy arm. Eventually, after much tension Nisreen Hamadeh took second and Marianna Palotainé Pozsár came third.
-Jan Port in the senior + 50 with Volker Sach in second and Adam Borkowski in third.
– Christian Börner in the +55’s with Darius Adam Walczak taking silver and István Sági in third.
Congratulations to all the winners.
Men’s A results, Women’s A results, Mixed A results, Men’s B results, Women’s B results, Men’s C results, Men’s D results, Junior U12’s results, Junior U14’s results, Girls U14 results, Juniors U16 results, U21’s results, Senior +40’s results, Women’s +40’s results, Senior +50 results, Senior +55 results
