Mozart Open: seeded player through the first round. No Austrian’s left in the draw

The first round of the Mozart Open PSA world ranking tournament took place at Tenniscourts Süd in Salzburg. The tournament is part of the Austrian Squash Challenge, a two weeks lasting event.

The only Austrian representative Gioia D’Alonzo unfortunately lost her opening match meaning no home hopes are left in the competition.

All other seeded players made it into the second round. Though Rose Lucas Marcuzzo had to fight for a great comeback from 0/2 to eventually win 12/10 in the deciding game.

Here are the full results of the first round:

[9/16] Tereza Široká (CZE, WRL 262) – Gioia D’Alonzo (AUT) 11/7, 11/2, 11/7 21min
[9/16] Stella Kaufmann (SUI, WRL 255) – Francesca Whyte (ENG, WRL 276) 11/4, 11/9, 11/2, 17min
[9/16] Rose Lucas Marcuzzo (FRA, WRL 270) – Ayumi Watanabe (JPN, WRL 300) 4/11, 3/11, 11/4, 11/7, 12/10 32min
[9/16] Jannis Lam (HKG, WRL 238) – Camila Gallegos (CHI, WRL 273) 7/11, 11/6, 11/1, 13/11 36min

These are the line ups for the second round on Wednesday 30th April at Tenniscourt Süd:

15:45: C1: 2.Runde: [5] Sophie Fadaely (AUS, WRL 120) – [9/16] Lilou Brevard-Belliot (FRA, WRL 182)
15:45: C2: 2.Runde: [7] Akari Midorikawa (JPN, WRL 130) – [9/16] Jannis Lam (HKG, WRL 238)
16:30: C1: 2.Runde: [8] Olivia Besant (ENG, WRL 153) – [9/16] Kaitlyn Watts (NZL, WRL 178)
16:30: C2: 2.Runde: [6] Lea Barbeau (FRA, WRL 124) – [9/16] Rose Lucas Marcuzzo (FRA, WRL 270)
17:15: C2: 2.Runde: [4] Isabel McCullough (ENG, WRL 118) – [9/16] Rafaela Albuja (ECU, WRL 219)
18:00: C2: 2.Runde: [3] Toby Tse (HGK, WRL 110) – [9/16] Tereza Široká (CZE, WRL 262)
18:45: C2: 2.Runde: [2] Sarahi Lopez (MEX, WRL 105) – [9/16] Stella Kaufmann (SUI, WRL 255)
19:30: C2: 2.Runde: [1] Hana Ismail (EGY, WRL 90) – [9/16] Milena Velychko (UKR, WRL 231)

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