Tennis Bundesliga

Great success: Silver City team celebrates reaching the final

Luca Maldoner played a big part in the success.(Bild: Christian Forcher)

The Schwaz men's tennis team topped last year's semi-final and will play for the championship title in the 1st Bundesliga for the first time in September against the starting line-up from Mauthausen. The women's team will also be playing in the top division again in 2025.

TC Schwaz had two reasons to celebrate on Saturday at its own facility. The men's team advanced to the Bundesliga final with a 6:3 win against Salzburg, while the women's team won 6:1 against Steyr, returning to the top division after relegation. "Now we're staying at the top," promised team captain Franziska Anna Hotter.

In the footsteps of IEV
"It's an incredible day for us," said Fabian Wöll, the boys' team captain, proudly. For the first time since IEV 2013, a Tyrolean team is back in a final. With Gustav Dressler (back problems) retiring in the second set against Luca Maldoner, everything was clear and the last match was meaningless at 5:3. But Matthias Haim was determined to win it and took the hard-fought victory.

This is an incredible day. Over the past few years, we've gradually got better and better in the league. And now we're in the final!

Mannschaftsführer Fabian Wöll

Great team spirit
"We're very, very happy, it's a great story. We've all known each other for a long time, we've been playing together for many years and we always have fun at away games," said Maldoner, emphasizing the team spirit.

Nothing to lose
Title favorites Mauthausen (with Tyrolean Alex Erler) await in the final. The game will be played sometime in September, the venue has not yet been decided. "We have little to nothing to lose, we can play relaxed and have fun," said Maldoner. "They only boil with water too," explained Wöll.

TENNIS: Men: 1st Bundesliga: Schwaz - Salzburg 6:3. 2nd Bundesliga: Irdning - Telfs 5:4. Women: 1st Bundesliga: Kitzbühel - Mödling 3:4, Graz - Kufstein 3:4. 2nd Bundesliga: Schwaz - Steyr 6:1, Dornbirn - Wörgl 1:6, Hartberg - IEV 7:0. Tyrolean League: Wörgl II - Natters 2:5, Pitztal - Hall 6:1, Telfs - Hippach 2:5.