Upward trend

ÖTV lady Grabher stopped in the quarter-finals

After five wins in a row at the ITF W35 tournament in Reus, Spain, Julia Grabher reached the final on Friday. First, Austria's former number one lost 3:6 and 2:6 in the singles to third seed Eva Vedder from the Netherlands. A little later, she missed out on her first doubles title since August 2023.

Grabher, who climbed to 54th in the WTA world rankings last summer, put up a brave fight against the 24-year-old Dutchwoman (WTA no. 221) for 108 minutes, but Vedder was stronger in the end and only conceded one break point - which the Dornbirn native was unable to capitalize on.

Recognizable upward trend
Nevertheless, Günter Bresnik's protégé could be satisfied with her performance in Spain, as she managed to win two tour matches in a row for only the second time since her complicated wrist injury.

In the doubles final, which was played a few hours after her elimination in the singles, Grabher and her German partner Caroline Werner were defeated by the pairing In-Albion/Portillo Ramirez (Sz/Mex) 4:6 and 3:6 after 64 minutes of play.