Lilli Tagger: East Tyrol's new tennis miracle on promotion to world class!

Lilli Tagger: East Tyrol's new tennis miracle on promotion to world class!

Wien, Österreich - Lilli Tagger, the 17-year-old tennis hope from East Tyrol, wrote an important chapter in her still young career with her victory at the W35 tournament in Terrassa, Spain. In the final against the Frenchman Lois Boisson, who was number 9, she triumphed and secured the coveted title with an exciting 7: 6 (4), 6: 3. This success marks her first International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament, which she has made the youngest Austrian since Tamira Paszek in 2005, which has won a title in this category. After this victory, Lilli is expected to be classified in position 570 of the WTA ranking. Francesca Schiavone is trained, which certainly contributed to increasing your services.

The 17-year-old has already played 11 tournaments on the WTA tour and is currently in 545th place. Her trainer Schiavone sees her potential for the top 15, but emphasizes the need for more consistency in her performance. Lilli himself is currently pursuing a strategy to put physical and playful development in the foreground instead of only taking care of the ranking. The von Lilli family is also active in sports, their parents play in the Tennis Bundesliga and their siblings are involved in the Landesliga.

an atypical career

at the age of four, Lilli began playing tennis and quickly developed into a talent. Her family traveled a lot to tournaments in Austria, while she commuted to Kitzbühel at the age of only 10 to train under coach Mark Carruthers. At the age of 13 she moved to Massimo Sartori in Italy and now lives in Milan, where she attended an online school in Bolzano to combine her academic obligations with the intensive training in the tennis academy of Schiavone in Varese.

In addition to your sporting training, your career is important to the psychological side. Especially in tennis, where mental strength is often decisive, cooperation with sports psychologists is of central importance. Swiss Tennis offers sports psychological services that are tailored to the needs of young talents. This includes group training as well as individual consultations that aim to improve the mental strength of the players and prepare them for the challenges in competition.

different challenges and future prospects

The time span that Tagger spends in the international teniss scene is characterized by challenges. For example, she competed in a WITCARD participant in Miami at a WTA 1000 event, but lost to Sara Sorribes Tormo, which is number 39 in the world rankings. It is all the more remarkable to your view of the upcoming big tournaments: Lilli plans to completely switch to the adult tour after the Grand Slam tournaments in Roland Garros and Wimbledon.

The Tagger family has decided to minimize the pressure to minimize Lilli and create a supportive environment while developing the maximum potential of her daughter. The way to this is a history of success, and the coming months could be crucial for the further career of Lilli Tagger.