Lilli Tagger: The first Austrian wins junior titles in Paris!

Lilli Tagger: The first Austrian wins junior titles in Paris!

The Austrian tennis young player Lilli Tagger has achieved historical by winning the junior finals at the French Open in Paris. In the final on the Court Simonne-Mathieu, she defeated the British eight-seed Hannah Klugman 6-2, 6: 2 and thus secured the junior major title. Tagger, who had already attracted interest in the semi-finals due to her impressive performance, is the first Austrian to ever be in a junior finals in Roland-Garros. According to Kleine Zeitung was one-sided because Tagger early achieved a break for 3: 1 at 4: 2 Breakballe Opponent defended.

The young player has used Francesca Schiavone coaching, a former world ranking and champion of Roland-Garros, since November 2023. Schiavone, which Tagger offers not only technical but also mental support, was a valuable resource for the talented 17-year-old. As the website Rolandgarros.com , Tagger has a better way to cut off than the previous Austrian participants in the junior area, including Dominic Thiem, who reached the final in 2011 in the boy's singles, and her predecessor Tamira Paszek.

the support and the way to the title

Tagger enjoyed a lot of support and motivation from Schiavone in her entire tournament participation. After her first tournament victory at ITF level against Lois Boisson in March this year, which also reached the semi-finals in Roland-Garros, Tagger confirmed her rising talent. Despite a defeat in the qualification for the WTA-1000 tournament in Miami against Sara Sorribes, who is currently in third place in the world rankings, she did not miss out.

In a remarkable story for the Austrian tennis youngsters, Tagger has been the first player since Tamira Paszek, who took part in a junior major final in New York in 2006. According to Wikipedia there are a total of eight Austrian players, including Jürgen Melzer in 1999. Tagger shows promising approaches to leave their own traces in this story.