Austria starts the first VR tennis league: Lilli Tagger in the semi-finals!

Austria starts the first VR tennis league: Lilli Tagger in the semi-finals!

Wien, Österreich - on May 2, 2025, ÖTV, Laola1, Tennis Esports and MXR Sports start the first official VR tennis league in Austria, the * Virtual Reality Austria Championship * (VRAC). The league begins on May 5 and will reach its peak in a live final on June 25, 2025 in the Laola1 office in Vienna. As the main prize, the winners are offered a flight and hotel for the WTEC final in Las Vegas on September 10, 2025. In this innovative league, club teams have the opportunity to choose their first virtual club champions and present themselves as a club.

As part of these exciting developments in the tennis work, the young Austrian Lilli Tagger delights the tennis world with its impressive performance. Yesterday, the 17-year-old secured her place in the semi-finals of the ITF-35 tournament in Santa Margherita di Pula after defeating Norwegian Astrid Wanja Brune Olsen 6: 1, 6: 4 in the quarterfinals. Tagger, born on February 17, 2008, recorded an overall record of 39 wins and 24 defeats in her previous career, whereby she is building an impressive 13-3 balance this year.

Lilli Tagger's impressive career

The Lilli Tagger player statistics show that in 2025 it is particularly successful in indoor hardships, where it can show a record of 12-1. Her results for the past few years are also remarkable: in 2024 she counted 15-11 victories, while in 2023 she had a balance of 8-6. With the current form, it seems to be on the best way to successfully design the next steps of her career.

In the semifinals, Lilli Tagger will meet the Dalila Spiteri, which was placed at number eight, who prevailed against the Romanian player Arina Gabriela Vasilescu 6: 4, 6: 1. It will be exciting to see how Tagger will assert himself against the local hero.

The future of tennis

The introduction of technologies such as the VRAC could not only revolutionize the way tennis played, but also improve training effects. A current study on the effects of new technologies shows that young tennis players can benefit from such developments. These technologies, including AI-based coaching systems and portable sensors, promote the development of skills and improve performance analysis. At the same time, they offer the opportunity to optimize traditional training and minimize injury risks.

Overall, both Lilli Tagger and the VRAC stand for an exciting future in tennis, in which new technologies and fresh competition will apparently go hand in hand.