GLEISDORF, September 13, 2016

The TC Jerich Gleisdorf is the champion of the Austrian Tennis Bundesliga 2016. The team of captain Herbert Jerich jr defeated the squad of the TC Sparkasse Scheibbs 5-1 at their home venue on Sunday afternoon. Gleisdorf celebrated its third team championship in Austria, following the triumphs in 2010 and 2012.

Gerald Melzer (photo: GEPA pictures/ Markus Oberlaender)

Gerald Melzer, Björn Phau, Johannes Ager, Martin Fischer and Nicolas Reissig led the team to success. The only point for Scheibbs was earned by Hungarian György Balasz.

“It’s really great to see what the team achieved this weekend,” Jerry was pleased with the outcome. “We defeated a strong team from Kirchdorf in the semi-final and also showed an impressive performance in the final. I am very proud of the team and now we will have a nice celebration, as we really deserved it.”

Top player Gerald Melzer was also happy. “I haven’t won an Austrian national title so far. So this is something special for me. I played my first season for Gleisdorf and I really enjoyed it. The team spirit could not have been better and the atomosphere on court was great. I won all of my matches in front of packed stands. For me and the entire team it was a perfect weekend.”

Results: TC Jerich Gleisdorf – TC Sparkasse Scheibbs    5:1

Gerald MELZER – Aldin SETKIC 6:4, 6:3
Björn PHAU – Roberto ORTEGA-OLMEDA 6:3, 6:1
Johannes AGER – Patrick OFNER 6:1, 6:0

Martin FISCHER – Matthias HAIM 6:4, 7:5
Nicolas REISSIG – Dominik WIRLEND 3:6, 6:1; 6:4

Christian MAGG – György BALASZ 3:6, 2:6