This was the last major motivation before the assured Champion League's thriller on Monday against TTC Berlin Eastside (19.30 clock, Werner Schlager Academy / Mulversum Schwechat).

 

In Austria's final tournament in Baden, SVS STRÖCK successfully defended the tittle against the challenger, Linz Froschberg.

 

 

 

As with other times, it was a nerve-racking thriller.In the end, it finished at 3 – 3 after 6 matches. SVS STRÖCK won in the tie-breaker ratio of 13:11 in games.

 

Again it was one of China's exceptional players, Fan Ying, that was the difference here.She won both her singles matches against Liu Jia and Sofia Polcanova 3 – 0 and was the dominant force in the doubles with Daniela Dodean against Iveta Vacenovska and Liu Jia (3 – 2).

 

This is a huge push-up for Monday's contest.  Against the giants from Berlin, SVS STRÖCK is down 2 – 3 in matches and 8 – 9 in games from the first leg of 14 days ago in Germany.

 

By Wednesday, already 933 tickets for the final have been sold.  It is a duel of equals, a duel of bending and breaking, that will last four tense hours.

 

It is hoped this Monday will become the next happy day for SVS STRÖCK.