Grand Canary, April 20, 2008. Sara Goller would have liked to cry out her unbridled joy over the victory of the final of the Spanish Masters. But that was just not possible anymore: “I have had a really bad sore throat over the last few days”, she complained and so she was left with a somewhat silent celebration of the two set (21:19, 21:14) victory against Austria’s Sara Montagnolli and Sabine Swoboda. Goller’s partner Laura Ludwig had her say though. “It was a very draining tournament making the finals victory even sweeter.”
The tournament had begun for the German duo with the matches of the country quota playoffs on Wednesday and ended with their tenth match at noon on Sunday in hot temperatures on the Playa del Ingles. At least the two young Berlin natives (Goller is 23, Ludwig 22) were adequately rewarded for their privations. They received 11,000 Euros in prize money and 600 ranking list points for their victory of the first leg of the 2008 NESTEA European Championship Tour. Montagnolli/Swoboda took home 7,500 € and 540 points for their second place. The Austrian duo now has two silver medals on the tour following their second place at last year’s Swiss Masters.
Goller/Ludwig seem to especially enjoy tournaments on Spanish beaches. Their most valuable medals so far on the European tournament series have all been unearthed out of the Iberian sand.
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