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DUBAI (Reuters) – The 17th round of the Qatar Open women's tennis championship at the Four Seasons Hotel revealed the main role of the tennis, squash and badminton tournament at the Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in the Premier 500 Saad Al-Muhannadi, tournament director, Tariq Zainal, general secretary of the Federation, general coordinator of the championship, Mohammed Al-Subaie, chairman of the media committee, Karim Al-Alami, world champion, Fatima Al Nabhani, who has a invitation card, and Julia Georgis, Barbura Zahlavafa Strikova of the Czech Republic, The third seed of the tournament and the fifth in the world, and the German Angelic Kerber third seeded sixth and world-wide, the Ukrainian Elena Svetolina, fourth seed of the tournament and seventh in the world to fight Lariat first major role, to participate from the start of the second round of the tournament.
Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, world number ten, will play in the first round with a qualified qualification. Kiki Pertins, the fifth-seeded Dutchman, to play with Camilla Georgi.
The road of Arab women will be difficult in this tournament. Tunisia's Uns Jaber will meet Carla Suarez Navarro, world No. 26, while Fatima Nabhani of Oman will meet Czech No. 22 Bartora Zahlovava Strickova..
Caroline Garcia will play for Ukrainian Tsurinko, Croatian Petra Martic with Australian Ashley Barty, Romanian Mihaila Bozarsenescu with Latvia Jelena Ostapenko, Alvilarosia Alexandra Sasenovic with Taiwanese Hesh Su Wei and Anastasia Sevastova with German Julia Georgis and Eston Contavet with Belgium's Alessi Mertens, Czech Katerina Siniakova, and another match between two players in the preliminary round.
The main round should start Monday with a single match, while the matches will be ended on Tuesday due to the delay of some players to travel to Doha because of their participation in tournaments of the European Union with their teams..
Al Nabhani congratulates our national team
"We congratulate the leaders and people of Qatar for this achievement after a distinguished and honorable performance of Gulf football and Arab football, to win the title," said Al Nabahani. It is a duty as a representative of the Arabs and the Gulf in the final of the tournament, and emphasized the great festive atmosphere that reigned in Oman after culminating in supporting the Asian title and sharing the Omani people with joy to win it with the Qatari people. "The Omani people celebrated the Asian title, which received wide support, and the celebrations spread throughout the country, as if the Omani team was the title holder and the Qatari and Omani peoples had great cooperation. and a great love..
Fatima Al Nabhani:
Participation in the Qatar Championship is a great honor
"Participation in the Qatar Tennis Championships is a great honor for all Arab and Gulf players and an excellent opportunity to gain new experiences.I am happy to participate again in the tournament and I am trying to To reach my best level in the competition, "said Fatima Al Nabhani..
"I was faced with a tough challenge against the Czech Barbura Strekova, but I had already faced him in previous tournaments." I was trying to be at the right level and I "ve seen it before. have a good game .I am very prepared for this tournament by playing a series of solid matches with high level players in which I have achieved positive results which I seek to profit from by achieving a solid and honorable performance..
Al Nabhani thanked the organizing committee for giving him the opportunity to participate in the tournament on a new occasion. This is not surprising because I always appreciate the committee's continued support in his career..
Tariq Zainal:
The draw led to strong confrontations
Tariq Zainal, general coordinator of the Qatar Tennis Federation, secretary general of the Tennis Federation, confirmed that the organizing committee was ready to host the tournament, which will bring together some of the best players in the world of tennis, underlining that the Higher Committee The organization of the championship chaired by Nbader bin Ghanim Al Khulaifi had completed its preparations. The new version of the competition through the formation of the stadiums and the village of the mbades and the treatment of the media center and all the facilities necessary for the leaders of tennis and squash.
"We have received cards to invite Arab, Gulf and international players to gain experience and improve their position in the International Ranking of the Professional Athlete Association, in accordance with our policy of strengthening our external relations About the participation of our champion Mubarak Al Nuaimi, he said: "A very useful participation to gain experience by participating in the preliminary stages and to support the Qatari and Arab women in various competitions organized by the Federation..
Saad Al Mohannadi Tournament Director:
The program will not be affected by the postponement of certain matches
Tournament director Saad Al Mohannadi said he was delighted to draw the draw which will be the mainstay of the tournament. The main tournament will be held on Monday and will feature a match due to the participation of a large number of players to participate with their national teams at the Davis Cup competitions, The tournament schedule will run in accordance with the program specified previously. "The preliminaries will be held on Monday as well, so they have a good chance to keep up and make up for the first day's shortage," he said, adding that the draw was difficult and resulted in some exciting matches. "We are confident that the main roles will end on Tuesday according to the specific program by increasing the number of matches and taking into account the participation of women in single and individual competitions in order to avoid any possible delay and we have all the logistical capabilities to achieve this goal..
Press conferences begin today
The first conference of the German women's world champion will be world champion sixth Angelique Kerber at 13:30, while the second round of the seventh seed, Elena Svetolina, will be held at 15 hours. At 17 o'clock.
Czech Barbura: the draw is difficult and ready to compete forcibly
Czech defender Barbura Strikova said she wanted to win the singles title after winning the doubles title..
She added, "The draw has been very difficult, I'm meeting Omani Fatima Al Nabhani, it will not be easy, but I'm ready for the competition, I know the Qatar Championship is still very competitive. so do a lot of competition..
German Julia:
I am in the best preparation
Germany's Julia Georgis has confirmed she is ready for the Qatar Tennis Championship after playing several tournaments in the past period..
"The results that I had achieved before coming to Qatar were not at the expected level, but I now feel in the best position to perform well despite the difficulties of the clashes." The draw with the Soviets Anastasia Sevastova.
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