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8th African Nation's Cup - Morocco Triumph
The Morocco team became the 2007 African Nations’ Cup (CAN 2007) winner beating Algeria in the Final. The tie went through deciding mixed doubles rubber in a thrilling final day on Saturday 26 January 2008 at the “ Union Sportive des Cheminots de Rabat” Club.
The Morocco team started the tie strongly by winning the two first singles, Reda El Amrani defeated easily Abdelhak Hamerlaine 61 62 and Lamia Essaadi did not find any problem to defeat the young Algerian girl Yassmine El Kaima in two sets 60 64. Conducted by an excellent Lamine Ouahab, the Algerian team arrived to equalize two matches all, when Ouahab defeated Chaki by 63 62 and Samia Medjehdi beated Fatima Zahra El Allami by 75 63.At two all, the two teams played the vital Mixted Doubles match which allowed to the Moroccan team composed by El Amrani and El Allami to defeat hardly the Algerian team with Ouahab and Medjehdi 75 64 and to offer the title to Morocco for the second successive year.
At the individual events, Algerian Lamine Ouahab won the Men’s single when he beat in the final Moroccan Yassine Idmbarek, revelation of this CAN in 2 small sets 61 & 61, the third place returned to South African Raven Klaasen after he beat by default Tunisian Oualid Jallali injured. In the Women’s single, Moroccan Lamia Essaadi, who’s registered her coming back to tennis after long period of absence, carried the title after beating her compatriot Habiba Ifrakh by 63 & 63, the 3rd place returned to Moroccan Fatima Zahra El Allami after her victory over South African Tarryn Rudmann 75 60.In the Doubles events, the Moroccan teams achieved men’s and women’s titles playing the finals against their compatriots. We note finally that the 8th edition of the CAN was very well organized by the Morocco Tennis Federation and the “Union Sportive des Cheminots de Rabat” Club, and was honoured by the attendance of Mrs the Minister of Youth and Sport of Morocco and many African personalities of tennis such as the dean of Presidents, Mr Mohamed M’jid, President of the FRMT, Mr Tarak Cherif, CAT President and all members of the CAT Executive Committee which held its meeting in Rabat on the 24th of January and decided the organisation of the 9th edition of the African Nations’ Cup – CAN 2008 in Abidjan – Côte d’Ivoire in November 2008.
The Morocco team started the tie strongly by winning the two first singles, Reda El Amrani defeated easily Abdelhak Hamerlaine 61 62 and Lamia Essaadi did not find any problem to defeat the young Algerian girl Yassmine El Kaima in two sets 60 64. Conducted by an excellent Lamine Ouahab, the Algerian team arrived to equalize two matches all, when Ouahab defeated Chaki by 63 62 and Samia Medjehdi beated Fatima Zahra El Allami by 75 63.At two all, the two teams played the vital Mixted Doubles match which allowed to the Moroccan team composed by El Amrani and El Allami to defeat hardly the Algerian team with Ouahab and Medjehdi 75 64 and to offer the title to Morocco for the second successive year.
At the individual events, Algerian Lamine Ouahab won the Men’s single when he beat in the final Moroccan Yassine Idmbarek, revelation of this CAN in 2 small sets 61 & 61, the third place returned to South African Raven Klaasen after he beat by default Tunisian Oualid Jallali injured. In the Women’s single, Moroccan Lamia Essaadi, who’s registered her coming back to tennis after long period of absence, carried the title after beating her compatriot Habiba Ifrakh by 63 & 63, the 3rd place returned to Moroccan Fatima Zahra El Allami after her victory over South African Tarryn Rudmann 75 60.In the Doubles events, the Moroccan teams achieved men’s and women’s titles playing the finals against their compatriots. We note finally that the 8th edition of the CAN was very well organized by the Morocco Tennis Federation and the “Union Sportive des Cheminots de Rabat” Club, and was honoured by the attendance of Mrs the Minister of Youth and Sport of Morocco and many African personalities of tennis such as the dean of Presidents, Mr Mohamed M’jid, President of the FRMT, Mr Tarak Cherif, CAT President and all members of the CAT Executive Committee which held its meeting in Rabat on the 24th of January and decided the organisation of the 9th edition of the African Nations’ Cup – CAN 2008 in Abidjan – Côte d’Ivoire in November 2008.
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Moroccan & Algerian Teams at the podium – CAN 2007 (photo Hichem Riani) |