The courts of the Al Habtoor Grand Resort in Jumeirah will witness this afternoon the final of the 27th Al Habtoor International Women’s Tennis Challenge for singles and doubles, after the first seed in the tournament, consisting of the Czech Anastasia Debuyck and the Russian Anastasia Tikhonova, qualified for the doubles final at the expense of the doubles tournament consisting of the Russian Tatania Rozorova and the Croatian Tara Worth in two sets. He responded with 6/4 and 6/4, after a match that lasted an hour and 20 minutes.
On the singles level, British player Jodi Baric qualified for the tournament final at the expense of rising Belgian player Sofia Costolso, in two sets without a response, after an exciting match that lasted an hour and 32 minutes, making Jodi a party in the final.
The first-place finisher in the Al Habtoor International Tennis Championship will receive 100 points in her ITF classification, whether doubles or singles. The second-place finishers will receive 65 points. As for the financial prize, the singles winner will receive an amount of 15,239 thousand dollars, and the runner-up will receive 8,147 thousand dollars. Hunting for doubles, the winning pair gets an amount of $5,573 together, and the runner-up pair gets $2,787,000, as the conclusion attests. Final stages of the 11th year of the Al Habtoor National Open Tennis Championship for both genders
The organizing committee invited a number of senior officials from the youth sports movement, the Emirates Tennis Federation, and a number of businessmen.
The tournament’s chief referee, Laith Al-Ani, praised the line controllers who made great efforts, as there were no significant errors throughout the tournament.
He said: “14 referees from five nationalities participated in managing the tournament matches. The organizing committee used a team of Filipino referees that included Mario Derrera, Jonathan Camero, Roel Moreno, Del Montelito, Aden Albino, Wayne Asifan, Edgardo DeLeon, and Samuel Galifio, in addition to an Iraqi crew that included three line referees, namely Hashim. Mohsen, Ali Kazem, and Qasir Kassab, along with the Egyptian Ahmed Abdel Fattah, the Tunisian Sarah Braham, and the Chinese And Jaxy Hang.
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