10,000$ Rabat, Morocco

Tournoi International Femenin du Tennis Club des PTT a Rabat

Surface: Clay


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Rabat (Arabic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_language) الرباط, transliterated (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration) ar-Rabāṭ or ar-Ribāṭ), population 1.2 million (2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005) estimate), is the capital (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital) of the Kingdom of Morocco (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morocco). It is also the capital of the Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabat-Sal%C3%A9-Zemmour-Zaer) region.
The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean) at the mouth of the river Bou Regreg (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bou_Regreg). On the facing shore of the river lies Salé (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal%C3%A9), Rabat's bedroom community (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedroom_community). Together the two cities account for a population of 1.3 million. Rabat is located at 34°1'60" North, 6°49'60" West (34.0333, -6.8333). [1] (http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html) Unfortunately, silting problems have diminished the city's role as a port; however, Rabat and Salé (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal%C3%A9) still maintain relatively important textile (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Textile), food processing (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_processing) and construction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Construction) industries; some are from sweatshop labor by major multinational corporations (see Salé (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal%C3%A9)).
In addition, tourism and the presence of all foreign embassies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy) in Morocco serve to make Rabat the second most important city in the country after the larger and more economically significant Casablanca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casablanca).

Previous Winners:
1998: Bahia MOUHTASSINE MAR d. Nina SCHWARZ AUT 67 61 61
2000: Sandra KLEMENSCHITS AUT d. Ekatarina KOZHOKINA RUS 75 61
2002: Joanna SAKOWICZ POL d. Olga KALYUZHNAYA RUS 63 75
2003: Jarmila GAJDOSOVA SVK d. Astrid WAERNES GARCIA ESP 63 60
2004: Bahia MOUHTASSINE MAR d. Sania MIRZA IND 62 75
2005: Andreja KLEPAC SLO d. Dominika CIBULKOVA SVK 61 36 64
2006: Raluca-Ioana OLARU ROM d. Samia MEDJAHDI ALG 62 26 75
2007: Yuliya KALABINA RUS d. Mihaela BUZARNESCU ROM 61 61

2008 Draws


Quali
(1) Melisa CABRERA HANDT ESP vs bye
Alize LIM FRA d. Yasmina DEMANE NED 61 64
(2) Shivika BURMAN IND vs bye
So-Yeon KIM KOR d. Michelle DE GROOT NED 62 64
(3) Veronika CIGANIKOVA SVK vs bye
wc Ghizlane HATIM MAR d. Carolina DELGADO CHI 63 60
(4) Anastasia BURMISTROVA RUS vs bye
Sheryl GERSHON USA d. Dipti SRIVASTAVA IND 63 57 61
Yuliana UMANETS UKR d. Nadia ADNANI NED 61 63
Marine SORG FRA vs bye
Julia KUSHNEREVA RUS d. Rebecca CRAWFORD GBR 62 63
Lucia KOVARCIKOVA SUI d. Plamena KURTEVA BUL 64 16 61
Bouwien BOER NED d. Anastasia SHCHILINSKAYA RUS 76 62
Ine NOWE BEL vs bye
Nadia LALAMI MAR d. Xi LI CHN 64 36 64
Margarita LAZAREVA RUS d. Natalia KHAKIMOVA RUS 61 60
2nd round
Alize LIM FRA d. (1) Melisa CABRERA HANDT ESP 67 63 61
So-Yeon KIM KOR d. (2) Shivika BURMAN IND 61 76
wc Ghizlane HATIM MAR d. (3) Veronika CIGANIKOVA SVK 21 ret
Sheryl GERSHON USA d. (4) Anastasia BURMISTROVA RUS 76 61
Marine SORG FRA d. Yuliana UMANETS UKR 76 75
Lucia KOVARCIKOVA SUI d. Julia KUSHNEREVA RUS 75 61
Bouwiena BOER NED d. Ine NOWE BEL 36 63 60
Nadia LALAMI MAR d. Margarita LAZAREVA RUS 62 26 62
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SINGLES MAIN DRAW
(1) Lisa SABINO ITA vs Veronika DOMAGALA POL 75 60
q Alize LIM FRA vs q Lucia KOVARCIKOVA SUI 62 46 60
Nuria PARRIZAS DIAZ ESP vs q So-Yeon KIM KOR 62 60
(6) Parija MALOO IND vs Sophie CORNEROTTE BEL 75 63
(3) Paul GOSWAMI IND vs LL Melisa CABRERA HANDT ESP 16 06
wc Amina EL KHATTABI MAR vs Fatima-Zahra EL ALLAMI MAR 16 26
Carmen LOPEZ RUEDA ESP vs Fatma AL NABHANI OMA 67 36
(8) Benedetta DAVATO ITA vs q Ghizlane HATIM MAR 60 61
(7) Anne-Valerie EVAIN FRA vs q Bouwiena BOER NED 61 62
wc Lamia ESSAADI MAR vs wc Lina BENNANI MAR 62 63
wc Habina IFRAKH MAR vs Rocio DE LA TORRE SANCHEZ ESP 64 61
(4) Sofia KVATSABAIA GEO vs Avgusta TSYBYCHEVA RUS 36 64 36
(5) Liudmila NIKOYAN ARM vs q Marine SORG FRA 63 36 46
Farah ABOUGEIB SELO ESP vs Ineke MERGAERT BEL 16 46
q Nadia LALAMI MAR vs q Sheryl GERSHON USA 60 60
(2) Magali DE LATTRE POR vs Vivienne VIERIN ITA 63 46 57
2nd round
(1) Lisa SABINO ITA d. q Alize LIM FRA 61 62
Nuria PARRIZAS DIAZ ESP d. (6) Parija MALOO IND 63 60
Fatima-Zahra EL ALLAMI MAR d. Melisa CABRERA HANDT ESP 75 62
(8) Benedetta DAVATO ITA d. Fatma AL NABHANI OMA 62 61
wc Lamia ESSAADI MAR d. (7) Anne-Valerie EVAIN FRA 61 76
Avgusta TSYBYCHEVA RUS d. wc Habiba IFRAKH MAR 63 75
Ineke MERGAERT BEL d. q Marine SORG FRA 62 67 62
Vivienne VIERIN ITA d. q Nadia LALAMI MAR 75 16 62
QF
(1) Lisa SABINO ITA d. Nuria PARRIZAS DIAZ ESP 64 16 76
Fatima Zahra EL ALLAMI MAR d. (8) Benedetta DAVATO ITA 75 63
wc Lamia ESSAADI MAR d. Avgusta TSYBYCHEVA RUS 75 61
Ineke MERGAERT BEL d. Vivienne VIERIN ITA 62 46 62
SF
(1) Lisa SABINO ITA d. Fatima Zahra EL ALLAMI MAR 61 61
wc Lamia ESSAADI MAR d. Ineke MERGAERT BEL 63 76
Final
wc Lamia ESSAADI MAR d. (1) Lisa SABINO ITA 76 62

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DOUBLES MAIN DRAW
(1) Benedetta DAVATO/Vivienne VIERIN ITA vs bye
Yasmina DEMANE NED/Amina EL KHATTABI MAR vs Shivika BURMAN/Dipti SRIVASTAVA IND 75 63
(3) Fatima-Zahra EL ALLAMI MAR/Lisa SABINO ITA vs Parul GOSWAMI/Parija MALOO IND 61 61
So-Yeon KIM KOR/Carmen LOPEZ RUEDA ESP vs Lina BENNANI/Habiba IFRAKH MAR 57 46
Ineke MERGAERT/Ine NOWE BEL vs Nadia ADNANI NED/Ghizlane HATIM MAR 60 61
(4) Sophie CORNEROTTE BEL/Anne-Valerie EVAIN FRA vs Fatima AL NABHANI OMA/Magali DE LATTRE POR 57 36
Michelle DE GROOT NED/Nuria PARRIZAS DIAZ ESP vs Veronika DOMAGALA POL/Margarita LAZAREVA RUS 26 26
(2) Sofia KVATSABAIA GEO/Avgusta TSYBYCHEVA RUS vs Anastasia BURMISTROVA RUS/Yuliana UMANETS UKR ret Burmistrova/Umanets
QF
(1) Benedetta DAVATO/Vivienne VIERIN ITA d. Yasmina DEMANE NED/Amina EL KHATTABI MAR 61 60
(3) Fatima-Zahra EL ALLAMI MAR/Lisa SABINO ITA d. Lina BENNANI/Habiba IFRAKH MAR 61 61
Ineke MERGAERT/Ine NOWE BEL d. Fatima AL NABHANI OMA/Magali DE LATTRE POR 62 62
(2) Sofia KVATSABAIA GEO/Avgusta TSYBYCHEVA RUS d. Veronika DOMAGALA POL/Margarita LAZAREVA RUS 63 06 13-11
SF
(3) Fatima-Zahra EL ALLAMI MAR/Lisa SABINO ITA d. (1) Benedetta DAVATO/Vivienne VIERIN ITA 63 63
(2) Sofia KVATSABAIA GEO/Avgusta TSYBYCHEVA RUS d. Ineke MERGAERT/Ine NOWE BEL 61 16 11-9
Final
(3) Fatima-Zahra EL ALLAMI MAR/Lisa SABINO ITA d. (2) Sofia KVATSABAIA GEO/Avgusta TSYBYCHEVA RUS 60 63

GL Ineke

RU Tara Wigan

This tournament has a pretty impressive list of previous winners for a 10k!

Singles Main Draw

(1)Lisa Sabino (ITA) v Veronika Domagala (POL)
(Q)Alize Lim (FRA) v (Q)Lucia Kovarcikova (SUI)

Nuria Parrizas-Diaz (ESP) v (Q)So-Yeon Kim (KOR)
(6)Parija Maloo (IND) v Sophie Cornerotte (BEL)

(3)Parul Goswami (IND) v (LL)Melisa Cabrera-Handt (ESP)
Fatima El Allami (MAR) v (wc)Amina El Khattabi (MAR)

Fatma Al Nabhani (OMA) v Carmen Lopez-Rueda (ESP)
(8)Benedetta Davato (ITA) v (Q)Ghizlane Hatim (MAR)

(7)Anne-Valerie Evain (FRA) v (Q)Bouwiena Boer (NED)
(wc)Lamia Essaadi (MAR) v (Q)Lina Bennani (MAR)

Rocio De La Torre-Sanchez (ESP) v (wc)Habiba Ifrakh (MAR)
(4)Sofia Kvatsabaia (GEO) v Avgusta Tsybysheva (RUS)

(5)Lioudmila Nikoian (ARM) v (Q)Marine Sorg (FRA)
Ineke Mergaert (BEL) v Farah Abougeib-Selo (ESP)

(Q)Nadia Lalami (MAR) v (Q)Sheryl Gershon (USA)
(2)Magali De Lattre (POR) v Vivienne Vierin (ITA)

Singles Qualifying Draw

1st Round

Melisa CABRERA-HANDT (ESP) (1) BYE
Alize LIM (FRA) defeated Yasmina DEMANE (NED) 6-1 6-4

Shivika BURMAN (IND) (2) BYE
So-Yeon KIM (KOR) defeated Michelle DE GROOT (NED) 6-2 6-4

Veronika CIGANIKOVA (SVK) (3) BYE
Ghizlane HATIM (MAR) defeated Carolina DELGADO (CHI) 6-3 6-0

Anastasia BURMISTROVA (RUS) (4) BYE
Sheryl GERSHON (USA) defeated Dipti SRIVASTAVA (IND) 6-4 5-7 6-1

Yuliana UMANETS (UKR) defeated Nadia ADNANI (NED) 6-1 6-3
Marine SORG (FRA) BYE

Julia KUSHNEREVA (RUS) defeated Rebecca CRAWFORD (GBR) 6-2 6-3
Lucia KOVARCIKOVA (SUI) defeated Plamena KURTEVA (BUL) 6-4 1-6 6-1

Bouwiena BOER (NED) defeated Anastasia SHCHILINSKAYA (RUS) 7-6(4) 6-2
Ine NOWE (BEL) BYE

Nadia LALAMI (MAR) defeated Li XI (CHN) 6-4 3-6 6-4
Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS) defeated Natalia KHAKIMOVA (RUS) 6-1 6-0

Final Round

Alize LIM (FRA) defeated Melisa CABRERA-HANDT (ESP) (1) 6-7(4) 6-3 6-1
So-Yeon KIM (KOR) defeated Shivika BURMAN (IND) (2) 6-1 7-6(2)
Ghizlane HATIM (MAR) defeated Veronika CIGANIKOVA (SVK) (3) 2-1 Retired
Sheryl GERSHON (USA) defeated Anastasia BURMISTROVA (RUS) (4) 7-6(5) 6-1
Marine SORG (FRA) defeated Yuliana UMANETS (UKR) 7-6(2) 7-6(5)
Lucia KOVARCIKOVA (SUI) defeated Julia KUSHNEREVA (RUS) 7-5 6-1
Bouwiena BOER (NED) defeated Ine NOWE (BEL) 3-6 6-3 6-0
Nadia LALAMI (MAR) defeated Margarita LAZAREVA (RUS) 6-2 2-6 6-2

Doubles Main Draw

1st Round

DAVATO (ITA) / VIERIN (ITA) (1) BYE
DEMANE (NED) / EL KHATTABI (MAR) Vs BURMAN (IND) / SRIVASTAVA (IND)

EL ALLAMI (MAR) / SABINO (ITA) (3) Vs GOSWAMI (IND) / MALOO (IND)
KIM (KOR) / LOPEZ-RUEDA (ESP) Vs BENNANI (MAR) / IFRAKH (MAR)

MERGAERT (BEL) / NOWE (BEL) Vs ADNANI (NED) / HATIM (MAR)
AL NABHANI (OMA) / DE LATTRE (POR) Vs CORNEROTTE (BEL) / EVAIN (FRA) (4)

DE GROOT (NED) / PARRIZAS-DIAZ (ESP) Vs DOMAGALA (POL) / LAZAREVA (RUS)
BURMISTROVA (RUS) / UMANETS (UKR) Vs KVATSABAIA (GEO) / TSYBYSHEVA (RUS) (2)

Good luck Kvatso :yeah:

W: Sabino
RU: De Lattre
MDB: El Allami, Davato

W: Sabino :scared:
RU: De Lattre
DB: El Allami and Parrizas-Diaz

W: De Lattre
RU: Al Nabhani
DB: El Allami, Davato

Ru: El Allami
Db: El Allami and Davato

:spit: Bouwiena qualified...

W: Kvatsabaia
RU: Sabino
DB: El Allami, Évain

Winner : Lim
RU : De Lattre

DB : El Allami & Davato

W: Lim
RU: Essaadi
DB: El Allami,Davato

W: Sabino
RU: De Lattre
MDB: Fatima El Allami, Sabino

W: De Lattre
RU: Sabino
DB: El Allami, Davato

Good Luck

Lucie Kovarcikova
Fatma Al Nabhani
Avgusta Tsybycheva
Lioudmila Nikoyan

RU: Carmen Lopez Rueda

W: De Lattre
RU: Lim

W: Essaadi
RU: Davato
MDDB: El Allami & Davato

SINGLES MAIN DRAW
(1) Lisa SABINO ITA vs Veronika DOMAGALA POL
q Alize LIM FRA vs q Lucia KOVARCIKOVA SUI
Nuria PARRIZAS DIAZ ESP vs q So-Yeon KIM KOR 62 60
(6) Parija MALOO IND vs Sophie CORNEROTTE BEL 75 63
(3) Paul GOSWAMI IND vs LL Melisa CABRERA HANDT ESP
wc Amina EL KHATTABI MAR vs Fatima-Zahra EL ALLAMI MAR
Carmen LOPEZ RUEDA ESP vs Fatma AL NABHANI OMA 67 36
(8) Benedetta DAVATO ITA vs q Ghizlane HATIM MAR 60 61
(7) Anne-Valerie EVAIN FRA vs q Bouwiena BOER NED 61 62
wc Lamia ESSAADI MAR vs wc Lina BENNANI MAR
wc Habina IFRAKH MAR vs Rocio DE LA TORRE SANCHEZ ESP
(4) Sofia KVATSABAIA GEO vs Avgusta TSYBYCHEVA RUS 36 64 36
(5) Liudmila NIKOYAN ARM vs q Marine SORG FRA 63 36 46
Farah ABOUGEIB SELO ESP vs Ineke MERGAERT BEL 16 46
q Nadia LALAMI MAR vs q Sheryl GERSHON USA
(2) Magali DE LATTRE POR vs Vivienne VIERIN ITA

Sofia :o :o

Fatma :D
Avgusta :D

R1 completed

Lisa SABINO (ITA) (1) defeated Veronika DOMAGALA (POL) 7-5 6-0
Alize LIM (FRA) defeated Lucia KOVARCIKOVA (SUI) 6-2 4-6 6-0

Nuria PARRIZAS-DIAZ (ESP) defeated So-Yeon KIM (KOR) 6-2 6-0
Parija MALOO (IND) (6) defeated Sophie CORNEROTTE (BEL) 7-5 6-3

Melisa CABRERA-HANDT (ESP) defeated Parul GOSWAMI (IND) (3) 6-1 6-0
Fatima EL ALLAMI (MAR) defeated Amina EL KHATTABI (MAR) 6-1 6-2

Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA) defeated Carmen LOPEZ-RUEDA (ESP) 7-6(5) 6-3
Benedetta DAVATO (ITA) (8) defeated Ghizlane HATIM (MAR) 6-0 6-1

Anne-Valerie EVAIN (FRA) (7) defeated Bouwiena BOER (NED) 6-1 6-2
Lamia ESSAADI (MAR) defeated Lina BENNANI (MAR) 6-2 6-3

Habiba IFRAKH (MAR) defeated Rocio DE LA TORRE-SANCHEZ (ESP) 6-4 6-1
Avgusta TSYBYSHEVA (RUS) defeated Sofia KVATSABAIA (GEO) (4) 6-3 4-6 6-3

Marine SORG (FRA) defeated Liudmila NIKOYAN (ARM) (5) 3-6 6-3 6-4
Ineke MERGAERT (BEL) defeated Farah ABOUGEIB-SELO (ESP) 6-1 6-4

Nadia LALAMI (MAR) defeated Sheryl GERSHON (USA) 6-0 6-0
Vivienne VIERIN (ITA) defeated Magali DE LATTRE (POR) (2) 3-6 6-4 7-5

Good start for Nadia :cool:.

Vivienne:woohoo:

well done Vivienne !! :worship:

:help: Magali

Second Round:

Lisa SABINO (ITA) (1) defeated Alize LIM (FRA) 6-1 6-2
Nuria PARRIZAS-DIAZ (ESP) defeated Parija MALOO (IND) (6) 6-3 6-0
Fatima EL ALLAMI (MAR) defeated Melisa CABRERA-HANDT (ESP) 7-5 6-2
Benedetta DAVATO (ITA) (8) defeated Fatma AL NABHANI (OMA) 6-2 6-1

Lamia ESSAADI (MAR) defeated Anne-Valerie EVAIN (FRA) (7) 6-1 7-6(7)
Avgusta TSYBYSHEVA (RUS) defeated Habiba IFRAKH (MAR) 6-3 7-5
Ineke MERGAERT (BEL) defeated Marine SORG (FRA) 6-2 6-7(5) 6-2
Vivienne VIERIN (ITA) defeated Nadia LALAMI (MAR) 7-5 1-6 6-2

Vivienne:hearts:

I think Lisa is home free... :help:

:D Ineke...keep going!

ineke won in QF!
yes!

Quarterfinal

Lisa SABINO (ITA) (1) defeated Nuria PARRIZAS-DIAZ (ESP) 6-4 1-6 7-6(7)
Fatima EL ALLAMI (MAR) defeated Benedetta DAVATO (ITA) (8) 7-5 6-3
Lamia ESSAADI (MAR) defeated Avgusta TSYBYSHEVA (RUS) 7-5 6-1
Ineke MERGAERT (BEL) defeated Vivienne VIERIN (ITA) 6-2 4-6 6-2

Lisa :rolleyes:

:bounce: Ineke

SF

(1)Lisa Sabino (ITA) v Fatima El Allami (MAR) 61 61
(wc)Lamia Essaadi (MAR) v Ineke Mergaert (BEL) 63 76(3)

And a Moroccan in the final! :bounce:

But who will win it.. :tape:

:sad Ineke

And a Moroccan in the final! :bounce:

But who will win it.. :tape:

:rolleyes:

#28763495

impressed with Lamia. She is not a youngster anymore (28) and had her best results like 7-8 years ago (career high 463 in 2001). She just came back this year

Lamia :yeah:

Congrats Lamia! :)

Well done Lamia!

FINALS:

Lamia ESSAADI (MAR) defeated Lisa SABINO (ITA) (1) 7-6(4) 6-2 :eek: :D :)