The Lebanese Tennis Federation has officially announced the meeting that will bring Lebanon together with Monaco in the Davis Cup, on Friday and Saturday, September 16 and 17, at the first stadium of the University of Notre Dame in Alloub (Zouq Mosbe). The official announcement was made during a press conference held by the federation on Wednesday afternoon at the University of Notre Dame. There was a delegate of the International Tennis Federation, referee general Hani Hafif (Egyptian), the Lebanese team and its coach, Fadi Youssef, coach of the Monaco team Guillaume Cuellar, representatives of the press and the media.

Beginning of Faisal’s welcoming speech, who welcomed the audience and thanked everyone who will contribute to the success of the meeting between Lebanon and Monaco, from the administration of the University of Notre Dame, led by Father Bechara El Khoury and Chief Justice Hani Hafifa and representatives of the press and the media and the station ” The International Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation, which will broadcast the matches live and welcome the AS Monaco team to the Lebanese quarters, noting that the competition will be a sporting event within the framework of an honorable competition. the meeting will be held under the name “Karmalek, Lebanon” for the sake of the Lebanese cedar and the desire to win, despite the difficult circumstances that Lebanon is going through three years ago, and declared faith in Lebanon. Faisal called on tennis fans to attend the matches and keep up with the Lebanese team and encourage her.

He praised the persistence of the International Tennis Federation in holding the match against Monaco in Lebanon, which is a sign of trust in the land of cedars. Faisal addressed the players of the Lebanese team, saying: “Play for Lebanon and we have to win back the trip back to the first group.” Daily hours and optimism about the victory over Monaco and urged his players to do everything possible to achieve victory. For his part, the Monaco coach said: “The Lebanese players are different and their rating is close to our players. We will strive to win and we are happy to be in Lebanon and the atmosphere is great.”

It is noteworthy that the ranking of Lebanon in the international classification is 42, and the ranking of Monaco is 62, and Lebanon is moving forward by 20 positions. The colors of the Lebanese national team will be protected by Benjamin Hassan (No. 293 in the world ranking), Hadi Habib (No. Hadi Habib (No. 293) No. 358), Hassan Ibrahim (No. 1666) and Roy Thabet Tamim Hallaq and Mustafa Al-Natur (the latter is a reserve player) led by national coach Fadi Youssef (a former international who previously represented Lebanon at Davis ). On the other hand, Monaco will play the match against Lebanon via Valentin Vachero (271st in the world rankings) and Lucas Katarina (498th), Hugo Ness (seeded 1101st) and Roman Arniodo.

The draw will take place at 12:00 on Thursday, September 15 at the University of Notre Dame.

The official opening ceremony of the meeting will take place at 12:30 on Friday, September 16, at the first stadium of the University of Notre Dame (Zook Mosbeh), in the presence of official, sports and military events, the tennis family, the press and the media, followed by two men’s singles match, on Saturday, September 17, men’s doubles match. Singles know that the country with three victories wins the confrontation.