Lebanon took a 2-0 lead against Monaco on the first day of their meeting in the Davis Cup tennis tournament organized by the Lebanese Federation to play at the first stadium of the University of Notre Dame (Zouq Mosbeh). the first day after Benjamin Hassan and Hadi Habib scored a landslide victory that bolstered Lebanon’s hopes of winning the match in front of a large crowd that had gathered in the stands of the University of Notre Dame’s first stadium (Zouq Mosbeh) and cheered the players with great enthusiasm. Homeland Cedar During the two matches, the Lebanese support was impressive.

the opening ceremony

The two matches were preceded by an official opening ceremony in the presence of Lebanese Olympic Committee President Pierre Halakh, Colonel Fadi Stefan representing the Lebanese Army Commander, General Joseph Aoun, Major Dimitri Saqr representing the Director. General of Public Security, Major General Abbas Ibrahim, Advisor to the Minister of Youth and Sports, Dr. Raja Labaki and Attorney Ibrahim Shweiri Abbat Samaan Abu Abdo, representing the University of Notre Dame (Zuk Mosbeh), Member of the Olympic Committee, President of the Judo Federation, Lawyer François Saade, Fencing Federation President Jihad Salameh, Table Tennis Federation President George Copley, International Tennis Federation observer Hani Khafif (Egyptian), federation members, Lebanese tennis family, including administrators, coaches, players, press and media.

The dignitaries welcomed the president of the Lebanese Tennis Federation, Oliver Faisal, and members of the federation.

The opening began with a speech by the host of the ceremony, member of the federation Mirna Abu Murad Khoy, in which she welcomed those present on behalf of the president and members of the federation to a new meeting in the framework of the Davis Cup, this time between Lebanon and Monaco. National Fadi Youssef. After watching the two teams, the anthem Monaco

National anthem of Lebanon. Lebanese Tennis Federation President Oliver Faisal then delivered an impromptu speech in which he said, “I salute you in turn. Your Honor, Lebanon.” and Monaco, and we play for our beloved country Lebanon and for the Lebanese cedar. We met with many countries such as Switzerland and Brazil. Thailand, Hong Kong, etc. Thanks to everyone who contributed to the success of this meeting, with gratitude, the International Tennis Federation, the administration of the University of Notre -Dam, where this important meeting took place, representatives of the press and the media.

Lebanon(1-0)

Then the first match took place between Lebanese Hadi Habib (second seeded in the national team) and Monaco player Valentin Vachero (first in Monaco), which ended in a resounding victory for Habib with a score of two sets: one. guest player (6-1). In the second set, Khabib dominated the attack and defense and completed it in his favor (6-4). the Lebanese won (6-3). ) So in the match, Lebanon will advance (1-0) on aggregate, knowing that the winner of 3 matches wins the match and rekindles their hopes of a return to the first world group.

The match was hosted by American international referee Isabelle Snyder.

Lebanon(2-0)

In the second match, Benjamin Hassan (no. 1 seed of the Lebanese national team) scored an easy victory over Luca Katarina (no. 2 seed of the Monaco national team) two sets to zero (2:0) in a match that the Lebanese quickly settled (6- 3) (6-1), so that Hasan extended his absolute control over the atmosphere of the match and with his wisdom managed to dominate the opponent amid hysterical encouragement from the stands.

It is noteworthy that in the international ranking, Lebanon occupies 42nd place, and Monaco – 62nd, and Lebanon is moving forward by 20 positions.

The match was led by Iranian referee Adel Borgai.

Saturday program

Here is the Saturday program:

– 11:30 – doubles match

– 13.00 – singles match between Benjamin Hassan (seeded No. 1 in the Lebanese national team) and Valentin Vachero (seeded No. 1 in the Monaco national team)

At 15.00 – singles match between Hadi Habib (2nd seed in the Lebanese national team) and Luca Katarina (2nd seed in the Monaco team).