Lebanon decided their meeting with Monaco and won it (3-2) in an important and exciting confrontation that took place in the Davis Cup tennis tournament organized by the Lebanese Tennis Federation at the first stadium of the University of Notre Dame (Zouq Mosbeh) (NDU). under the supervision of the Federation. An international game and more than two days in the second world group. And the homeland of rice has strengthened its chances of returning to the ranks of the first world group to meet its next opponent, which will be determined later in March.
The Monaco national team was not equal to the Lebanese national team, so five matches (4 singles and one doubles) took place on Friday and Saturday, and the winning team was determined after the end of the fifth and decisive match, in the light of the hysterical encouragement of the fans of the game and in the presence of the President of the Olympic Committee, Pierre Halacha, President of the Tennis Federation Oliver Faisal and President of the Fencing Federation Jihad Salame with his victory over Monaco (3:2), Lebanon took a big step towards entering the elite group. Its players and their coach Fadi Youssef fought valiantly and proved that Lebanese tennis still high in international forums under the leadership of the union, led by Oliver Faisal, which has proven to lead the game successfully. Six years ago, especially the sponsorship of teams of all age groups.
After Lebanon beat Monaco (2-0) at the end of the first day, three matches took place on Saturday. (7-6) (6-4) In a match that was open to all possibilities and lasted two hours and 22 minutes, Monaco reduced the difference to (1-2).
The match was led by Iranian referee Adel Borjay.
In the fourth match, Lebanese Benjamin Hassan (seeded at number 1 in his team) and Valentin Vachero (seeded at number 1 in Monaco) met, as a result of which the invited player won two sets to zero (6-3) (7-6). and the two teams tied (2-2) after a match that lasted an hour and a half, led by the American referee Isabelle Snyder, and both teams will play the fifth and decisive match between the Lebanese Hadi Habib (seeded 2 in his team) and Hugo Nice (seeded 3 in Monaco), so that the Lebanese managed to win the decisive and decisive meeting in two sets on one (6-2) (6-7).6-2) In a match that lasted one hour and 55 minutes and was led by the Iranian referee Adel Borjay, the stands exploded with joy after a precious and precious victory after a bitter standoff.
Lebanese federation president Oliver Faisal then descended with the federation members and warmly shook hands with the Lebanese coach and National Cedars players who waved the Lebanese flag and cheered the crowd for their support during the two days of competition.
Source: El Iktisad