Qatar’s Mousa and Mubarak Shanan win doubles title at Gulf Tennis Cup

Doha: Qatar’s Mousa and Mubarak Shanan claimed the doubles title at the 2016 Gulf Tennis Cup held in Al Fujairah, UAE. In the final, the Qatari duo defeated Kuwait’s Abdullah Yaqoub and Abdulhameed Mahboub 6-7(3), 7-6(9), 10-2.In the semifinals, Mousa and Mubarak Shanan had overpowered Omar Khalid Al Awadhi and Fahad Abbas Janahi of United Arab Emirates 2-0. The delegation of the Qatari men’s team was chaired by Ibrahim al-Khelaifi, Deputy Head of Federation’s Teams Committee and included the coaches Younes al-Aynoui and Gonzalo Lorenzo in addition to the players Jabor al-Motawa, Mousa Shanan, Mubarak Shanan and Abdullah Shanan.Earlier last week, the Qatari teams participated in the GCC Tennis Championship for Men and Juniors U-18 and U-14. Qatar U-18 claimed the gold medal while men’s and Qatar U-14 team took the silver medals in their respective categories.Khalid al-Khelaifi, board member of the Qatari Tennis, Squash and Badminton Federation congratulated the players and the members of delegation, who made their nation proud after winning the doubles title.“This achievement will serve as a big motivation for the players of the Qatari national teams and their technical and administrative staffs to accomplish more achievements in the upcoming events,” al-Khelaifi said. al-Kuwari elected QSAA chairmanThe general assembly of the Qatar Shooting & Archery Association (QSAA) elected Ali Mohammed al-Kuwari as the chairman for the next term, which will end in 2020.It also elected Majid Ahmed al-Nuaimi as the QSAA Secretary General and Hussein Saleh al-Sada as Assistant Secretary General. Abdullah Ali al-Mutawa al-Hammadi and Abdulrahman Abdullah al-Maliki were named as the members.The general assembly was attended by the representative of the Qatari Olympic Committee, Issa Ali Ghanem and Mohammed Ahmed Taher, the QSAA Executive Director on behalf of the general secretary.The new board granted the honorary chairman post to HE Mohammed bin Ali al-Ghanim al-Maadheed for his outstanding efforts during the previous three terms during which the QSAA under his chairmanship won numerous medals and made a number of achievements for the Qatari sports, most notably the Olympic medal at the 2012 London Olympics.During the general assembly, the board reviewed most important successes achieved by Qatar, and discussed upcoming tournaments and budget for 2017.