Qatar Tennis Squash and Badminton Federation president Nasser al-Khelaifi praised the unlimited support of His Highness the Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, which had the greatest impact on achieving the impressive successes in the tournaments held in Qatar.
Al-Khelaifi said that the Amir's attendance of the opening day of the 19th Qatar Total Open gave a push to everyone to continue working to ensure the success of the competition. He added that the gesture reflected the great support tennis is receiving from the wise leadership.
He explained that the competitions started very strong, adding that he expects the competition to get a lot more exciting as the tournament progresses.
Al-Khelaifi said that federation will continue to support Arab players to help improve their levels and ranking and praised Ons Jabeur from Tunisia and Mayar Sherif from Egypt. He stressed that the organising committee is keen to provide all that contributes to the success of the tournament in a manner befitting Qatar's global position in organising sporting events, with full commitment to take all precautionary measures that ensure the safety of all.