At 36 years of age, the Moroccan tennis legend Younes El Aynaoui has reached the semifinals of a major tournament. For some perspective, most players retire around the age of 30. Also this week, the female Iranian-French phenom Aravane Rezai reached the semifinals of the Fes championships in Morocco. Interesting synergy, no? Wish them luck or get your jidda to pray for them for the semifinals. Here is a snippet from the wire story:
MUNICH, Germany (AP)—Younes El Aynaoui of Morocco became the oldest semifinalist on the ATP Tour in 15 years, defeating Juan Martin Del Potro 6-4, 6-4 Friday at the BMW Open.
At 36 years, seventh months, El Aynaoui became the oldest semifinalist on the tour since Jimmy Connors played in San Francisco in 1993 at 40 years, five months.El Aynaoui, ranked 295th, won the Munich tournament in 2002 but had to qualify this year. It’s his first semifinal since October 2003.
4 comments:
For all the women who are annoyed by people pointing out their lack of hijabi-ness.... that man's shorts are too short. Lol.
And also, good for him, that's cool.
you are an idiot. this is a useless tournament and none of the top players were playing it.
For the record, the "major" tournaments in tennis are:
French Open
Australian Open
Wimbledon
US Open
Also, for the record, the best Arab tennis player is actually from Cyprus. His name is Marcos Baghdatis.
from afar... he kinda resembles will...
To the anonymous idiot who called me an idiot. "major" is an adjective meaning "important" and does not equate with "grand slam". Any tournaments that isn't a challenger is important in my book. What interest do you have in belittling the accomplishments of arab players? I think that is the real question behind your anonymity? And what has the Turk-hating Baghdatis done lately? Not much, even though I love the guy.
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