Publish Date: 10 January 2016 - 10:18

TEHRAN, Jan. 10 (MNA) – Iran national tennis team left Iran for the UAE on Saturday to attend the 8th Fujairah Tennis & CC ITF Junior Championships to begin on January 11.

Iran women’s national tennis team has arrives in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in order to attend the Fujairah Junior Championship.

The event will last for one week until January 16 and the Iranian squad consists of Ghazal Pakbaten and Sadaf Sadegh Vaziri.

Led by the Farnaz Fasihi, the country’s tennis players will face rivals in the main table from Monday.

Iranian tennis players are preparing for the 2016 Fed Cup which is the 54th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in women's tennis.

Fed Cup will be held in February with the attendance of Iran, Hong Kong, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Pacific Islands, Pakistan, Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan.

 

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