Nadia Lalami
Encyclopedia
Nadia Lalami is a Moroccan
professional tennis player. As of May 2, 2011, she reached her highest singles ranking of World number 327.
At the 2011 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
in Fes
, she upset the first seed and World number 24 Aravane Rezaï
in the second round, becoming the first Moroccan player to reach the quarter-finals of a WTA
tournament.
Moroccan people
The Moroccan people are a people that share a common Moroccan culture, ancestry and speak the Moroccan variant of the Arabic language or a Berber language as a mother tongue....
professional tennis player. As of May 2, 2011, she reached her highest singles ranking of World number 327.
At the 2011 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
2011 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem
The 2011 Grand Prix SAR La Princesse Lalla Meryem was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the eleventh edition of the tournament which was part of the 2011 WTA Tour...
in Fes
Fes
Fes or Fez is the second largest city of Morocco, after Casablanca, with a population of approximately 1 million . It is the capital of the Fès-Boulemane region....
, she upset the first seed and World number 24 Aravane Rezaï
Aravane Rezaï
Aravane Rezaï is an Iranian-French tennis player born in Saint-Étienne, France to Iranian parents. She is the current French No. 5 in women's tennis. Rezaï took up tennis after a childhood stint as her older brother's ball girl...
in the second round, becoming the first Moroccan player to reach the quarter-finals of a WTA
Women's Tennis Association
The Women's Tennis Association , founded in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the principal organizing body of Women's Professional Tennis. It governs the WTA Tour which is the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. Its counterpart organization in the men's professional game is the Association of...
tournament.