Total along with Qatar Tennis Federation (QTF) organised a visit to the French-Qatari school ‘Lycee Voltaire’. The aim of the visit was to give the school students insight on Tennis as a professional sport, as well as to present the elements of a successful world class Tennis Tournament.
As a part of the visit, Wahid Alioua, coach at the QTF, who is a former Tennis Player briefed the students about tennis rules, WTA Tour, as well as gave them insight on the career of a professional player, and the various opportunities that are presented in this sport.
Guillaume Chalmin, Managing Director of Total E&P Qatar commented about this visit: “We are delighted as we are able to provide students with a valuable opportunity to fully understand the elements that go into making a great Tennis player and to discover the world of tennis. Total highly values sports as a link to social development and well-being of a person. As proud sponsors of the Qatar Total Open 2014 and Qatar National Junior Tournament, we look forward to supporting the creation of future Tennis stars in Qatar”.
Saad Al Mohannadi, Tournament Director for the upcoming Qatar Total Open, said: “QTF is proud to once again come to Lycee Voltaire and introduce tennis to these students.”
Jean-Pierre Debaere, Proviseur of the French-Qatari school Lycée Voltaire, said: “This event will provide children a unique opportunity to know more about sport in Qatar and will help developing passions and enthusiasm, values that are key for the school Voltaire”.
On February 12, Total and QTF will host the students of Lycee Voltaire at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex to live the ‘Qatar Total Open’ experience, whereby they will be given a chance to discover the backstage, as well as attend the Tennis matches on that day, and also to meet a top ranked player of the WTA.
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