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Abu Dhabi, SANA- Syria’s tennis player Karim Allaf came second in the doubles competitions along with his Zimbabwean colleague within the 14th Abu Dhabi World Tennis Championship.
The two players ranked second after they lost their match to the American- Saudi players Sebastian Mirmirsky and Ammar al-Haqabani.
Allaf has recently improved his rank at the International Tennis Federation (ITF) for under-18 players by 79 places to be classified the 195th internationally.
The new classification followed Allaf’s remarkable achievements in the international championships held in 2014 as he was ranked first in the singles competitions of Dubai ITF Junior Championship and second in the singles competitions of the tennis championships held in Bahrain and Kuwait.
In the doubles competitions, Allaf was crowned champion with his Egyptian colleague Sharif Makhlouf in Bahrain ITF Juniors Championships and he came second in the doubles competitions in the championships of Jordan and Kuwait.
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