KUWAIT CITY, Oct 13: Kuwait’s tennis stars Bader Antar and Essa Salman realized a great achievement for the State of Kuwait by winning a gold medal in the final match of the 1st Kuwait International Amateur Tennis Championship after defeating the duo of British Derren Akaroglo and Belgian Martin Cartez by two sets to one (6/2, 1/6, 10/8).

The final match was attended by the Head of Saudi Arabian Tennis Federation Mohammad Nasser Al-Ojaji, Deputy Chairperson of Kuwait Tennis Federation Abdulsamad Al-Aryan, Treasurer of Kuwait Tennis Federation Ali Salem Daihani, and a board member of the federation Saleh Sarawi.

The championship was organized under the auspices of the Head of Kuwait and Arab tennis federations Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. A total of 23 countries participated in the championship including Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Qatar, Iran, India, Philippines, Hong Kong, Romania, Greece, USA, Britain, France, Italy, Russia, Germany, Belgium, Sweden, Serbia, Slovakia, Kazakhstan and the hosts Kuwait.