Qatar’s Rabeah Khalid Al Kuwari (right) in action during the final.
Doha, Qatar: Qatar’s promising players Rabeah Khalid Al Kuwari and Rasha Laghribi made a remarkable achievement winning in their respective categories of the Kosovo International Table Tennis Championship, a WTT Contender Youth Series in Prishtina, Kosovo.
Rabeah Al Kuwari won the U-11 Youth title following an epic and thrilling 3-2 (7-11, 11-9, 6-11, 12-10, 16-14) victory over Sri Lanka’s Tavi Samaraweera.
This was Rabeah’s second title in the same tournament after a bronze medal in the U-13 section, despite originally competing in the under-11 category.
Meanwhile, Rasha made history in her first international event by winning gold in the U-11 Junior category with a hard-fought 3-2 victory over Greek player Cleo Madesi.
Rasha Laghribi
Rasha started the match trailing in the first set 9-11, but quickly regained her composure and won the second set 11-7.
Despite losing the third set 9-11, she showed strong character and came back strongly in the fourth, winning 11-6, to win the match in a tiebreaker 11-9 and claim the gold medal.
Rasha also won a bronze medal in the U-13 category.
