Tennis: Hicham Arazi makes it to Roland-Garros third round
Morocco, Sports, 6/1/2000

Moroccan tennisman Hicham Arazi qualified Wednesday for the third round of Roland Garros tennis competition ousting in the process the Austrian Markus Hipfl in three sets to two (6-3, 3-6, 5-7, 6-2, 6-1).

Younes El Aynaoui, another Moroccan tennis player participating in the tournament, made it to the second round Wednesday defeating the French Jean-Rene Lisnard in five sets 3-2, 2-6, 6-4, 6-3, 6-1.

Their countryman, Karim Alami was defeated (6-7, 6-4, 6-3, 1-6 and 6-3) in the first round by the argentine Marcelo Charpentier.

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