Qatar to host first international women's tennis tournament

Qatar will host next February an international women's tennis tournament, the first of the kind in the Gulf and in the Arab world, reported the Qatari daily Al-Raya.

The tournament, sponsored by the French oil group Totalfina, is worth $ 550,000.

The tournament will invite international top players such as the Swiss Martina Hingis, N°1 in World Tennis Association ranking and Russian Anna Kournikov, the daily added, MAP reported.