Morocco's Bahia Mouhtassine crowned African tennis champion

Originally published October 13, 2000

Moroccan number one Bahia Mouhtassine won Thursday in Algiers the 5th edition of the African Nations Tennis Championships (Women-single) attended by nine countries. The 21 year-old African champion defeated in two straight sets other finalist the Algerian Feriel Esseghir (6-3,6-1).

The Moroccan male duo Mohamed Dakki and Hicham El Karmoussi lost the finals to Algerian peers.

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