Tennis: Morocco moves to up open

The Moroccan tennis open, or the Hassan II Trophy, will be endowed this year with a prize of US$ 381,000, and will drain 25 players from the top 100.

The winner of this year's edition, to be held mid April, will win US$50,000 and 35 points on ATP rankings.

For the first time in the open's history, a player from the world top 10 will be present, namely Morocco's Younes Al-Aynaoui, currently world N 7.

Other renowned players include Morocco's Hicham Arazi, Spain's Serge Brugera and Swedish Magnus Norman.