Saudi tennis player defeats Israeli in match at Bahrain tournament

Saudi Arabia’s rising tennis star Yara Al-Hogbani has defeated Israel’s Isabell Bilaus in the semifinals of the J5 Isa Town Tournament currently taking place in Bahrain.

Al-Hogbani, 18, is the first professional Saudi female tennis player.

She will now need to beat Tamara Ermakova of Russia in the tournament’s final round later today.

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