Ukrainian Elina Svitolina won the Grand Prix SAR Princess Lalla Meryem

Marrakech – Ukrainian Elina Svitolina won on Saturday the tennis Grand Prix SAR Princess Lalla Meryem, played from 25 April to 2 May on current Short of the Royal Tennis Club of Marrakech (RTCMA).

The Ukrainian (25th player in the world) dominated the Hungarian Timea Babos, 21 (86 th in the world) by 2 sets to 0 (7-5, 7-6).

Elina Svitolina, 20, took over as the Spanish Maria-Teresa Torro-Flor, defending champion of the 14-th edition of the Grand Prix SAR Princess Lalla Meryem tennis.

The winner of the tournament has collected 280 points in the WTA world rankings and pocketed $ 43,000. As for the other finalist, she earned 21,400 dollars and saw his world ranking improve by 180 points.

The awards ceremony was chaired by the wali particular in the region Marrakech-Tensift-Al Haouz, Abdeslam Bikrat and the President of RTCMA Aziz Tifnouti.

The tournament director, Hicham Arazi, expressed his satisfaction on the performance of players and the tournament.

“The audience was treated to matches at the highest level. The players have graced the Moroccan and foreign public a great show,” he told the MAP.

The Grand Prix SAR Princess Lalla Meryem tennis, organized under the High Patronage of HM King Mohammed VI for the third time in Marrakech, has a total of $ 250,000 in Prize Money.