The two Iraqi players withdrew from the match (Tim Clayton/Getty)
The Iraqi star decided Nasr Mahdi With his compatriot Muhammad al-Mahdi, on Thursday, he refused to engage in confrontation with the Israeli occupation team, in a championship Romania Paralympic ground tennisAfter we announced their withdrawal before the start of the match.
The Iraqi News Agency quoted the statement of the President of the Tennis Association, Majed Al-Akaili, who said: “My husbands, the Iraqi team, Nasr Mahdi and Muhammad Al-Mahdi, withdrew after refusing to face the Israeli occupation team in the Romanian Tennis Championships.”
The statement added, “The championship matches pitted the Iraqi team against the Israeli occupation team, at the start of the Romanian International Tennis Championships, which started there on Tuesday, and in which several Arab, Asian, African and European countries participate.”
It is noteworthy that the Iraqi Tennis Federation announced the participation of 4 players in the Romanian International Tennis Championships, which will continue until the eighteenth of August.