— Three Israeli tennis players were the first Israeli sportsmen ever to play in competition in Egypt last weekend. Haim Arlosoroff, Shai Puni and Zohar Ben-Rey went to Cairo not knowing if their applications for participation in the $75,000 Volvo Grand Prix meet would be allowed, as they had received no reply to their earlier application. They were allowed to play, and Arlosoroff won his qualifying matches, enabling him to enter the Grand Prix main draw, to be played later this week.
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