{"id":4367,"date":"2025-05-23T21:23:58","date_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:23:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/23\/lebanons-benjamin-hassan-makes-history-with-open-bids-in-france\/"},"modified":"2025-05-23T21:23:58","modified_gmt":"2025-05-23T21:23:58","slug":"lebanons-benjamin-hassan-makes-history-with-open-bids-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/2025\/05\/23\/lebanons-benjamin-hassan-makes-history-with-open-bids-in-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Lebanon&#8217;s Benjamin Hassan makes history with open bids in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>PARIS &#8211; Benjamin Hassan made history on Friday by becoming the first Lebanese tennis player during the opening era and competing in the main attractions of the French Open.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old defeated Japan&#8217;s James Trotter 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the final round of qualifying.<\/p>\n<p>The German-born Hassan secured his position at Roland Garos by winning three consecutive matches in the qualifying tournament at Clay Court in Paris.<\/p>\n<p>Ranked 177th in the world, Hassan is unfamiliar with breaking new ground in Lebanon&#8217;s tennis.<\/p>\n<p>Hassan became Lebanon&#8217;s first player at the Parisio Games, which was also held at Roland Garos&#8217; Clay Court last summer. He defeated America&#8217;s Christopher Eubanks in the first round, claiming his first victory in the history of his country&#8217;s competition.<\/p>\n<p>His qualification is the second major milestone in Lebanon&#8217;s tennis this year.<\/p>\n<p>In January, Hady Habib, currently ranked 159th, won the first round of match in his first Grand Slam match victory at the Australian Open.<\/p>\n<p>Following Hassan&#8217;s victory on Friday, the Lebanese Tennis Federation congratulated him in a Facebook message.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The journey continues,&#8221; the Federation said. &#8220;Be proud of Lebanon.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the first round of the French Open, which begins on Sunday, Hassan will face Italy&#8217;s Matteo Gigante, another player who passed the qualifying round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARIS &#8211; Benjamin Hassan made history on Friday by becoming the first Lebanese tennis player during the opening era and competing in the main attractions of the French Open. The 30-year-old defeated Japan&#8217;s James Trotter 6-2, 7-6 (5) in the final round of qualifying. The German-born Hassan secured his position at Roland Garos by winning [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4368,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[514,517,189,515,516,513,32,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-4367","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tennis","8":"tag-benjamin","9":"tag-bids","10":"tag-france","11":"tag-hassan","12":"tag-history","13":"tag-lebanons","14":"tag-open","15":"tag-tennis"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4368"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportsdaily.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}