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Courtside Orange Blossoms in Marrakech

In this postcard from Morocco, local player and commentator Mamoune Hazmoune explains the meaning of high-level tennis up close and personal.

By Mamoune Hazmoune

1:34 PM EST on December 17, 2025

On a clay court in Marrakech, surrounded by orange blossom trees warming in the Winter sun, two legends reminded us that tennis is more than a sport. It's an emotion.

In the first-ever edition of the Fairmount Cup, put on by the team behind LUX Tennis at the Fairmont Royal Palm Marrakech, David Ferrer, a former world No. 3 and Spain's current Davis Cup captain took on Caroline Garcia, freshly retired off the WTA tour after an impressive career that netted her a WTA Final, among many titles.