Alhassan Ishaq from Sanaa, 13, takes part in a training session at Khalifa International Tennis and Squash Complex in Doha, Qatar, March 2, 2017. Picture taken March 2, 2017. REUTERS/Naseem Zeitoon
DOHA (Reuters) - Stepping onto a floodlit tennis court in Qatar last week, 13-year-old Alhassan Ishaq tried to steady his nerves.
The aspiring tennis champion from Yemen had trained for months and used his family's savings crossing a war zone to reach the Asia junior championships in Qatar.
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